Thursday, March 4, 2010

Man with three-week erection saved by surgeons in Kolkata

MELBOURNE - A businessman, who is said to have suffered from an erection for three-weeks, was saved by surgeons in Kolkata, India, after he underwent an operation.

The 55-year-old man was forced to undergo the emergency operation after the problem firmly persisted for a staggering 21 days. According to the Sun, the hour-long operation was successful, but it rendered the man impotent.

“It was very late when the man sought treatment,” the Daily Telegraph quoted Doctor Avishek Mukherjee as saying.

“The treatment has to be sought within six hours, otherwise it could even lead to death, besides the degeneration of the penis,” he explained.

Doctors believe the father of two was suffering from a condition called priapism, which is triggered by a nervous system disorder, and prevents blood from draining out of the penis.

“During erection, the blood flow stops,” he said.

“So, if the erection persists for more than an hour, the supply to the penis is reduced, which can damage the organ. If the supply remains cut off for a long time, the penis can even become gangrenous.

“We drained the blood and relieved him,” Dr Mukherjee added.

The man, whose identity was concealed, has since been discharged from hospital. (ANI)

Senior BSF commander arrested for 16-year-old Kashmiri boy’s murder

SRINAGAR - A senior Border Security Force (BSF) officer R.K.Birdi, has been arrested for giving the order to fire and kill a 16-year-old boy in Srinagar.

Zahid Farooq was shot dead a month ago as he and his friends jeered at a Border Security Force convoy passing by.

BSF constable Lakhvinder Kumar was arrested for killing Zahid. But the Union Home Ministry and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah wanted a detailed investigation into what many, including Zahid’s family, alleged -that the constable acted on the orders of Birdi.

A Special Investigating Team is questioning him. State police has said that it has got enough proof of Birdi’s involvement. Testimony from eyewitnesses and forensic reports allegedly indict him.

He will be the highest-ranking security forces officer to be arrested for killing an innocent civilian in Kashmir. (ANI)

Think like a marathon runner to reduce work stress

WASHINGTON - A marathon mindset, i.e. starting slow but picking up pace, can help people reduce their stress load and perform better at work, researchers have pointed out.

Experts at Tel Aviv University have come up with tips to help keep the energy tanks full while working.

Dr. Danit Ein-Gar of the University’s Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration and her co-author Dr. Yael Steinhart of Haifa University found that people with high-levels of self-control tend to burn out the fastest.

Dr. Ein-Gar said: “They tend to invest all their energy at once and are then left with insufficient resources for additional tasks.”

But those who thought like marathon runners were better able maintain their energy levels and avoided burning themselves out, unlike a sprinter who gave all his effort at once, the boffins observed.

Dr. Ein-Gar added: “The world may be multi-tasking at a frenetic pace but in thinking like a marathon runner, people with high self-control won’t mind other people passing them. Marathon runners know that the race is long, but the winner is the one who can finish the race at the end with power left over to keep running.”

Dr. Ein-Gar quantified the findings in a new series of studies presented at the Society for Consumer Psychology in San Diego. (ANI)

Hyderabad crash: Ground Zero, 24 hours later

A day after the Navy aircraft crashed into a 3-floor residential building near the Hyderabad Begumpet airport, the owner of the house wants compensation for the damage caused in the accident.

Speaking to NDTV's Uma Sudhir, Ramesh Kumar says the onus of permissions for the cell towers atop his house was on the cellphone companies and not on him.