Turkey men’s wheelchair basketball team practices ahead of 2012 Summer Paralympics

Wednesday, August 29, 2012 London, England — Yesterday, with less than a day before the start of the 2012 Summer Paralympics, the Turkey men’s national wheelchair basketball team practiced at the Basketball Arena in London’s Olympic Park. Turkey’s campaign starts on Thursday in a game against the United States men’s national wheelchair basketball team. 1 […]

Do You Desire To Get A Professional Swimmer’s Body?

Here’s An Opinion On: Celebrity Hair Transplant By Chris Chew You have always admired the bodies of male professional swimmers. Those broad shoulders of a swimmer which tapers down the to the waist in a magnificent V-shape and not to mention the sexy six pack abs and well toned muscular arms are pretty impressive, aren’t […]

Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not […]

Canada’s Beaches—East York (Ward 32) city council candidates speak

This exclusive interview features first-hand journalism by a Wikinews reporter. See the collaboration page for more details. Friday, November 3, 2006 On November 13, Torontonians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Beaches—East York (Ward 32). Four candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests for […]

Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control

Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not […]

Toronto Rhinoplasty The Best Way To Improve The Appearance Of The Nose

Here’s An Opinion On: Dr Ben Paul Toronto Rhinoplasty- The Best Way To Improve The Appearance Of The Nose by Barry Bowen Nose surgery is one of the trendiest plastic surgery measures practiced worldwide. The nose, is the most projected part of the face and is noticed first when one looks at your face. The […]

Airbus announces job cuts of 10,000

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Airbus, Europe‘s biggest aircraft manufacturer, has announced 10,000 job cuts over the next four years. The news comes as its parent company, EADS starts a major restructuring programme because the company is not efficient enough. Louis Gallois, the Airbus chief executive, said the company expects to cut approximately 4,300 jobs in […]

Where Is Andes?

Here’s An Opinion On: Atlex Stockyards Most of Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, and parts of Argentina, Bolivia and Venezuela, are in the Andes. The Andes are the second-highest range of mountains in the world. Only the Himalayas in Asia are higher. North America has a peak. Mount McKinley in Alaska, that is 20,300 feet […]

Canada pursues new nuclear research reactor to produce medical isotopes

Friday, July 10, 2009 The Saskatchewan provincial government alongside the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) have come together to establish a CA$500 million, 10 megawatts research nuclear reactor to produce medical isotopes. “In 1949 … cobalt-60 treatment was tried for the first time here in Saskatchewan, where it saved a woman battling cervical cancer. […]