Birth control pill for men created

By jamming the biochemical machinery of sperm, an Israeli professor has created a new pill that could finally place the responsibility of birth control with men.

The female birth control pill, commonly referred to as ‘The Pill,’ is not 100 percent effective, and some women’s bodies don’t react well to the extra hormones. Now, finally, a new birth control option for men is in the works, which would allow partners to share the responsibility, and let guys be in control of whether or not there will be any surprises in the procreation department.

Prof. Haim Breitbart of Israel’s Bar-Ilan University authored a breakthrough paper in 2006 describing how sperm survive in the uterus. Now the biochemist is taking those findings and using them against sperm. He’s developed a number of novel compounds that have no affect on male sex drive, but succeed in impairing the reproductive ability of the sperm. If all goes according to his plan, a new male birth control pill could be on the market within the next five years, he tells ISRAEL21c.

Source - http://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2010/06/30/birth-control-pill-for-men-created/

ගර්භාෂයෙන් පිටත වැඩුණු දරුවෙක් කාසල් රෝහලේ දී උපත ලබයි Rare Child Birth At Castle Hospital

මෙවැනි සැත්කමක් කළ පළමු වතාව

මවකගේ ගර්භාෂයෙන් පිටත උදර කුහරය තුළ වැඩුණු දරුවකු ලැපරෝපොමයි (Laporopomy) ශල්‍යකර්මයෙන් මෙලොවට බිහිකරලීමට කාසල් වීදිය කාන්තා රෝහලේ ශල්‍ය විශේෂඥ වෛද්‍යවරු ඊයේ (29දා) සමත් වූහ.

ශ්‍රි ලංකාවේ මෙවැනි ශල්‍යකර්මයකින් දරුවකු බිහි කළ ප්‍රථම අවස්ථාව මෙයයි.

ශල්‍යකර්මයෙන් පසුව දියණියක් උපත ලබා ඇති අතර සාමාන්‍ය දරුවකු ඉපදෙන බරට සමානව කිලෝග්රූම් දෙක හමාරක පමණ බරකින් දරුවා උපත ලබා ඇත. මව සහ දරුවා සුවයෙන් පසු වන බව රෝහල් අධ්‍යක්ෂිකා වෛද්‍ය රාණි ප්‍රනාන්දු මහත්මිය පැවැසුවාය.

ශල්‍යකර්මය සිදු කිරීමේ දී මවගෙන් හෝ බබාගෙන් විශේෂ රුධිර වහනයක් සිදු නොවූ බවද මවගේත් දරුවාගේත් වැඩි ආරක්ෂාව සඳහා මව මවුවරුන්ගේ දැඩි සත්කාර ඒකකයටත් දරුවා ළමා දැඩි සත්කාර ඒකකයටත් ඇතුළත් කර ඇති බව ද වෛද්‍ය රාණි ප්‍රනාන්දු මහත්මිය කියා සිටියාය.

මොනරාගල ප්‍රදේශයේ මවක විසින් මේ දරුවා බිහි කර තිබේ. මේ මව දරුවා පිළිසිඳ ගැනීම පිළිබඳ මාතෘ සායනවලට සහභාගි වුවත් සායනවලදී මවගේ හා කළලයේ විශේෂත්වයක් වෛද්‍යවරුන්ට හසු වී නොමැත.

දරුවා පිළිසිඳ ගෙන මාස අටක්, නවයක් පමණ ගත වූ පසුව කළලය තිබෙන්නේ ගර්භාෂයේ නොව උදර කුහරයේ බවට හඳුනාගෙන ඇත.

ඇය දරුවා බිහි කිරීමට මොනරාගල රෝහලට ඇතුළත් වූ පසුව මොනරාගල රෝහලෙන් කොළඹ කාසල් වීදිය කාන්තා රෝහලට මාරුකර එවා තිබේ. ඒ අනුව ලැපරෝපොමයි සැත්කමෙන් මෙම දරුවා බිහිකරලීමට කාසල් කාන්තා රෝහලේ විශේෂඥ ශල්‍ය වෛද්‍යවරු සමත් වූහ

Source - http://www.dinamina.lk/2010/06/30/_art.asp?fn=n1006305

Rare Child Birth At Castle Hospital

(Colombo Lankapuvath) A baby conceived in the cavity abdominal of a mother was successfully delivered at the Castle Street Hospital for women today (29).

This was the first such incident reported in Sri Lanka so far.

The mother delivered the baby after a special surgery conducted by the Doctors who attended to the mother said Dr Rani Fernando, Director of the Castle Hospital.

The Director further said the mother’s placenta was formed in such a way that would provide the nourishment needed for the baby’s growth. The new born baby weighs 2 ½ kilos.

The mother and baby who are in good health are now being kept under observation said the Hospital Director.
The mother of the child is a resident of Monaragala district.

http://www.lankapuvath.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7790:a-rare-child-birth-at-castle-hospital-&catid=46:general&Itemid=70

Sri Lankan President Visit Ukrainie

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be visiting Ukraine from June 29 to July 3 on an official visit at the invitation of his Ukrainian counterpart Victor Yanukovich.

The visit is expected to:

1. expand the bilateral relations between the two countries in the sectors related to the economy and trade, tourism, and human resource development.

2. expect to expand their international treaty framework and strengthen their cooperation via international organizations.

3. A range of bilateral agreements, especially on cooperation in the tourism and military and technical spheres are to be signed during the President's visit.

4. A Sri Lanka-Ukraine Business Forum has also been organized parallel to the President's visit, and is expected to strengthen cooperation in the trade and economic sectors between the two countries.

Sri Lankan President’s schedule of Ukraine visit

1. President Rajapaksa will hold bilateral discussions with the President of Ukraine as well as with the Prime Minister and other senior Ministers of the Government of Ukraine.

2. President Rajapaksa is also scheduled to visit the Parliament of Ukraine and to address the National Defence University of Ukraine.

3. Sri Lankan Cultural Evening featuring the Sri Lanka Air Force Cultural Troupe will also take place during the visit.

Sri Lankan President will be accompanied by:

The Minister for External Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga, and Sri Lanka's Ambassador accredited to Ukraine Udayanga Weeratunga.

About Ukraine

Ukraine is situated in the south-eastern part of Central Europe and has its own territory, government, national emblem, flag and anthem. It borders on Russia, Byelorussia, Moldova, Slovakia, Roumania, Hungary and Poland on land and Russia, Georgia, Bulgaria, Roumania and Turkey on sea.

The territory of Ukraine is mostly a level, treeless plain, calls "steppe". There are the Crimean Mountains in the Crimean peninsula and the Carpathians in the west, but they are not very high. Mixed forests of pine and fir-trees, beeches, limes, oaks and elms cover the mountains, but the thickest woods can still be found in the northern part of the republic, in Volyn. Kiev and Cherkassy lie in the midst of Ukrainian southernmost pine forest. The main Ukrainian river is the Dnieper. It is one of the longest European rivers and one of the republic's main source of hydroelectric power. The Dnieper and its tributary the Ross had been the cradle of the Ukrainian and Russian people in time immemorial.

The climate of the country is moderate. Winter is rather mild, with no severe frosts but with regular snowfalls everywhere except the south. The rivers and lakes freeze in winter. The average winter temperature varies -20 Centigrade in the north to -3-5 in the south. Summer is quite hot and dry, with occasional showers and thunderstorms. The fertile black soil is well watered in spring and autumn and gets plenty of sunshine in summer.

Due to favorable climatic conditions, Ukraine is traditionally an agricultural area. It grows wheat, maize, buckwheat and other corn, red and green vegetables, all kinds of fruit, melons and berries.

Ukraine is one of the world's main centers of sugar production. It produces sugar both for her own needs and for export.

The country is rich in natural resources, such as iron ore, coal, color metal, oil, gas, mineral salts, clay and potential water power. It has developed a varied industry, concentrated mostly in and around big cities, such as Kiev, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk, Dnyeprodzerzhinsk, Odessa, Kharkov, Lviv, Nickolayev and other. It produces planes and ships, lorries and buses, motorcars and locomotives, computer and electronic equipment, precision instruments and agricultural machines, TV and radioset, chemicals and textiles and various consumer goods. Odessa, Sebastopol, Nickolayev, Kherson and Kerch are main ukrainian ports.

Living Organism

· Bat is the only mammal who can fly.

· The biggest animal in the world is Blue Whale.( 30meters long )

· The Biggest animal who lives in land is elephant and the biggest animal in aquatic environment is blue whale. Both are herbivores.

· In the oceans , the food for the large forms of organisms is supplied by tiny microscopic plant planktons.

· Most committed parent should go to the male penguin. As the eggs laid by the female penguin is kept on the feet of the male, covered over by it’s feathers and protected without moving, at temperatures of around 40 C even as long as one month, till the she bird come back.

· 81 species of inland fish have been recorded in Sri Lanka of which 27 are endemic.

· At Tsunami disaster only two buffaloes died at Yala Sanctuary. But many tourists died there. It seems that animals have the senses of natural disasters, like Tsunami. · Life originated in water. The first living forms were microscopic, single celled organisms. · Some frogs have sucker pads on their toes which help them to be very good climbers. · The bodies of living things contain lots of water. The human body is three quarters water. · The human small intestine, if straightened out, would measure as long as six meters. · The outer layer of your skin constantly flakes off. Infact, your whole skin is replaced once every three week.