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Smokers will be banned from lighting up while sitting outside cafes at Sydney’s Bondi Beach from July.
The Waverley Council has voted to ban smoking within 10 metres of outdoor cafes in the popular tourist spot.
The restrictions apply to council-regulated footpaths, but not to internal courtyards or beer gardens.
Councillor Kerryn Sloan says the ban is designed [...]

Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): Scarlett Johansson has said that she was banned from partying and dating boys by her overprotective mom.

The actress revealed that her mom Melanie Sloan was very strict with her.

“There were rules. My mother not only told me not to go out with actors but not even to go out,” Contactmusic quoted [...]

Washington, August 25 (ANI): In a recently released report, the Obama administration’s advisory group on Science and Technology has said that the H1N1 flu virus, dubbed ‘Swine flu’, could cause as many as 30,000 and 90,000 deaths in the United States and pose a serious health threat.

According to Fox News, deaths would be concentrated among [...]

Washington, July 11 (ANI): Hollywood actor Matt Damon plays a “stalkerish” in ‘Entourage’, says show’s star Adrien Grenier.

According to TV Guide, the ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ star recently shot for the cameo in the hit HBO series’ season finale.

In his cameo, the star does whatever it takes to get donations for his real-life charity.

“The joke is that [...]

Washington, July 10 (ANI): Scientists from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre have identified a protein that helps TB bacteria resist immune response, and remain latent in the body for decades.

They hope that the new discovery may lead to new [...]

Washington, July 7 (ANI): Scientists have found a genetic function behind breast cancer cells’ ability to survive and spread to the bone years after treatment has been administered.

Led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), the study comes as scientists are looking for therapies to target this survival capacity and force the death of [...]

Washington, May 22 (ANI): A new report has said that the United States of America should reaffirm and increase its commitment to improving the health of developing nations.

The report, from the Institute of Medicine, determines that the United States should increase its funding for overseas disease prevention and treatment to 15 billion dollars per year [...]

Washington, April 16 (ANI): A minimally invasive surgical approach has been found to have certain advantages that makes it a preferable treatment for some stomach cancer patients.

Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) say that the procedure called laparoscopic gastrectomy yields shorter hospital stays, decreased need for postoperative pain relief, fewer complications after surgery, and [...]

Washington, April 11 (ANI): A novel therapy for metastatic prostate cancer has shown considerable promise in early clinical trials by reducing signs of the disease in patients with drug-resistant cancer.

Of 30 men who received low doses of one the drugs in a multisite phase I/II trial designed to evaluate safety, 22 showed a sustained decline [...]

Washington, April 9 (ANI): A novel therapy for metastatic prostate cancer has shown considerable promise in early clinical trials by reducing signs of the disease in patients with drug-resistant cancer.

Of 30 men who received low doses of one the drugs in a multisite phase I/II trial designed to evaluate safety, 22 showed a sustained decline [...]

London, Jan 27 (ANI): Sienna Miller’s photo on the cover of Vogue, back in 2007, was airbrushed for the actress was “too toothy” to grace the cover page.

In a behind-the-scenes documentary, The September Issue, Vogue editor Anna Wintour has revealed that the 27-year-old actress was too “toothy” and staff were worried she has “too [...]

Washington, Jan 16 (ANI): In a new research, a Cornell University led team of astronomers has observed dust forming around a dying star in a nearby galaxy, giving a glimpse into the early universe and enlivening a debate about the origins of all cosmic dust.
The research, led by Cornell research associate Greg Sloan, was based [...]

London, Jan 13 (ANI): Large number of job-hunting British workers crashed a website yesterday in the pursuit to apply for what is being touted as “the best job in the world”- a caretaker for an Aussie island.
Tourism Queensland in Australia is looking for a caretaker for Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef.
With a salary [...]