Damaged hearts could one day repair themselves, suggests mice study
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that the mammalian newborn heart can heal itself completely. Researchers, working with mice, found that a portion of the heart removed during the first week after birth grew back wholly and correctly – as if nothing had happened. “This is an important step in our search for [...]
JLo sets ‘Idol’ stage for music video
Jennifer Lopez is all set to premiere the video for her new single ‘On The Floor’ on an episode of ‘American Idol’.The ‘Waiting for Tonight’ hitmaker, who is also a judge on the US reality talent show alongside Randy Jackson and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, will appear in her ‘On The Floor’ video during the [...]
Obesity adds at least 5 yrs to your joints’ age: Survey
A new UK survey has claimed that some people have joints that look a decade older than their actual age. The study found obesity to be a major contributing factor towards this phenomenon, adding at least five years to the age of your joints, the Daily Express reported. Statistics show that, one in five persons [...]
Myths related to spring allergies busted
Not satisfied with the kind of information available pertaining to spring allergies and want something reliable? Well, here’s what you need to read. The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) and its allergist members, who are experts at diagnosing and treating allergies and asthma, have offered the following myth-busting advice: Myth: Over-the-counter (OTC, [...]
Oscars 2011: Complete list of winners
Here is the full list of winners for the 83rd Academy Awards, with the tally at four apiece for The King’s Speech and Inception, three for The Social Network and two apiece for the Fighter and Alice in Wonderland. BEST PICTURE: The King’s Speech (Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers) DIRECTING: The King’s [...]
Is sex addiction really a disease or just a convenient excuse?
As sex scandals become more rampant, experts struggle to understand, is the craving for sex really a disorder or simply a convenient excuse to wriggle out of trouble? The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is debating whether sex addiction should be added to its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Ever since Tiger Woods’ enrollment [...]
Drinking a glass of wine daily helps ward off dementia
Scientists have found that a daily cocktail or glass of wine could help delay dementia. Their research has shown that alcohol is an anti-inflammatory (inflammation promotes Alzheimer’s) and raises good HDL cholesterol, which helps ward off dementia. Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre in North Carolina found that older people who had eight [...]
Creative storytelling improves lives of people with dementia: Study
Agency: ANI A University of Missouri study has found that creative storytelling improves communication skills and has a positive affect on people with dementia. Lorraine Phillips, John A Hartford of the Sinclair School of Nursing, found that participation in TimeSlips, a drug-free, creative storytelling intervention, improved facilitated positive emotions in persons with dementia. TimeSlips is [...]
Shakira meets Spaniard footballer again
Shakira recently announced the end of an 11-year-old relationship and it looks like she has moved on with soccer star Gerard Pique.The 34-year-old singer and the footballer were spotted together at the Barcelona airport waiting to catch a private jet, reported Daily Mail online.They were also caught holding hands while exiting a restaurant earlier this [...]
Heparin plays key role in allergic, inflammatory reactions
Scientists have found that heparin plays a key role in allergic and inflammatory reactions driven by mast cells. The study, conducted by scientists from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden in collaboration with colleagues from Germany and Switzerland, sheds some new light on the biological function of heparin. Professor Erik Jorpes Jorpes showed that heparin is produced [...]
Shweta Tiwari – in a play “Aine Ke Sau Tukre”
Winning a reality show hasn’t made much difference in TV actress Shweta Tiwari’s life. She feels that her life is just as it used to be before her win, barring the small difference that she missed being with her daughter all this while. “I don’t think my life has changed one bit. I was always [...]
Cricket crazy fans are terribly disappointed
Looks like the majority of cricket crazy fans in India are going to be left terribly disappointed. Scores of cricket enthusiasts are trying their best to get hold of tickets to watch the World Cup 2011 finals, live at the Wankhede stadium, in Mumbai. While the stadium has a total capacity of 40,000 spectators, only [...]
Companies pay 5K to be in Britney video
Britney Spears reportedly made a whopping half a million dollars from product placements in her new music video, ‘Hold It Against Me’. From cosmetics to a dating website, companies paid Spears a combined total of $500,000 to feature their items in the much hyped video, reported TMZ.The four and a half minute video, which premiered [...]
Schedule of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
Match Date Teams Venue 1 19 Feb India vs Bangladesh Dhaka 2 20 Feb New Zealand vs Kenya Chennai 3 20 Feb Sri Lanka vs Canada Hambantota 4 21 Feb Australia vs Zimbabwe Ahmedabad 5 22 Feb England vs Netherlands Nagpur 6 23 Feb Pakistan vs Kenya Hambantota 7 24 Feb South Africa vs West [...]
Catherine Zeta-Jones gets knighted!
Wales-born Hollywood star Catherine Zeta-Jones has been knighted by Prince Charles for her contribution to cinema and was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in a ceremony here.The 41-year-old actress and her husband Michael Douglas arrived at the Buckingham palace with their children Dylan and Carys for the ceremony, reported Daily Mail online.The [...]
Breast milk ice cream hits London
A new London ice cream parlour is offering breast milk ice cream alongside the more traditional flavours like raspberry ripple and mint choc chip.The latest ice cream, sold in London, England, in a shop called Icecreamist is called Baby Gaga. The restaurant buys milk from mamas to make them into the Gagas. They’re served in [...]
Rihanna assault pictures leak online
pictures of a battered Rihanna have leaked online shortly after the restraining order against the R&B star’s ex-boyfriend Chris Brown has been relaxed.The previously unseen pictures were taken in the hours after the ‘Umbrella’ hitmaker was assaulted by Brown in February 2009, TMZ reported.The photographs, published by the celebrity website MediaTakeOut, appear to show the [...]
Katrina Kaif backed out of Vijay Mallya’s cricket team
Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif’s association with busines honcho Vijay Mallya’s cricket team goes back a long way, as she was the face of the team in the first two seasons. But now buzz is that the actress has backed out of the contract citing date troubles and will no longer be the brand ambassador for [...]
Lady Gaga and Priyanka Chopra together in New york
Actress Priyanka Chopra took off to New York last week for a vacation with her gal pals and meeting pop sensation, Lady Gaga was on the top of her agenda. The actress, who’s a huge fan of the singer, finally met her when she attended Gaga’s concert at the Madison Square Garden. “It was a [...]
I really like Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle: Nelly Furtado
Canadian singer, song-writer, actress and musician Nelly Furtado feels that her 10 years of achievement calls for some celebration. “It has been a decade, hence a time to celebrate this 10-year-long period. And I felt that I should come up with duets that my fans would like to have on one album.” Back in 2000 [...]
Funny side of life – laugh out loud…..ha..ha
It’s in most men’s and in that matter even women’s nature to stare at other’s asset, I mean the natural one. I am finding it little amusing to write about such a peculiar subject but it’s fun to write and read about human psycho and their area of interest and I bet you can’t deny [...]
Bipasha Basu loves to pampers John Abraham
Actress Bipasha Basu loves to pamperbeau John Abraham with gifts. And here’s a secret: all the watches that John sports have actually been gifted to him by Basu. There’s not a single watch that John Abraham owns, which has not been gifted by the sultry siren. Basu also admitted that she is almost addicted to pampering [...]
Mysterious Tree in India
At a glance you may be confused the above tree with a massive trunk with a ‘Baobab’ tree (which is renowned to possess the largest tree trunks of the world) but, this is yet another unknown specie which is seen in the close proximity of a hermitage deep in the dense forest in ‘Andra Pradesh’ [...]
Britney video doesn’t impress Katy Perry
Katy Perry is not impressed with the “in your face” product placement in fellow pop star Britney Spears latest music video ‘Hold It Against Me’.The ‘California Gurls’ hitmaker jumped into a debate on Twitter, started by British singer Marina of ‘Marina and the Diamonds’ who posted the question, “What is consensus on product placement in [...]
Air India at third spot in operating flights after Jet, Kingfisher
Air India has operated far less number of domestic andinternational flights last year than its private competitors, with official figures showing that its market share has dwindled to 17.1%. Air India currently stands at the fourth position in terms of market share, after its private competitors Jet Airways, Kingfisher and IndiGo. These figures collated by [...]
Joker 3d film
Shirish Kunder the multi-talented husband of director Farah Khan has confirmed that they are embarking on making the first Bollywood film in 3D, called JOKER. The lead male role for the film will be played by Bollywood action star, Akshay Kumar. Joker has been Shirish Kunder’s dream project. Not just that, the director is now [...]
Kate Moss’ night out turns violent
Kate Moss’ romantic night-out with fiance Jamie Hince ended on a violent note after the rocker ended up in a fight with the paparazzi.The 37-year-old and the ‘Kills’ frontman were heading out from a Soho nightclub when they were faced with a barrage of photographers.The model was quickly rushed into the waiting car by club [...]
Correct your sitting postures – Improve your shape
If your job requires long hours of sitting then getting up from your desk and walking around a little every 20 minutes or so could help your body more than a 45-minute session at the gym, say experts. “From a cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome perspective, your results will be significantly better,” the Sydney Morning [...]
Prachi Desai- A shining Bollywood Star
She has the potential to kill some one with her extreme charm and child like millionare smile yes i am talking about the gorgeous Bollywood star Prachi Desai. Actress Prachi Desai has come a long way since her first movie outing in the Farhan Akhtar-Arjun Rampal starrer Rock On!!. one would have expected her to sign films in heaps. However, [...]
Tips for the ”miserably-married’ couple
The times are changing, so with the changing times more avenues are open for the masses, bringing more opportunities, options, fat pay packages and much more. But unfortunately, along with prosperity and success something very negative is also filtering in our lives stress, tensions, poor tolerance, ego, attitude and finally broken homes and lonely children and more [...]
Jlo refused to ditch Idol for X Factor
Pop diva and actress Jennifer Lopez has reportedly turned down an offer to judge Simon Cowell’s US version of the talent show X Factor.The ‘Waiting for Tonight’ hitmaker was reportedly approached by the music mogul shortly after she had signed on to Simon Fuller’s ‘American Idol’, reported Mirror online. A source claimed that Cowell began [...]
Meet world’s fastest reconfigurable supercomputer
University of Florida’s supercomputer Novo-G is the world’s fastest reconfigurable supercomputer and outperforms the Chinese supercomputer touted as the world’s most powerful. Novo-G is about the size of two home refrigerators and consumes less than 8,000 watts, unlike conventional supercomputers that can consume up to millions of watts of electrical power, generating massive amounts of [...]
Jemima Goldsmith- A fighter
Jemima was born in London on January 30, 1974, to tycoon Sir James Goldsmith and his then mistress, Lady Annabel Vane Tempest Stewart. The couple went on to marry in 1976. A bright girl, seen as the apple of her father’s eye, Jemima was an excellent horsewoman, and many thought she had the talent to become [...]
Won’t outdo Angelina’s brood: Victoria
She has three children with football heartthrob David Beckham and is expecting her fourth but former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham says that she has no plans to outdo Hollywood star Angelina Jolie with her brood.Jolie famously has six children with partner Brad Pitt and though Victoria wants a big family, she does not want one [...]
Britney Spears ripped off lyrics?
Pop star Britney Spears is facing plagiarism charges for “ripping off” the lyrics of her latest single ‘Hold It Against Me’ and may have to face a multi-million dollar lawsuit, according to reports.The much awaited track from her first album in two years had debuted at number one on the music charts and now the [...]
Britain to let in 20,000 Indians every year: Report
Britain is preparing to let in some 20,000 skilled Indian workers every year, a media report said, citing secret documents. The Indian migrants, most of them skilled information technology professionals, are to be allowed into the UK every year under the multi-billion-pound European Union-India Free Trade Agreement which is being negotiated in the corridors of [...]
Keep your heart smiling
The human heart is a pear-shaped structure about the size of a fist. The heart is an amazing organ. It is responsible for supplying the body with oxygenated blood. Each time the heart beats, it exerts a pressure on the veins and arteries called Blood pressure is extremely important and must be controlled if it is [...]
Breakfast is the key to a healthy lifestyle
Good breakfast is the key to a healthy lifestyle determining the quality of your whole day’s nutrition, according to research. And the best way to start the morning is with a simple bowl of a healthy cereal, as it makes people less likely to turn to fatty, sugary food through the rest of the day, [...]
What women think while having sex
A Hollywood hunk, ex-lovers, a blue film scene and even what to buy in a grocery store—these are things that women think of while having sex. Some women have now revealed what really scores with them between the sheets. Single comedian Shazia Mirza, 34, said that some of her friends revealed that during sex they [...]
The Kardashians are Hollywood’s highest earners
Reality TV family, the Kardashians, added a whopping USD 65 million to their bank balance over the last year, more than the combined earnings of Hollywood superstars Angelina Jolie, Sandra Bullock and Tom Cruise.The Kardashian sisters, Kim, Kourtney and Khloe, and their family, including mother and manager Kris Jenner, made millions through hit reality TV [...]
Pamela Anderson into monkey business in India
Pamela Anderson has accused one of India’s most prestigious research centres of animal cruelty.The former Baywatch star has written to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) asking them to ban testing on monkeys.She wrote a letter to director R.C. Deka after watching a video allegedly exposing animal cruelty at the New Delhi centre.’It [...]
Kate Moss to design her own wedding stories
Supermodel Kate Moss who is set to walk down the aisle with fiance Jamie Hince, wants her wedding gown to be unique and has decided to design it herself.This is the first wedding for the 37-year-old catwalk queen and she has rejected the idea of a haute couture gown, reported Daily Mail online.Designer Vivienne Westwood, [...]
Malaysian airline flight makes emergency landing at IGI airport
A Malaysian airline flight MH173 made an emergency landing at the IGI airport here this afternoon at around 3.10pm, according to TV reports. According to reports, the pilot detected a technical snag in the aircraft following which he pressed alarm buttons and sought permission for emergency landing at IGIA. The airport pressed into service all [...]
10 Best places to get naked in 2011
A list of the ten best places where one can get naked in 2011 has been revealed, and it includes a French city dedicated to naturalism, a naked cruise, and a nude beach. The list by global hotel rating website HotelsCombined has also listed some nude outdoor activities, an art festival, a bike ride in [...]
Twitter blocks UberTwitter, Twidroyd, UberCurrent apps
Twitter suspended UberTwitter, UberCurrent, and Twidroyd applications in a clash with a startup that controls a fifth of the “tweets” at the hot microblogging service. The UberMedia applications cut off from Twitter handled messages “tweeted” from Android, BlackBerry, or iPhone smartphones. Other software is available to “tweet” from those kinds of smartphones. “We have suspended [...]
Plastic Surgery disaster
This article is an eye opener to all those who are not satisfied with their God gifted beauty and want’s more and get into plastic surgeries. “Value for what you have” In this article I have made an attempt to warn all those who get tempted to go under knife in the greed to look [...]
Cheryl’s face used for mail order brides
Cheryl Cole is “livid” after a Russian mail order bride website used her image in its promotions, claiming that she was one of the women looking for a husband on their portal.Pictures of the 27-year-old star have been posted on the website RussianBrides.org and she is planning to sue the owners, reported Daily Star online.One [...]
LIST OF GRAMMY WINNERS 2011
Winners in selected major categories at Sunday’s 53rd Annual Grammy Awards: Record of the Year: “The Suburbs,” Arcade Fire Album of the Year: “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum Song of the Year: “Need You Now,” Lady Antebellum New Artist: Esperanza Spalding Pop Vocal Album: “The Fame Monster,” Lady Gaga Pop Performance by a Duo or [...]
Wedding time for Bhupati-Lara
Mahesh Bhupati and Bollywood actress Lara Dutta are all set to tie the knot in a formal wedding ceremony on Saturday in Victorian style. The celebrity couple, who has registered their marriage in Mumbai, has planned a grand reception for 200 invitees at a five star hotel near Sinquerim beach, 10 kms away from here. [...]
Lady Gaga is highest earner of 2010
Following her Grammy success, pop diva Lady Gaga has another reason to celebrate as she has been named the highest-earning pop star of 2010.The ‘Poker Face’ hitmaker topped Billboard’s money makers list, raking in $30.5 million last year. Rockers Bon Jovi regained second slot with $30.4 million and Pink Floyd star Roger Waters clinched third [...]