Entries from February 2009

Middle aged with Alzheimer’s gene show ageing early

February 23rd, 2009 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Middle aged with Alzheimer’s gene show ageing early

Middle aged people whose parents suffer from Alzheimer may have memory of some 15 years older. Not all the children of parents suffering from Alzheimer’s carry the gene that causes loss of memory. The gene that affects memory is ApoE4 and 20 to 25 percent of population carries [...]

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Association between stroke and fast food restaurant’s location

February 23rd, 2009 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Association between stroke and fast food restaurant’s location

The research conducted by Dr. Lewis B. Morgenstern at the University of Michigan found a link between stroke and location of a fast food restaurant near residence. The researchers said that the risk of stroke increases at least by 1% if the residence is located close to a [...]

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Music star Rihanna photo was Photoshop-ed!

February 21st, 2009 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Music star Rihanna photo was Photoshop-ed!

A photo of battered Rihanna was posted on TMZ and Jim Moret of Inside Edition reported that the photo was Photoshop-ed. Music star Rihanna was reportedly stuck by her boyfriend singer Chris Brown after an argument.

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Academy awards will be different this year

February 21st, 2009 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

Academy awards will be different this year

A high secrecy is being maintained for the coming Academy Awards ceremony Sunday telecast on ABC .The people organizing the show informed that the rating plunged to 32 million and this year many things will be changed to look different and gain audience attention.

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U.S. government files suit against UBS

February 21st, 2009 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

U.S. government files suit against UBS

U.S. government filed a suit against largest bank of Switzerland, UBS stating that the bank hid account details of as many as 52,000 American customers who were hiding their income details and not paying taxes.

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Japan worries over increasing friendship between China and America

February 21st, 2009 by Abhishek Rao | No Comments »

Japan worries over increasing friendship between China and America

Japan expressed concern when Hilary Clinton prepared to pay a visit to China. Japan said China wants to increase its defence power and it will bargain to get its nuclear aircraft carrier with the help of America and the increased defence spending of China is raising concern [...]

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New York Post apologizes for chimpanzee cartoon

February 20th, 2009 by Ankit | No Comments »

New York Post apologizes for chimpanzee cartoon

New York Post issued an apology in its editorial on Thursday over the chimpanzee cartoon that was linked to President Obama and the critics said that the cartoon was racist. The post said the intention of the cartoon was not as interpreted.

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Canadian Prime minister is impressed with Obama

February 20th, 2009 by Ankit | No Comments »

Canadian Prime minister is impressed with Obama

U.S. president Barack Obama is on his first official trip to foreign country to Canada to improve business relations with the country and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he was impressed by Obama’s confidence who did not appear stressed by the pounding challenges he had to face in [...]

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Young adults are less healthy as compared to 10 years back

February 19th, 2009 by Ankit | No Comments »

Young adults are less healthy as compared to 10 years back

The young adults of current generation are not healthy like they were some 10 to 15 years back. As per the latest reports released by the National Center for Health Statistics about one third of the young adults are obese and overweight and 30% not [...]

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AIDS is top killer in China

February 19th, 2009 by Deepak Sharma | No Comments »

AIDS is top killer in China

AIDS is one of the most spreading diseases of China and as per the latest news reports about 6,897 people died in the last nine months from the disease. The ministry of health of the country couldn’t explain the reason for the increase in number of deaths from the deadly [...]

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