One in seven US teens deficient in Vitamin DWASHINGTON - One in seven US teens is vitamin D deficient, according to a new study. In children, vitamin D deficiency can interfere with bone mineralisation, leading to rickets. In adults, it is linked to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, immune dysfunction and hypertension. Perinatal environment affects aggression in kidsWASHINGTON - A new study from University of Montreal has revealed that exposure to perinatal environment, the period around childbirth especially the five months before and one month after childbirth, has a significant impact on aggression in children. 68 percent working women suffer from lifestyle diseases: AssochamNEW DELHI - More than two-third of working women in India suffer from lifestyle diseases, according to a survey conducted by an industry lobby on the eve of Women’s Day Sunday. Inspector found dead in Delhi police stationNEW DELHI - A station house officer (SHO) was found dead Friday in the rest room of a Delhi police station, the police said. 50-year-old woman jumps to death from ninth floorGHAZIABAD - A 50-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide Monday by jumping from the ninth floor of her apartment building in Ghaziabad, the police said. FARC leader is ill but not dying: ColombiaBOGOTA - Colombia has dismissed the report that the country’s rebel guerrilla group chief is dying of serious illness in southern forests, EFE reported Saturday. Veteran Tamil actor Nagesh deadCHENNAI - Veteran Tamil movie actor-comedian Cyril K. Nagesh, popularly known as Nagesh, died here Saturday, a family source said. He was 77. Weight loss reduces incontinence in obese womenWASHINGTON - Weight-loss programmes cut down urinary incontinence among overweight or obese women, according to the latest research. I am ready, PM told doctors before surgeryNEW DELHI - The doctors who performed the ‘beating heart’ bypass surgery on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday gave full marks to him for his ‘active and energetic lifetsyle’ that prevented any complications during the procedure. Low-carb diet burns more excess liver fatWASHINGTON - A low-carbohydrate diet burns more excess liver fat than a low-calorie diet, according to a clinical study. Oral contraceptives thought safe can carry long-term risksWASHINGTON - Although 80 percent women in the US have used oral contraceptives at one time or another since the sixties, these could carry unknown long-term risks. Dawson scared her new film will upset her motherLONDON - Actress Rosario Dawson is scared her role in the new movie ‘Seven Pounds’ will upset her ailing mother because she plays a dying woman in it. Former Tripura chief minister diesAGARTALA - Two prominent leaders of Tripura, former chief minister Sudhir Ranjan Majumder and veteran Communist leader Swaraijam Kamini Thakur Singh, died Sunday. Two senior Tripura leaders die of heart attacksAGARTALA - Two prominent Tripura leaders - former chief minister Sudhir Ranjan Majumder and veteran Communist leader Swaraijam Kamini Thakur Singh - died early Sunday here following cardiac arrests. |
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