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	<title>Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog &#187; Health</title>
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		<title>The Pain of Watching Someone Helplessly Die in Live Coverage&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am shocked beyond words. Yesterday night we happened to watch NE TV, a channel covering North-Eastean India. In it was a live coverage of a 20 year old dying from an accident caused by two racing bikers. 
He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was immediately taken [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-pain-of-someone-helplessly-die-in-live-coverage/</link>
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		<title>Tamiflu Anyone?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Believe it or not, I am looking to stock some tamiflu just in case. I have asked our medicine supplier (yes, we have one) to get me 2-3 strips. There is a strong possibility that the H5N1 (Avian Flu) outbreak may not be controlled in time before it does significant damage to West Bengal &#038; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/tamiflu-anyone/</link>
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		<title>Serious H5N1 - Avian Flu Outbreak in West Bengal, India (Where I Live)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Avian Flu has affected over half of West Bengal, India. It has even been detected 40 km (kilometers) away from where I live (Kolkata). It appears the state government has responded too little too late to contain the Avian Flu. An estimated 1,00,000+ chickens have died due to H5N1 virus. Human infection too has been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/serious-h5n1-avian-flu-outbreak-in-west-bengal-india-where-i-live/</link>
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		<title>IIT Picnic Photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday I went to IIT Alumni picnic in Ibiza resort in Kolkata. Check the slideshow (thanks to Siddharth Roy Chowdhury @ SAIL). Can you spot me?
You can find me below in a serious discussion possibly thinking of saving the world before dinner.

The food was great!

The best part was that when I went in I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/iit-picnic-photos/</link>
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		<title>Why Are Stem Cells So Hot?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of the 20,000 to 30,000 genes now thought to be in the human genome, most cells express only a very small part - which makes sense, a liver cell has little need for the DNA code that makes neurons.
But as almost all cells carry around a full copy ('distribution') of the genome, a system is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/why-are-stem-cells-so-hot/</link>
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		<title>Musical Video: Explaining Conception To Child-Birth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A beautiful educational musical video based on Billy Joel's "We Didn't Stop the Fire", explaining the process from conception to childbirth. It is made for MU med school class of 2010. The lyrics is below.
The video is educational and yet very entertaining.

Mom and dad, empty pad, there’s time, prophylactic’s bad
Sperm are swimming, egg is going, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/musical-video-explaining-conception-to-child-birth/</link>
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		<title>Is Cancer Surgery = Abortion = Murder?  ;)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now this is something for religious bigots, who oppose embryonic stem cell research on ethical grounds (logically unsustainable but when have bigots listened to logic?), to chew upon. Latest research on cancer indicates that the dominant mechanism of cancer cells is to behave like early embryonic stem cells.
Until recently most scientists believed that all the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/is-cancer-surgery-abortion-murder/</link>
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		<title>Power of Star Trek To Cure Severe Depression</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I was reading a very interesting blog by Scott who has detailed analysis of all Dr. House episodes which are very engrossing to read. I also came across his experience as a medical student where he was treating a patient with severe depression - "Mrs. D was brought to the ER last night for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/power-of-star-trek-to-cure-severe-depression/</link>
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		<title>No More Spinach for Popeye</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Metz Fresh LLC of King City issued the recall of 8118 cases of spinach on Wednesday, after salmonella bacteria was found during a routine test of spinach it was processing for shipment according to company spokesman Greg Larson.
Metz Fresh spokesman Greg Larson said more than 90 percent of that amount was identified before it reached [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/no-more-spinach-for-popeye/</link>
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		<title>My Body Mass Index (BMI) is 40.4, What&#8217;s Yours?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That has to be bad, isn't it? As per the definition I am really really obese, way beyond regular fat guy. Let's see what the heck is BMI.
What is BMI?
BMI is the ratio of your weight divided by the square of your height (metric system). BMI provides a reliable indicator of body fatness for most [...]]]></description>
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