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Washington, Sep 17 (ANI): Amid an ongoing debate about changing the drinking age from 21 to 18 in the US, a Sam Houston State University economist has raised voice against a related law- the “zero tolerance” policy.

Darren Grant studied data from 30,000 fatalities in [...]

Washington, Aug 25 (ANI): A new study has found that mild glucose intolerance in pregnancy could be an early identifier of women who are at higher risk of heart disease.

In a large population-based cohort study, researchers from the University of Toronto and the [...]

London, August 25 (ANI): Thousands of kids in Malawi are taking in 50 cigarettes worth of nicotine a day due to their employment as child labourers on the country’s tobacco fields, warns an organisation.

According to a study by Plan, the kids showed an array of nicotine poisoning symptoms, such as severe headaches, abdominal pain, muscle [...]

Washington, July 28 (ANI): A new study led by an Indian origin scientist has unravelled the mystery behind why some children are more susceptible to malaria infection and anaemia.

Lead researcher Indu Malhotra from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine suggests that children who are exposed to Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum) malaria before birth become [...]

Kolkata, July 15 (ANI): An Australian Government delegation, led by Colin Walters, met with West Bengal Chief Secretary Asok M Chakrabarti on Wednesday and briefed him about Canberra’s response to recent crimes against Indian students in Australia.

A statement issued by the Australian High [...]

Atlanta, July 13 (ANI): The latest revelation on the appearance of at least 40 active-duty US soldiers on a neo-Nazi social networking website has confirmed the controversial government report released in April about the growing presence of white supremacy [...]

London, July 12 (ANI): F-word outbursts, for which celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is famous, can actually decrease the effect of pain, according to a new study.

The study, conducted by researchers at Keele University in Staffordshire, suggests that swearing may be a good recipe for coping with physical knocks.

The research team, led by Dr Richard Stephens, [...]

Washington, July 8 (ANI): An international team of scientists has developed salt-tolerant plants using a new type of genetic modification (GM), bringing salt-tolerant cereal crops a step closer to reality.

The research team, based at the University of Adelaide’s Waite Campus in Australia, has used a new GM technique to contain salt in parts of the [...]

Washington, July 7 (ANI): If Medical College of Georgia researchers are to be believed, organ transplantation in future may include microscopic beads that create “designer” immune cells so that patients may tolerate their new organ.

Dr. Anatolij Horuzsko, reproductive immunologist [...]

New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): Union Government reiterated its stand of zero tolerance for ragging in institutions of higher education and said tough regulations have been put in force against this menace.

Replying a short duration discussion on increasing incidents of ragging in the country in Rajya Sabha [...]

London, July 03(ANI): ‘Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince director’ David Yates has revealed that the new film is all about sex, drugs and rock n’ roll.

“It’s all about sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. Okay, maybe we should take the ‘drugs’ out. Really, this film is more sex, potions and rock n’ roll; but [...]

Brisbane (Australia), June 29 (ANI): Sacked Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds has denied that he is an alcoholic, but admitted to being a binge drinker.

In an interview on Nine Network’s Sixty Minutes last night, Symonds said: “I am not an alcoholic, I have been diagnosed as a binge drinker. I go out and drink hard all [...]

Ajmer, June 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sent a “Chadar” or, the holy cloth as his offering at the revered shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chisti in Ajmer Sharif on Sunday.

Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Prithviraj Chavan and Minister of State Sachin Pilot presented the sacred cloth on [...]

Washington, Jun 23 (ANI): American actor Shia LaBeouf has opened up about the eye injury that he got on the set of the Transformers sequel.

At first it had been reported that LaBeouf, 23, had been injured during a controlled [...]

Washington, June 19 (ANI): Obesity reduces volume of gray matter in the brains of postmenopausal women, according to a new study.

“A subset of women from the Pittsburgh Healthy Women Study (HWS) who had been followed for an average of 15 years was invited to participate in brain imaging studies,” said lead author Isabella Soreca, M.D., [...]

WASHINGTON: If you are pregnant and your husband complains about your repeated snoring, you may have bigger problems than a groggy,
sleep-deprived partner.
A new study by Northwestern University has found that women who reported frequent snoring during their pregnancy were more likely to develop gestational diabetes. The condition can cause health problems for both the mother [...]

Washington, May 29 (ANI): A tipple three to four times per week can put youngsters at a greater risk of binge drinking, suggests a new study.

The research team from the Universite de Montreal and the University of Western Ontario showed that frequent alcohol consumption can lead to binge drinking among all gender and all age [...]

New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has expressed deep concern over incidents of violence in Punjab.

In his message, Dr. Singh said, “I am deeply distressed by the outbreak of violence in Punjab following certain incidents in Vienna, Austria. Whatever [...]

Lahore, May 25 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday cleared the bowling action of Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal who was reported for a suspect action during the one-day international series against Australia in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last month.

“Saeed’s action is found to be legal in an independent test and the player [...]

Washington, May 20 (ANI): Individuals with increased levels of cardiorespiratory fitness have a lower risk of all-cause death and coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease, says a new study.

This is in comparison to people with lower levels of cardiorespiratory fitness, according to an analysis of previous studies appearing in the May 20 issue of JAMA.

Physical [...]