Search resumes for engines in Hudson River plane crash
New York City – Divers in the US city of New York continued to search on Saturday for the engines of the US Airways plane that crashed into the frigid waters of the Hudson River on Thursday.
Investigators were interested in recovering the engines to determine the specifics involved in the emergency landing in which, miraculously, [...]
Actors need not be voted for Oscars according to categories they are in
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): It has been revealed that voters for both the Oscars and the SAG awards need not vote for the actors according to the categories the studios have put them in.
The voters can, as per reports, elevate an actor from supporting to lead or send a lead down to supporting, as they [...]
New insight into effectiveness of procedure to stop heavy menstrual bleeding
Washington, Jan 6 (ANI): Mayo Clinic researchers have offered new insights into the effectiveness of a new, less invasive procedure called global endometrial ablation (GEA) to stop heavy menstrual bleeding.
Experts estimate that 20 percent of women experience excessive or prolonged menstrual bleeding at some time during their lives, particularly as they approach menopause.
The new procedure [...]
Low-carb diets can help control type 2 diabetes
Washington, January 6 (ANI): After conducting a comparison of low-carb diets for six months, Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that diets that encourage eating carbohydrates with the lowest-possible rating on the glycemic index lead to greater improvement in blood sugar control.
Dr. Eric Westman, director of Duke’’s Lifestyle Medicine Program, revealed that patients who [...]
Class size, homework not critical to student’s achievement, shows study
Wellington, Jan 5 (ANI): A new study has found that student-teacher interaction, and the quality of feedback students get, are critical to their academic success rather than homework, or even the school itself.
Auckland University professor John Hattie, who authored the study, said that homework, class size or school type did not help determine a child’s [...]
John Travolta says he did everything he could to keep Jett alive
London, January 5 (ANI): ‘Heartbroken’ John Travolta has revealed how the actor tried his best to keep his son from passing away.
Sixteen-year-old Jett, who had a history of seizures arising from the rare condition Kawasaki Disease, had been found unconscious on January 2 by caretaker Jeff Katharain.
He is thought to have died after [...]
John Travolta tried to resuscitate son when he saw him lifeless on floor
Washington, January 4 (ANI): John Travolta had administered CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) – an emergency medical procedure– on his son, who had been found dead at the actor’’s vacation home in the Old Bahama Bay resort community.
Jett, 16, who had a history of seizures arising from the rare condition Kawasaki Disease, had been found unconscious [...]
Autopsy on John Travolta’’s son planned in Bahamas
Washington: Two pathologists would perform autopsy on John Travolta’’s son to determine the cause of his death, Bahamas’ health minister said.
Jett, 16, who had a history of seizures arising from the rare condition Kawasaki Disease, had been found dead at the actor’’s vacation home in Grand Bahama.
Caretaker Jeff Katharain had discovered the collapsed boy in [...]
Molecular imaging may alter management of over one-third thyroid cancer patients
Washington, January 3 (ANI): German researchers have for the first time been able to accurately distinguish between cancerous cells in regional lymph nodes and normal residual thyroid tissue directly after surgery.
Researchers at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg have revealed that they achieved this breakthrough while studying the diagnostic value of molecular imaging in nodal staging of [...]
Longstanding theory of how species evolve in the oceans challenged
London, Jan 3 (ANI): New evidence, uncovered by oceanographers, is all set to challenge one of the most long-standing theories about how species evolve in the oceans.
Most scientists believe that allopatric speciation, where different species arise from an ancestral species only after breeding populations have become physically isolated from each other, is the dominant mode [...]



