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Actor Rajini daughters visit Jayalalitha
Rumours were spreading thick and fast on Rajinikanth’s health across the State on Friday even as the results of AIADMK victory in Assembly elections were out.
Eventually Latha Rajnikanth clarified it as mere rumours and said Rajinikjanth is all fine and fit. Meanwhile Rajinikanth’s daughters Aishwarya and Soundarya immediately visited AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa’s house in Poes [...]
UPDATE 1-Freshwater warns on FY after NHS cutbacks
(Reuters) – British public relations and marketing services firm Freshwater UK PLC (FWUK.L) said its full-year pretax profit would be below market expectations as it was hurt by the government’s policy on the National Health Service (NHS).
The company said it forecast revenue from NHS clients of about 25,000 pounds for the fourth quarter, against NHS [...]
Human pee mixed with ash can turn out to be a natural fertilizer
Washington, September 19 (ANI): A new study has proven that human urine mixed with wood ash can be a natural fertilizer.
According to a report in National Geographic News, the study was carried out by Surendra Pradhan, an environmental scientist at University of Kuopio in Finland.
In many ways, the substances are natural complements, explained Pradhan. [...]
Now, a simpler way to calculate body’s ‘Maximum Weight Limit’
Washington, Sep 19 (ANI): Is calculating Body Mass Index (BMI) too complicated for you? Well, a professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, has now developed a new easy method for people to calculating their healthy weight, and that too without any need for charts or online calculators.
George Fernandez, a professor of applied statistics [...]
Businessman who supplied women for Berlusconi’s parties arrested
London, Sept 19 (ANI): Giampaolo Tarantini, the businessman who claims to have supplied Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, with a stream of women for parties, has been arrested at Bari airport in southern Italy.
Antonio Laudati, the chief prosecutor in Bari, said Tarantini had been arrested at Bari airport for “dealing in drugs” and in [...]
India needs a robust and vibrant public health system : Azad
New Delhi, Sep18 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday said that to improve the standard of public health, there is a need for introducing a robust and vibrant public health system in the country.
Speaking after presenting the Indian Council of [...]
Some Americans think opposition to Obama’s policies is based on racism
Washington, Sep. 18 (ANI): Some Americans, including former President Jimmy Carter, believe that those who are opposing US President Barrack Obama’s policies have a racial element against him instead of simple disagreement.
According to a recent Fox News poll, 65 percent Americans think that [...]
Jackson family fuming over “This Is It” movie
New York, Sept 18 (ANI): They might have allowed release of Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ movie, but the late singer’s clan fears the movie is ‘propaganda’ for promoters trying to prove he was healthy enough to perform 50 concerts.
Joe Jackson had said in July, “Michael told [...]
Middle-aged smokers with high cholesterol, BP ‘cut life short by 10yrs’
London, Sept 18 (ANI): Middle-aged smokers with high cholesterol and blood pressure face a ten-year cut in their lives, warns a new study.
The warning follows an Oxford University study of 19,000 men over an average of 38 years.
According to researchers, the deadly combo cuts life expectancy by 10 years compared with individuals who do not [...]
Australian Fritzl’s victim ‘took out restraining order against him in 2007′
Melbourne, Sept 18 (ANI): An Australian woman whose father allegedly raped her every day for 30 years had taken out a restraining order against him in 2007 – two years before he was eventually charged.
She was also reportedly pursued [...]
Iraqi reporter who hurled shoes at Bush “unclear” about his future
London, Sep. 18 (ANI): The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at former US President George Bush is uncertain about his future plans, it was revealed during his psychological checkups at a Syrian hospital.
Muntader al-Zaidi, who was released from an Iraqi prison on [...]
Weight loss can prevent kidney disease progression in obese patients
Washington, Sept 18 (ANI): Shedding extra pounds can preserve kidney function in obese people with kidney disease, according to a new study led by Indian origin scientist from Cleveland Clinic.
Weight loss can improve a number of health problems, like it can improve control of diabetes, lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and reduce the effects [...]
Changes in humidity, temperature may trigger asthma among kids
Washington, September 15 (ANI): Changes in humidity and temperature may trigger asthma among kids, suggests a report.
Published in the journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the report says that such weather changes have been found to result in a rise in Emergency Department (ED) visits for paediatric asthma exacerbations.
“We found a [...]
ImmuZenT range of immunity booster products now available on MyNutraMart.com
Bangalore, Sept 15 (ANI/Business Wire India): Medizen Labs, a Nutraceutical company, based in India, has launched ImmuZenT range of natural supplements to boost immunity and help build natural defense against pandemic virulent attacks.
Medizen Labs has tied up exclusively with MyNutraMart.com for ImmuZenT range of products.
ImmuZenT has limited its product portfolio to two immunity boosters [...]
Size, not foreplay, is what fulfils women’s sexual fantasies
Melbourne, September 15 (ANI): When it comes to female orgasms, it is the size of the penis, and not the duration of foreplay, that increases the likelihood of fulfilling women’s sexual fantasies, suggests a new study.
Lead researcher Stuart Brody, from the University of the West of Scotland, focused on the number of factors that contributed [...]
Active older adults enjoy longer lives, better functional status
Washington, September 15 (ANI): Older adults who remain physically active, or begin exercising, have increased likelihood of having a longer life and a lower risk of disability, suggests a report.
Dr. Jochanan Stessman and colleagues at Hebrew University Medical Center and Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, concentrated on the benefits of physical activity, mainly on [...]
Elton John can’t adopt child, says Ukraine minister
London, September 15 (ANI): Sir Elton John cannot adopt the 14-month-old Ukranian boy he wishes to adopt, the Family, Youth and Sports Minister of Ukraine has said.
Yuriy Pavlenko has mentioned that the legendary singer cannot take home Lev with his partner David Furnish, as same-sex unions do not have legal status in the country.
“The law [...]
Iraq troops’ posttraumatic stress disorder rate as high as 35pct
Washington, September 15 (ANI): A high volume of military personnel serving in Iraq are expected to seek treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) because the rate among armed forces may be as high as 35 per cent, according a research article.
Published in Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and [...]
India inks uranium deal with Mongolia
New Delhi, Sep 14 (ANI): India and Mongolia on Monday signed a crucial civil nuclear agreement for supply of Uranium following summit level talks between the visiting Mongolian President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
India also extended a 25 million US dollar [...]
Kim Kardashian proves diet supplement’s goodness with hot bikini bod
London, Sep 14 (ANI): American socialite Kim Kardashian has nothing but praise for a new supplement called Quick Trim, and she has even posted pictures of herself to prove how good it is.
Kardashian, 28, has been on a strict health routine, but she has also put her recent weight loss down to the US diet [...]
