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Brits voted worst dressed in Europe
London, Mar 20 (ANI): England has been voted the worst dressed nation in Europe, says a survey.
Conducted by shopping website Ciao, a whopping 44 per cent in the study said Brits were the worst dressed behind the likes of the Swedes and Dutch, reports The Sun.
And the blame has been put on Brits’ fixation with [...]
Twitter, Facebook addicts stop sexing, eating to start texting!
New York, Mar 20 (ANI): A new study has found that rabid Internet users update their Facebook or Twitter while they are at dinner, in the middle of having sex, and even after they have gone to bed for the night.
A survey of 1,000 Internet users, conducted by consumer electronics site Retrevo.com, found 48 percent [...]
Critical period for liver transplant woman
A 24-year-old former drug addict mother who was refused a second liver transplant in Australia has undergone potentially life-saving surgery in Singapore.
Perth woman Claire Murray underwent a 12-hour operation in Singapore last night.
She received part of a liver from her aunt, who is reported to be doing well.
Doctors say it will be 48 hours before [...]
New nicotine replacement products offer hope to smokers
Wellington, March 17 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Otago have come up with new ways to help smokers kick the butt.
In their study, smokers gave thumbs up to two nicotine replacement products, which may become more commonly available.
The products come in small sachets, which smokers keep in their mouth, allowing nicotine – the addictive [...]
PETA urges people to avoid fish-eating in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, March 10 (ANI): Activists of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are running a campaign to appeal people in Tamil Nadu to desist from the habit of eating fish, as it is a risk to human health for the chemical toxins, besides suffering of the animal.
Talking to media here on Wednesday, [...]
Manhattan man vows to visit 365 city bars in 365 days!
New York, Mar 10 (ANI): A Manhattan man is fulfilling every alcoholic’s dream—he has pledged to drink at 365 city bars in 365 days.
Marty Wombacher, 51, is on a mission to create a poor man’’s guide to New York’’s watering holes.
He heads to various pubs and bars, take loads of pictures, drink lots of beer, [...]
Michelle Obama “understands” hubby’’s smoke-quitting issues
Washington, Mar 5 (ANI): US First Lady Michelle Obama has admitted President Barack Obama is struggling to quit smoking.
She addressed the doctors” report on the president’’s health.
“What the president struggles with is what every smoker struggles with, it’’s a difficult habit to break. It’’s understandable that he struggles with it,” Politico quoted her as saying.
She [...]
Mamata Banerjee hits out at Leftists
New Delhi, Sept 16 (ANI): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee hailed the good showing of Trinamool Congress in civic polls in Darjeeling district as victory over state-sponsored terrorism.
In the 47-member district council, the Trinamool Congress and the Congress combine bagged 15 seats each. The Left Front, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxists) won [...]
Charles Dickens ‘displayed mild OCD symptoms’
London, Sept 13 (ANI): Charles Dickens developed a ritualistic routine in his domestic life, together with an obsessive approach to work, which is consistent with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and can be seen reflected in some of his characters, claims a new biography.
Dickens had a habit of rearranging furniture whenever he stayed in a hotel [...]
Macca says Beatles overindulged in drugs
Washington, Sept 11 (ANI): Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is amazed he and his band mates survived the excessive drug habit they had in their heyday.
The singer admits that the Fab Four overindulged in drugs, often falling asleep during recording sessions.
“(We were) overdoing substances and really getting crazy, [...]
Brit office workers to be allowed 10-minute ‘Facebook break’!
London, Sept 11 (ANI): Bosses in Britian have decided to impose a new rule in the workplace which will allow employees a ‘Facebook break’ of 10 minutes a day.
The decision has been taken after a research suggested that Britain’s [...]
It’s official: Britons are obsessed with weather
London, Sept 11 (ANI): Eight out of 10 Britons use current climatic conditions as the opening line when meeting a stranger, a new survey has found.
Queueing is their another favourite habit, with 70 percent of Brits favouring to wait in [...]
Robbie Williams calls himself a changed man
London, September 5 (ANI): Robbie Williams has confessed that he is a changed man, away from Class A drugs.
The singer said, “a new Robbie had emerged” who no longer had any “pent-up sexual energy”.
And he credits his partner actress Ayda for helping him stay away from the habit.
“I’ve spent most of the last few years [...]
Four tribals die after eating mango kernel in Orissa
Koratpur (Orissa), Sep 4 (ANI): Four tribesmen died in Koraput district of Orissa after they were forced to eat a soup made of mango kernel recently.
Preliminary medical reports said the soup was bacteria-infected and the tribals, who belong to Narayanpatna block, died of food poisoning.
“My [...]
Hubby in Britain’s longest marriage passes away at 101
London, Sept 2 (ANI): Frank Milford, one half of the longest married living couple in Britain, has died after 81 years of marriage.
Frank Milford, 101, held the hand of his wife Anita, also 101, as he passed away at the residential home where they lived.
The devoted pair met at a YMCA dance in Plymouth in [...]
Soluble fibre ‘effective in treating irritable bowel syndrome’
London, Aug 28 (ANI): A new study by researchers from Utrecht University in the Netherlands has suggested that a soluble fibre supplement called psyllium should be the first line of attack in treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
In the study, researchers compared adding bran, psyllium and a [...]
Unique acacia tree could nourish soils in Africa
Washington, August 25 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have said that a type of acacia tree with an unusual growth habit, which is unlike virtually all other trees, holds particular promise for farmers in Africa as a free source of nitrogen for their soils that could last generations.
With its nitrogen-fixing qualities, the tall, long-lived [...]
Smoking may aggravate malnutrition in developing countries
Washington, August 24 (ANI): Smokers may exacerbate the problem of malnutrition in developing countries because they tend to finance their habit by dipping into the family food budget, say a pair of researchers.
Steven Block and Patrick Webb, of Tufts University, have revealed that their fidning is based on a study conducted in Java, Indonesia. [...]
Pretending to be someone else is “like a drug”, says Penelope Cruz
Washington, Aug 21 (ANI): Penelope Cruz has said that she is hooked on to disguising herself because of the rush it gives her.
The actress feels the habit of assuming someone else’s identity is “like a drug.”
The ‘Broken Embraces’ star revealed that she first [...]
Kerry Katona ‘used kids’ maintenance cash to fund cocaine habit’
London, Aug 20 (ANI): Kerry Katona uses maintenance funds sent by ex-husband Brian McFadden for their daughters to fund her cocaine habit, it has emerged.
McFadden pays 2,100 pounds per month for daughters, Molly aged seven, and one year younger Lilly Sue.
The ex-Atomic Kitten stooped to dipping into the child maintenance to fund the drugs she [...]
