London, Aug 23 : A group of British medical experts have carried out the world''s first operation using a robot to repair a condition that kills 7,000 people a year.

The condition, called an abdominal aortic aneurysm, involves a key artery that pumps blood around the body from the heart weakening and swelling and can go undetected until the section bursts, which is often fatal.

The team at St Mary''s Hospital in central London, have carried out the first operation to repair an aneurysm using a 400,000 pounds worth robot.

Hong Kong - A 7-year-old girl has become the third child to die of a mystery illness in Hong Kong, government officials said Friday.

The girl, who was admitted to hospital on August 8 with encephalitis or brain inflammation, died Friday.

Two other girls, aged 9 and 3, died last week with myocarditis, inflammation of the heart, and blood poisoning.

A fourth child, a 3-year-old boy, is also in a critical condition with sepsis and encephalopathy - blood poisoning and brain abnormalities.

Health officials are already conducting an investigation into the cause of the illnesses, however it is not yet known whether one single virus or different viruses are responsible.

According to statistics, approximately half of population in UK suffers from back pain.

The recent research in Britain has shown that a 100-year-old relaxation method known as 'Alexander Technique' is very helpful in curing chronic back pain.

Under this technique, patients learn proper ways of sitting, standing and walking. It has been named after its founder, Australian actor Frederick Matthias Alexander.

Researchers from Stanford University have devised a method that could help in reducing side effects of chemotherapy. Researchers also claim that this method will increase effectiveness of chemotherapy.

Researchers affirm that the use of carbon nanotubes in chemotherapy for cancer patients has shown great results. Moreover, with the help of this method, same work can be accomplished with less amount of medicine.

Nanotubes can deliver drugs to tumor cells more precisely as compared to existing treatments. As medicine is directly injected into tumor cells so there are less chances of spilling of medicine into healthy cells.

Medical experts around the world advise regular intake of fruits for healthy body. Intake of fruits is considered essential for the proper growth of children.

A recent report by the School Food Trust has shown that one in seven British kids don’t eat fruits.

The report also showed that 1.7 million kids in the UK never ate fruits.

According to health recommendations children should eat five fruits in a day.

A recent study has claimed that to get an idea about a man’s temperament, study his face closely.

The study says that if a man has a rounder face, he might be more aggressive too.

The reason, which the international team has put forward is that if male sex hormones, testosterone are produced in abundance, the face gets rounder too, thus the behavior of men which depends upon testosterone gets more aggressive.