Autism-like syndrome could explain how brain wiring goes awry
Researchers have grown patients’ skin cells into neurons to discover what goes wrong in the brain when an individual suffers from autism. Potential clues to how autism miswires the brain are emerging from a study of a rare, purely genetic form of the disorders that affects fewer than 20 people worldwide. Abnormalities included changes in [...]
Overweight people at higher risk of weight gain
As people gain weight, they become more vulnerable to obesity risk factors, which cause them to gain even more weight and become even more susceptible, a new study has found. Paul Williams of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California found that certain risk factors like lower education level, parental obesity, and high meat or [...]
Australian singer Dannii Minogue to make musical return
Australian singer Dannii Minogue says she is planning to get back to singing.The `Australia`s Got Talent` judge hasn`t released a record since 2007`s `Club Disco` because she has been too busy but was recently offered some tracks that excited her, reported Contactmusic.”I just heard two really good demos the other day and got excited. It [...]
Amitabh Bachchan might play Rabindranath Tagore in his next film
Apart from playing the super duper role of a grand father of the most adorable girl in the world Amitabh is also playing the role of a great legend of Bengal, the one and only Rabinthnath tagore. If all goes well, Amitabh Bachchan might soon have a brush with Bengali. Argentinian filmmaker Pablo Cesar is set to [...]
HEAT RICH LIST 2011
The Harry Potter actor has retained his position from last year, beating his co-stars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint into fourth and fifth place. At the tender age of 22, Daniel topped Heat magazine’s 30 Under 30 Rich List with estimated earnings of £51.7m, an increase of £6.1m on last year. The boy wizard series [...]
Mouthwash that kills cavity-causing bacteria
A dental researcher has led efforts to develop a mouthwash with technology that kills cavity causing bacteria in the mouth and could save costly trips to the dentist. For the study, Wenyuan Shi and his colleagues from the University of California, Los Angeles, first had to understand how the Streptococcus mutans interacts in biofilms, or [...]
Kim Kardashian is letting fake tears flow as she mourns the death of her marriage?
The reality shows are no more real are so fake and scripted Kim Kardashian Kris Humphries wedding are a fine example. The Kim Kardashian Kris Humphries wedding has dominated the media as of late. But, is the entire Kardashian family a sham? Are their reality shows even real? Since mid-summer, when wedding preparations got into full swing, [...]
Kareena Kapoor has emerged as the sexiest Asian woman in the world
Bollywood beauty Kareena Kapoor has emerged as the sexiest Asian woman in the world, according to a survey. Bebo has attained this position beating her rival Katrina Kaif. Eastern Eye, a weekly, conducted a survey through social networking sites and Kareena came out on top, edging out last year’s winner Katrina. Kats, who had won [...]
Post tattoo Dilemmas- removal a painful surgery-it’s so crazy
we should be thanking God for creating us into this beautiful and yet so perfect human machinery which is so incomparable to any of the human greatest and the latest creation On this earth. But sad part is that we human have the tendency to be always be dissatisfied and always wants more. Tattos are [...]
Even girls in the girls are quite fond of Sunny Leone in BigBoss House
She’s a porn star internationally and has a rockstar attitude in Bigg Boss house. Sunny Leone, the Indian origin hottie is making all the right moves. Result? She already has a Bollywood offer in her kitty. Check out her journey in Bigg Boss so far.Sunny Leone, true to her name, has been able to charm [...]
Moderate drinking tied to lower diabetes risk
New York: Middle aged women who eat a lot of refined carbs might offset their risk of type 2 diabetes by drinking a moderate amount of alcohol, a new study suggests. Following more than 80,000 women over 26 years, researchers found that those who ate a diet high in refined carbohydrates, such as white bread, [...]
British ladies carry rotten fish to sex toys in handbags!
While opening a woman`s purse could be viewed as an uncivilised conduct for a man, a survey of the British women`s handbags has revealed one can expect rotten fish to sex toys beside other essentials in them. A quarter of the British women carry around spare garments while two percent of bags have secret sex [...]
Paul McCartney releases vegetarian cookbook
Beatles star Paul Mccartney, a longtime vegetarian, has co-written the Meat Free Monday Cookbook as part of his ongoing campaign urging fans to eat less meat.The 69-year-old pop legend has also asked friends including Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin Spacey to divulge their favourite vegetarian recipes for a new cookbook, reported The Telegraph online.Paltrow and Spacey [...]
Mahesh Bhatt to cast Sunny Leone in ‘Jism 2′ ?
Mahesh Bhatt is all set to enter the ‘Bigg Boss’ house for few hours to offer a lead role to adult movie star, Sunny Leone in ‘Jism 2′.The 63-year-old director-producer says he chose to announce the film on the reality show because of its popularity among the masses.“Announcing a film is as important as releasing [...]
Disease-fighting ‘helper’ cell discovered
A team of Australian researchers have discovered a new type of “helper” cell, which increases the ability of the human body to fight infections and life-threatening diseases. The cell was named as natural killer T follicular helper (NKTfh), is able to recognise foreign molecules, known as lipid antigens, which sit on infectious bacteria such as [...]
Bi-directional relation between schizophrenia and epilepsy confirmed
Researchers have confirmed that a bi-directional relation between schizophrenia and epilepsy exists claiming that patients with epilepsy are nearly 8 times more likely to develop schizophrenia and those with schizophrenia were close to 6 times more likely to develop epilepsy. Using the data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance database, the team identified 5195 patients [...]
Rihanna tops UK charts
R&B star Rihanna has become the first artist in 39 years to top the UK’s albums and singles charts twice in the same year with different releases. The 23-year-old singer’s new disc ‘Talk That Talk’ debuted at number one, while her Calvin Harris collaboration, ‘We Found Love’, enjoyed another week in pole position, reported Contactmusic. [...]
Sea salt no healthier than table salt
Sea salt, which can be 19 times as expensive as its humbler cousin table salt, is no healthier because both kinds are overwhelmingly sodium chloride and is just a costlier way to damage your health, say researchers. Kay Dilley, nutritionist at Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH), said: “Sea salt costs up to 19 [...]
Seal loves Heidi Klum`s fancy dress costumes
Singer Seal enjoys his wife Heidi Klum having fun with fancy dress costumes.The 48-year-old singer who raises children Leni, seven, Henri, six, Johan, five, and two-year-old Lou with his wife, insists he still finds his spouse attractive when she dons fancy dress costumes, reports contactmusic.com.”Heidi was the sexiest ape ever. I`m never keen on my [...]
Brad Pitt praised by ex-girlfriend
Sinitta who dated Brad Pitt for two years in the past says the actor was amazing.The 80s pop star, who dated the Hollywood star during the late 80s, had a great time with the 47-year-old hunk, though she remained coy over some of the details, reported Daily Mail online.“Hot. He was beautiful with the most [...]
Fish can halve wheezing in kids: Study
Babies who eat fish before they turn nine months are 50 percent less likely to suffer from breathing problems, a new study has found. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden found that infants who were fed fish before they complete nine months were half as likely to report wheezing later in life compared [...]
10 facts about vagina that every woman should know
Are you sure that you know enough about your vagina and if what you know is actually true? Vagina – every woman has it, but it is still surrounded by a veil of mystery. Still, every woman should know at least few things about it. Check them out. The quantity of vaginal discharge depends on [...]
POLICE CHARGE MAN OVER SUITCASE OF CASH LEFT IN CAFE
(Reuters) – A man who left a suitcase stuffed with nearly A$1 million (626,112 pounds) in cash in a Sydney cafe, and was then found dazed and sitting in the rain, has been charged with a number of offences, police said on Friday. Staff at the cafe in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Burwood noticed [...]
I was an Ugly Betty: Rosie Huntington Whiteley
Rosie Huntington Whiteley says that she was an ‘Ugly Betty’ while growing up.The 24-year-old British beauty is widely considered to be one of the sexiest women in the world but she said she resembled the spectacle and brace wearing character Betty Suarez from the TV series ‘The Ugly Betty’, reported Daily Mail.“I was a bit [...]
LILY ALLEN GIVES BIRTH TO GIRL: REPORT
British singer Lily Allen has given birth to a baby girl.According to a Twitter post by her ex-boyfriend, DJ Seb Chew, Allen gave birth on Friday.He tweeted, “sending out love to lily, sam and mini cooper…… YES.”Allen has yet to confirm the news herself, but a simple post on her Twitter page on Friday reads, [...]
AMERICANS FLOCK TO SHOP IN BLACK FRIDAY SALES
(AFP) – US crowds scrambled for deals, one Wal-Mart customer even using pepper spray to disable rival shoppers, in an annual Black Friday sales ritual closely watched for signs of national economic recovery. With doorbuster bargains online and in malls across the country, Black Friday marked the formal start to the end-of-year shopping season relied [...]
TWILIGHT BIRTH SCENES GIVE FILM FANS SEIZURES
THE new Twilight movie has been hit by health fears after cinema-goers suffered seizures.One scene in the vampire flick has triggered attacks in several viewers since it hit screens worldwide last week.The latest instalment of the saga, Breaking Dawn: Part One, contains a graphic birth scene.In it, heroine Bella Swan, played by Kristen Stewart, 21, [...]
George Michael hospitalised
George Michael has been forced to cancel a host of concert dates after being hospitalised in Vienna, Austria, with pneumonia.The 48-year-old ‘Careless Whisper’ singer is still not fully recovered and has cancelled two performances in Cardiff, Wales, which were due to take place later this week, reported Mirror online.“With great regret, George Michael has been [...]
A new UNICEF national ambassador
After Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra, superstar Aamir Khan is the latest celebrity face of UNICEF in India.The 46-year-old actor will be appointed the national ambassador of United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on November 30.The actor-producer, known for his films like ‘Taare Zammen Par’, ‘Ghajini’, ’3 Idiots’ and ‘Dhobi Ghat’, will support Unicef’s [...]
Colin Firth auctioning off himself for charity
Colin Firth has teamed up with Oxfam America to auction off a meeting with himself to raise funds for the charity.The 51-year-old actor has teamed up with the international relief organisation that aims to create lasting solutions to end poverty, hunger and injustice.It will allow one lucky bidder and a friend the opportunity to meet [...]
Nude Kate photo sells for £16,250
Kate Moss’ nude photographs has sold for 16,250 pounds at an auction to an anonymous private buyer.The black and white nude picture of the model, taken by photographer Albert Watson at the end of a day’s shoot in 1993, sold at Bonhams in London, reported a Daily online.”Kate Moss is a contemporary icon and the [...]
Winter care tips for shiny and healthy hair
Dry scalp, dull hair, dandruff and excessive hair fall – all these problems besiege you in winter. And fretting and worrying can worsen things, say experts, claiming the problem can be controlled with the right treatment.The importance of hair can be understood from the fact that those with a receding hairline or bald patches are queuing [...]
Mathematician Nathan Myhrvold turns chef with his new book
A US mathematician who used to work for Microsoft is hoping to win over Gallic gastronomes, as he takes his “modernist” cooking methods to the home of traditional gourmet cuisine. Defying critics who he argues view cooking “like religion,” chef Nathan Myhrvold is about to publish a French – and German and Spanish – version of [...]
Every dog has it’s day- Amazing stories
Some one has rightly said every Dog has his day.Gone are the days when dogs could only bark and safe guard the houses . Now they are playing all the roles very efficiently.So guys if your chaufer has not come for work you don”t need to panic any more. By the way all the humans who [...]
Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan addressed the media for the first time after Aishwarya’s delivery
Father-son duo Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan addressed the media in Mumbai for the first time after Aishwarya’s delivery.The Bachchan family is on cloud nine. “We are very happy. Goddess Lakshmi has come to our family and we have brought Lakshmi ratna home.This is what Abhishek and Jaya wanted,” said Amitabh who brought his new-born granddaughter [...]
Kardashian boycott petition receives 125,000 signatures
Kardashian haters have launched an online petition to remove the family from television, following reality star Kim’s filing of divorce just 72 days after a much publicised wedding.More than 125,000 people have already signed the ‘No More Kardashian’ petition organised by Cyndy Snyder at GoPetition.com to ask E! to take the family’s reality series off [...]
A Weekend of Miracles
This past weekend I faced some fears. It wasn’t my intention to face these specific situations, but it is my intention every morning to surrender and remember what my purpose is, that being to choose love over fear. It started last Thursday as I packed my 2 children (Noelle 6 and Ivan 3) into my [...]
Wood smoke may cause pneumonia, affect IQ
Two new studies have found that exposure to wood smoke from cooking fires may contribute to pneumonia and cognitive impacts. The studies led by University of California, Berkeley researchers indicated that women and young children in poverty are particularly vulnerable to the health effects of smoke from open fires and dirty cook stoves, the primary [...]
The Dirty Picture is all set to hit the screens
The Dirty Picture is an upcoming Hindi language biopic on the life of Southern bombshell Silk Smitha, directed by Milan Luthria and produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor. The film stars Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Tusshar Kapoor and Emraan Hashmi in lead role.Vidya Balan is currently a talk of the B-town, thanks to her [...]
Photos of Aishwarya and her newborn baby already floating on the net-Big B upset
Pictures of Aishwarya Rai and her newborn baby girl have been doing the rounds on the internet. However, . The picture features Aish laid on the bed in the hospital and her daughter sleeping in her arms. The baby looks very cute like her mother.Ash’s father-in-law, megastar Amitabh Bachchan and her husband, Abhishek Bachchan have [...]
Sharon Stone joins Linda Lovelace biopic
Sharon Stone will appear in the upcoming biopic about Linda Lovelace, ‘Inferno: a Linda Lovelace Story’.The 53-year-old actress will play the mother of Lovelace (played by Malin Akerman) in the film, the Hollywood Reporter said.The film, which will be directed by Matthew Wilder, follows the life of the adult film legend who starred the in [...]
Kate Middleton’s tummy touch has Brits in frenzy
Touching the tummy time and again and a refusal to eat peanut butter (often avoided by pregnant women) during a charity trip to Denmark have triggered off strong buzz in the Brit press of the Duchess of Cambridge being preggers. The Brits are in a tizzy at the possibility of a royal baby on the [...]
Its official! Mediterranean diet can help improve heart health
Johns Hopkins researchers including one of Indian-origin have provided further evidence that a Mediterranean-style diet is good for your heart. The observed diet replaces white bread and pasta carbohydrates with unsaturated fat from avocados, olive oil and nuts — foods typical of the “Mediterranean diet.” The researchers said swapping out certain foods could improve heart [...]
Desi Boyz going International
Jerry “Rocco” Patel Akshay kumar and Nick “Hunter” Mathur John Abraham originally came to the UK to study as overseas students at Oxford University. Some years later, life is good in their comfortable London pad. Nick’s got a lucrative investment banking job and a beautiful fiancée, Radhika (Deepika Padukone). Jerry happily sponges off his wealthy pal while [...]
Demi to ‘punish’ Kutcher in divorce?
Demi Moore has reportedly instructed lawyers to ‘punish’ ex-husband Ashton Kutcher in their divorce, despite their prenuptial agreement.Moore, 49, who has confirmed she and Kutcher were splitting on November 17, shortly after it was alleged he had cheated on her with another woman, said she is planning to claim part of his personal fortune even [...]
Bieber is great with kids: Beckham
David Beckham says Justin Bieber will be an “amazing” dad as he is very natural around children.The 36-year-old footballer, who has Brooklyn, 12, Romeo, 9, 6-year-old Cruz, and four-month-old daughter Harper with wife Victoria, says the ‘Baby’ singer was lavishing attention on little Harper when the family attended a recent studio session with the teen [...]
Pitt ready to quit acting soon
Brad Pitt says his days as the leading man are numbered as he plans to quit acting for a career behind the camera when he turns 50.The 47-year-old actor, who raises six children with partner Angelina Jolie, said he might take up direction when he steps out of the limelight, reported Daily Mail. “I will [...]
Justin Bieber takes paternity test
Justin Bieber has undergone a DNA test to put an end to allegations that he fathered a child with a California woman. Mariah Yeater, 20, hit headlines earlier this month after sensationally claiming the singer had a fling with her following a Los Angeles concert last year, a media report said. And in a bid [...]
Demi, Ashton face $290 mn court battle
Demi Moore may have announced her intention to divorce her husband of six years with a “heavy heart”, but what is weighing heavier is the question hanging over their financial settlement.The Hollywood A-list couple are said to have between them a 290 million dollars fortune, but the division of assets may not be a simple [...]
`High testosterone prevents muscle loss`
Elderly people who have higher levels of testosterone are less likely to suffer from muscle loss and could lead a much healthier life than those with low levels of the male sex hormone, a new study has found. The four-year study that involved 1,183 men aged over 65 found that those who had higher testosterone [...]