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Ex-Colombian beauty queen arrested on drug charges

May 27, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

A former Colombian beauty queen suspected of leading a band of young women who smuggled cocaine from Argentina to Europe was arrested on Wednesday in Argentina, a judicial source said.

Police arrested Angie Sanclemente Valencia, 31, at a youth hostel in Buenos Aires, the source told Reuters, asking not to be named because the investigation is ongoing.

The ex-model and actress won one of Colombia’s top beauty pageants in 2000 but was later dethroned after it was revealed she had lied about being single.

She vanished several months ago amid an investigation by Argentine authorities into accusations she headed up a group of women who transported cocaine on flights from Buenos Aires to Europe via Mexico.

Colombia is the world’s No. 1 cocaine producer.

Authorities say Valencia employed young, attractive women who reportedly often traveled first class to smuggle the drugs.

She has repeatedly denied the charges. Her lawyer has said Valencia refused to turn herself in out of fear she could be abused in jail.

(Reporting by Karina Grazina; Writing by Kevin Gray; Editing by Xavier Briand)

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Dating website to help cheat on cheaters launched in Australia

May 10, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Melbourne, May 10 (ANI): After the emergence of dating websites that encourage infidelity in Australia, another one has been launched to encourage cheated women to cheat back.

Extra-marital dating website gleeden.com was launched in Europe in December, and its creators believe that the key to happiness for victims of adultery is adultery.

It claims that it has tempted more than 220,000 subscribers in its first four months, with the French, and the Italians as its top followers, and it is being officially launched Down Under this month with 1600 already registered.

Gleeden is being touted as the “women’s answer to matrimonial bliss”, with the service being offered to women totally free, while males can join free but will have to pay to send emails and use the chat tool.

The sites founder Teddy Truchot said a group of women came up with the concept.

“Many women friends complain about their personal life and their marriage,” the Australian quoted Truchot as saying.

“Most don’t want to stop the marriage but they need something new, a new parallel life, a secret garden.

“The website exists for that type of women,” he said.

But Melbourne clinical psychologist Dr Janet Hall has warned websites such as Gleeden make it “dangerously” easy for people to cheat.

“It gives them direct permission nothing is so tempting than to get revenge,” she explained.

“Two wrongs never make a right,” she added. (ANI)

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Gaining a pound a year after age 20 raises women”s breast cancer risk

April 21, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Washington, Apr 21 (ANI): Women who gain a pound or two a year after age 20 increase their risk for postmenopausal breast cancer, says a new study.

The research was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting 2010.

To reach the conclusion, researchers analyzed information from 72,007 women in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial cohort, who were 55 to 74 years old at study entry.

The analysis included 3,677 cases of postmenopausal breast cancer, which makes this one of the larger studies of its kind, according to the researchers.

The boffins observed the strongest associations among women who had never used menopausal hormone therapy; results were shown only for this group of women.

“Compared with women who maintained approximately the same BMI, those who had an increase of 5 kg/m2 or more between age 20 and study entry had a nearly twofold increased risk of breast cancer,” said Laura Sue, M.P.H., a cancer research fellow at the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Results showed that nearly 57 percent of the study population”s BMI increased 5 kg/m2 or more between age 20 and study entry. A BMI increase of 5 kg/m2 is equivalent to a woman of average height, 5”4″, gaining approximately 30 pounds.

Women who reported a BMI increase of 5 kg/m2 or more between age 20 and 50 were at an 88 percent increased risk of developing postmenopausal breast cancer, compared with women who reported a stable BMI. For women who reported a BMI increase of 5 kg/m2 or more between age 50 and study entry, risk increased 56 percent, compared with women who maintained BMI. BMI gain both before and after age 50 independently contribute to increased risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. (ANI)

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Police hunt man over indecent assault spate

March 31, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New South Wales Police believe the same man may be responsible for a number of indecent assaults on women in Sydney’s south over the past several months.

Officers say a woman was followed, pushed to the ground, assaulted and robbed by a man at Woolooware in the early hours of Sunday March 14.

Early in the morning of February 6, a man followed a group of women as they left a fast-food outlet at Kirrawee and later assaulted one of them.

And police are also investigating two other cases which happened on the same day in October last year.

In the first case, a woman was indecently assaulted in a park at Gymea and about three hours later another woman was followed home and approached by a man but he left.

In all of the assaults the attacker has been described as white, slim with short or ear-length brown hair in his mid 20s to mid 30s.

All the assaults happened in the early hours of a Sunday morning.

Acting Superintedent Damian Henry says police are taking measures to prevent any further attacks.

“We’ve increased our patrols, particularly in the early hours of the morning,” he said.

Anyone with information about the man is urged to contact Sutherland Police via Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.

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New life for Monto CWA

March 25, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

A North Burnett town is reviving its Country Women’s Association (CWA) with night meetings, three years after its collapse from a lack of members.

In 2007, the Monto branch held a cook-off to attract new members, but was unable to gain enough support to stay open.

But new president Bronwyn Zimpel says the branch is up and running again with 12 members.

“At first it was just word of mouth and getting a group of women together,” she said.

“We’ve made it a night-time meeting, so women who work in our community or [who have] young children … can come along.

“We basically had to get [it out through] word of mouth and then hold a series of meetings to get it started up again.”

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Second child within a year ‘increases breast cancer risk’

September 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Sept 14 (ANI): Having a second child within a year of the first birth can increase a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, finds a new study.

The research, involving 30,000 women each of whom had produced five or more children, has shown that those with a gap of less than 12 month were 5.2 times more likely to develop the advanced ductal breast cancer than women who had a gap of three or more years.

Although it is unclear that why the risk increases, researchers believe hormones might be involved.

Alternatively, other risk factors may have influenced the results, including being overweight, and whether or not the mother chooses to breast-feed.

“Women who had their first two births close together should not be worried by these findings because the study’s results are not conclusive,” the Telegraph quoted Josephine Querido, senior science information officer at Cancer Research UK, as saying.

“The researchers looked at a very specific group of women – those who had a specific type of breast cancer, who had advanced tumours, who were under 50, and who had at least five children. In studies like this, dividing the group of people you’re looking at into lots of smaller groups makes it likely that you’ll find a positive result in one of the subgroups just by chance.

“For all women, it’s important to go to the GP if they spot any unusual changes in their breast, and to go for screening when invited,” Querido added.

The study appears in the British Journal of Cancer. (ANI)

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Acupuncture, exercise may help women with polycystic ovary syndrome

August 21, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Aug 21 (ANI): Acupuncture and exercise can bring relief to women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), according to a new study.

Nearly 10pct of women of reproductive age suffer from PCOS. The syndrome expresses itself as a large number of small immature cysts on the ovaries that cause a disturbance in the production of hormones and an increase in the secretion of the male sex hormone.

Many women with the condition do not ovulate normally, and the syndrome may lead to infertility.

“We do not know for certain what causes the condition, despite it being so common. We have seen that women with the syndrome often have high activity in that part of the nervous system that we cannot consciously control, known as the ‘sympathetic nervous system,’” said lead researcher Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

“We believe that this may be an important underlying factor in the syndrome,” she added.

During the study, one group of women with polycystic ovary syndrome received a specific type of acupuncture called “electro-acupuncture” for four months.

In this type of acupuncture, the needles are stimulated with a weak low-frequency electric current, similar to that developed during muscular work.

A second group of women were provided with heart rate monitors and instructed to exercise at least three times a week.

The study showed that activity in the sympathetic nervous system was lower in the women who received acupuncture and in those who took regular exercise than it was in the control group.

The acupuncture treatment brought further benefits.

“Those who received acupuncture found that their menstruation became more normal,” she said.

“We could also see that their levels of testosterone became significantly lower, and this is an important observation, since elevated testosterone levels are closely connected with the increased activity in the sympathetic nervous system of women”, she added.

The study appears in American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. (ANI)

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New cast of Calendar Girls’ West End stage show unveiled

June 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, June 20 (ANI): Jerry Hall, June Brown and Jill Halfpenny will be forming the new line up for the West End stage show based on the story of Calendar Girls.

Actress Hall, who stripped for the stage production of The Graduate in 2001, will portray the role of Miss September in the stage show, which tells the true story of a group of Women’s Institute members who stripped off for charity.

The 52-year-old will reportedly be sporting just a set of pearls while strategically standing behind a piano, reports The Telegraph.

The glamorous new cast will also feature Anita Dobson, 60, Jill Halfpenny, 33, Sara Crowe, 43, Gemma Atkinson, 24, Richenda Carey, 61, and Jill Baker, 57, for the show running from July to October.ut it was June Brown who was dubbed as the “grande dame of the cast”.

Producer David Pugh said: “Sian uses balls of wool and something that has been crocheted to cover her – so for June I’m thinking smaller balls of yarn and a slightly smaller piece of knitting.”

The 1.50 pound booking fee, royalties and profits are set to go to leukaemia research, for which the real Calendar Girls raised funds.

The show is based on the story of Angela Baker and Tricia Stewart, who came up with the idea of a naked charity calendar to raise money after Baker’s husband died from cancer.

They enlisted fellow members of the Rylstone Women”s Institute in North Yorkshire and hoped to raise a few hundred pounds for their local hospital.

Their story gained recognition with an award winning film in 2003 starring Dame Helen Mirren and Julie Walters before landing as a West end production. (ANI)

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Why some pregnant women find it difficult to quit smoking

May 15, 2009 By admin 2 Comments

Washington, May 15 (ANI): Scientists from Peninsula Medical School and the University of Bristol have discovered a common genetic variant that might make it difficult for women to quit smoking during pregnancy.

They found that variation in 15q24 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene receptor cluster is associated with a reduced ability of women to quit smoking in pregnancy.

For the study, the researchers looked at 7,845 women of European descent from the South West of England.

Using 2,474 women who smoked regularly immediately before they became pregnant, the association between the variant and smoking cessation and smoking quantity during pregnancy was analysed.

When asked about smoking in the first trimester of pregnancy, 28 pct of the women said they had given up.

However, this figure was only 21pct in the group of women with two copies of the smoking addiction gene, whereas in women with two copies of the non-addictive gene, 31pct said they had quit.

In the third trimester, 47pct of women with two copies of the non-addictive gene had stopped smoking, compared with only 34pct of women with two copies of the smoking addiction gene.

“Pregnant women are under considerable health and social pressure to stop smoking, and quitting in such circumstances is influenced by a number of factors including the age of the expectant mother, their education and whether or not their partners smoke,” said Dr. Rachel Freathy from the Peninsula Medical School.

“However, we were keen to investigate whether the genetic variant that influences increased cigarette consumption also had a role to play as an extra hurdle to quitting smoking during pregnancy, and our study suggests that it does,” she added.

The study is published in Human Molecular Genetics. (ANI)

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Not contesting elections due to surgery: PM

April 11, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday his recent heart surgery was the main reason he was not contesting the Lok Sabha elections.

‘The fact is that I had recently undergone surgery. I need to take time to recover to full vigour and that is the prime reason (for not contesting the elections),’ Singh told a large group of women journalists in a rare interaction.

Manmohan Singh underwent multiple coronary bypass surgery in January, due to which he had even missed the Jan 26 Republic Day celebrations.

The prime minister also took umbrage at Bharatiya Janta Party leader L. K. Advani taunting him for not contesting the Lok Sabha polls.

‘There have been (other) PMs from the Rajya Sabha. Advani has to amend the constitution to ensure that his wishes prevail. Indira Gandhi had been (PM) for one-and-a-half years, H.D. Deve Gowda, I.K. Gujral too (while being members of the Rajya Sabha),’ Manmohan Singh pointed out.

Advani has suggested that the constitution be amended to ensure that only a member of the Lok Sabha can become the prime minister

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Himachal tribal women adopt carpet-manufacturing business

April 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Kinnaur (Himachal Pradesh), Apr 9 (ANI): Tribal women in Himachal Pradesh are adopting carpet-manufacturing business for self-reliance.

A group of women in Pooh village in tribal Kinnaur district of the state have started weaving traditional carpets to generate earnings and also preserve their centuries old culture.

These women have formed a group named ‘Lakshmi Group’, nearly 300 kilometers from Shimla.

The government has been providing full support to these women. They are given loans and subsidies under the Integrated Rural development Programme (IRDP) or self-employment scheme run by the government.

For the last one-year, these women are trying to make themselves self-reliant with the government help.

“We started this carpet centre with the help of government. The government gave us some loan. We can earn from this and fend for our needs. We also sell these carpets locally. It is also a way to preserve our culture,” said Geeta Negi, the head of the group.

New weavers are being trained everyday and more and more women are being involved in the business.

“I have been learning to weave carpets for the past three months. I have learnt quite a bit and want to learn more. I can earn sitting at home and don’t have to be dependent on anyone,” said Angmo Negi, a trainee weaver at the centre.

The sale of these carpets varies from 500 to 5000 rupees in the local and utside markets.

The IRDP is aimed at providing self-employment to the rural people through acquisition of productive assets or appropriate skills which would generate additional income.

It is a holistic programme run by the government covering all aspects of self-employment. By Hemant Chauhan (ANI)

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Women’s best way to chat-up men is a direct no-nonsense approach

April 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, Apr 7 (ANI): Want to chat up a man? Well, then give jumbled cues and small talks a miss, for the way to a man’s heart is direct, no-nonsense conversation.

According to The Daily Mail, sober lines like “Fancy dinner?” or “Can I give you my number?” avoid confusion and guarantee success when landing a man, a study found.

As per Bucknell University researchers, men have a tough time figuring out hints, even if they are accompanied by flirty body language.

To reach the conclusion, scientists asked a group of women for their top chat-up lines. They took the 50 most common answers and asked 70 men and women how well they thought they would work.

Men found a direct approach, such as an invitation to dinner or the cinema, the most appealing. Exchanges of phone numbers scored next best with the male volunteers, followed by indirect invitations, including “Do you have plans later?” and “What are you up to tonight?”.

The women also rated the direct approach the most highly but were also impressed with those lines which were designed to pin down common interests, the journal Personality and Individual Differences reported.

Humorous lines, such as “Your shirt matches my bedspread – you belong in my bed”, fared poorly, the study found.

“The direct indication of a possible date as well as the hint of a possible date gives the man a clear signal instead of sending mixed non-verbal signals that the man must decipher,” The Couriermail quoted psychologist Dr Joel Wade, as saying.

He added that straightforward suggestions removed any “uncertainty regarding the outcome of the interaction”. (ANI)

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Muthalik’s Sri Rama Sene to support Varun Gandhi

March 24, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Bangalore, Mar 24 (ANI): Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik has said that he and his group would support the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi, who is in trouble after his alleged anti-Muslim speech.

Muthalik also said that Gandhi had the guts to speak the truth.

“He has the guts to speak the truth. Rama Sene would support him. I think every true Hindu would support him,” Muthalik said on the sidelines of a function organised by the Vishwa Hindu Dharma Rakshana Vedike at the Town Hall here.

Muthalik said that Gandhi’s statement has made Hindus realise that they were being treated badly in the country.

The other guests at the function were Kolada Mutt and the Brahmathanthra Parakala Mutt.

Muthalik is the founder of the Sri Rama Sene, which came into light after its workers attacked a group of women in a Mangalore pub in January.

Muthalik has now been banned entry for a year in Mangalore. The group has also been banned in Goa. (ANI)

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Early detection of second breast cancers ‘can halve death risk’

March 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Mar 18 (ANI): A group of international researchers have shown that breast cancer sufferers who go into remission but then have their cancer return are at up to half the risk of dying from the disease if its return is spotted early.

Researchers have warned that doctors should continue to monitor breast cancer patients closely and try to identify returning ‘secondary’ tumours before symptoms appear.f detected early enough patients have a 27 to 47 per cent better chance of survival than women whose cancer is picked up later.

The team who carried out the latest study said that it was the most comprehensive assessment of how early detection could prevent deaths from secondary breast cancer.

“Intuitively, it makes sense to consider that early detection of second breast cancers will improve prognosis, since breast cancer survivors have a long-term risk of developing further disease or relapse in either breast,” Nehmat Houssami, from the University of Sydney’s School of Public Health, who led the study, said.

However, she added, there had been a “paucity of evidence” about the benefits of early identification.

According to the research, “recommendations on follow-up after treatment of early breast cancer should consider our findings, which suggest that early detection of second breast cancer events improves prognosis in this ever-increasing group of women”.

The study looked at 1,044 women who had attended a clinic in Florence, Italy, between 1980 and 2005.

While the majority of the tumours were identified by a mammogram, the results show that a significant number, 14 per cent, were picked up only by clinical examination.

The study has been published in the journal Annals of Oncology. (ANI)

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Maoists kill three in Bihar

March 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Khaira (Bihar), Mar 17 (ANI): Armed Maoists attacked Khaira village in Bihar’s Lakhisarai District and killed three persons on Monday night to avenge the murder of one of their men last week.

“They targeted three houses and were on a look out for people who had helped the administration ,”Anoop Yadav, a relative of the victim, said.

The attackers have taken a group of women from the village hostage, threatening to kill them if their enemies are not brought to them.

“The attackers said that who ever has run away from the village will have to be brought to them or else the women in the village will be killed. The reason behind it was to know why Ravidas (Maoist) was killed,” Ujjhan, a resident.

Thousands of people have been killed since the Maoists began their insurgency in the late 1960s in a town called Naxalbari in West Bengal.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called the rebels the biggest challenge to the country’s internal security. (ANI)

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Dehradun’s Mahila Bachat Bank provides help to needy women

March 11, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Dehradun, Mar 11 (ANI): For providing loans and other financial facilities to needy women, a group of women here in Uttarakhand have opened a bank named the Mahila Bachat (Women’s Saving) Bank.

A group of women started the bank and put their savings here. They can even apply for loans at the bank.

The bank has made women here self-reliant. Some have even started their own ventures after taking loans.

“The aim of opening this bank was to provide an opportunity to those women who wanted to earn on their own. Usually, women undergo various forms of training to start their own venture, but due to a lack of funds, were unable to do so. So, we thought why not start our own bank? The bank holds meetings every month and deposits money. The money is then given to needy women,” said Kiran Negi, the chairman of the bank.

Women having accounts in the bank said they were happy to save their hard-earned money.

“We are very happy with the bank. We get three times now than before,” said Asha Pandey, an account holder.

The bank has already provided loans to 65 women, and at present has a fund of around Rs. 10 lakh. (ANI)

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Omega-3s ease psychological distress related to menopause

January 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Jan 29 (ANI): Supplements of omega-3 fatty acids, found in cold-water fish such as salmon and sardines, could help ease psychological distress and depressive symptoms often suffered by menopausal and perimenopausal women, says a new study.

The study has been published in the February issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

To reach the conclusion, Dr. Michel Lucas and colleagues recruited 120 women age 40 to 55 and divided them into two groups. Women in the first group took three gel capsules containing a total of one gram of EPA, an omega-3 fatty acid of marine origin, every day for eight weeks.

Those in the second group followed the same protocol, but took gel capsules containing sunflower oil without EPA.

Test results before and after the eight-week period indicate that omega-3s significantly improved the condition of women suffering symptoms of psychological distress and mild depression.

“The differences we observed between the two groups are noteworthy,” commented Dr Lucas, “especially considering that omega-3s have very few side effects and are beneficial to cardiovascular health.”

However, no positive effect was observed among a small group of women with more severe depressive symptoms.

Women with hot flashes also noted that their condition improved after consuming omega-3s. At baseline, the number of daily hot flashes was 2.8 and dropped by an average of 1.6 in the group taking omega-3s and by 0.5 in the control group. (ANI)

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Family history raises breast cancer risk even without faulty gene

January 20, 2009 By Rajesh Leave a Comment

London, Jan 20 (ANI): Women with a family history of breast cancer are four times more likely to develop breast cancer than other women – even if they don’t have high-risk genes, according to a new study.

For the study, scientists looked for the first time at the risk of getting the disease for women who do not have a faulty gene but have family members who have developed breast cancer.

About one in six women with breast cancer have a family history of the disease, which means about 13 per cent of all sufferers have a strong family record of it, but do not have a faulty gene.

The researchers looked at women who had one first- degree relative – mother, daughter or sister – under the age of 50 with breast cancer and at least one other relative like a cousin or aunt with breast cancer, or three relatives of any age with the disease.

They found that although the risk of breast cancer in the general population was one in nine, for the group studied the risk rose to more than one in three.
According to the researchers, a significant family history of breast cancer alone could be strong enough grounds for doctors to offer preventative treatments.

“This is the first time the breast cancer risk for this group of women has been measured, and it’s significantly higher than that of the general population,” the Daily Express quoted lead author Dr Steven Narod, of Toronto University in Canada, as saying.

“It’s important to start thinking about action to prevent breast cancer in women at high risk of developing the disease,” he added.

The study is published in the British Journal of Cancer. (ANI)

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