Healthy people on the verge of becoming overweight at higher risk of bowel cancer

Monday, May 11th, 2009

London, May 11 (ANI): A study suggests that healthy people who are on the verge of becoming overweight may be at an increased risk of developing bowel cancer. It has found that such people are about 15 per cent more likely to develop bowel cancer than those at the lower ...

Rihanna upset over alleged nude photo leak

Monday, May 11th, 2009

New York, May 11 (ANI): Although it has yet not been established whether the nude pictures leaked online feature Rihanna or not, the entertainer and her people are fuming. Rihanna's record label Island Def Jam Music Group is bent upon finding the culprit behind the leak, and is currently cracking down ...

Medieval-style ‘rack’ that stretches skin grafts may help treat burns and wounds

Monday, May 11th, 2009

London, May 11 (ANI): Scientists have stretched slivers of skin to twice their size in a week using a robotic bioreactor that is akin to a medieval rack, a technique that could increase the size, viability and availability of skin grafts for treating burns and wounds. At present, skin grafts can ...

Megan Fox feasts on boys in new movie

Monday, May 11th, 2009

London, May 11 (ANI): Actress Megan Fox will be seen feasting on boys in the dark comedy and horror film Jennifer's Body. The film features the Transformers star, voted the Sexiest Woman in the World by FHM magazine, in the role of a mean-girl cheerleader possessed by a demon who begins ...

Hindus want England faith schools to teach all major religions

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Washington, May 9 (ANI): Hindus want that faith schools in England should provide well-balanced education about religions, educating pupils about all major religions. Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that since today's schoolchildren were tomorrow's leaders, they wanted these kids to grow-up as well ...

Patrick Swayze battled cancer like a ‘beast’, says book

Friday, May 8th, 2009

New York, May 8 (ANI): A new biography of Patrick Swayze has revealed how the actor bravely battled his cancer like a 'beast', after he was diagnosed with the illness. In the book, titled 'Patrick Swayze: One Last Dance', the 'Ghost' star has confessed that It was on New Year's Eve ...

CPN-UML central committee meeting begins

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Kathmandu, May 8 (ANI): The central committee meeting of the CPN-UML began here today to name the leader of proposed ruling coalition. The meeting has been called at a time when the Nepali Congress and a few fringe parties have said that they are ready to back the UML to form ...

Sacha Baron Cohen’s painful encounter with bleaching process

Friday, May 8th, 2009

London, May 8 (ANI): Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was left in so much pain after a body bleaching process went insanely wrong that he could not sit for three days. Baron decided to bleach his body to fit into his character of a gay Austrian fashion reporter in his forthcoming flick ...

Curvilinear Kelly Brook’s shape doesn’t interest her

Friday, May 8th, 2009

London, May 8 (ANI): TV personality Kelly Brook might be blessed with an hourglass figure, but her toned body doesn't catch her own attention. She says that other people seem to be more concerned about her body than her. "I'm aware of my shape, of course, and I really like it. ...

Brit women cops ordered not to wear wired bras on duty

Friday, May 8th, 2009

London, May 8 (ANI): Brit women cops have been ordered not to wear wired bras on duty, as such undergarments might prove to be dangerous in case the officers get shot. A Home Office memo has cautioned that metal objects worn under protective armour can be driven into the body when ...