Stress Increases 40% During Recessions
According to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Nottingham and University of Ulster, work related stress increases by 40% during a recession, affecting 1 in 4 workers. Furthermore, researchers found that the number of workers who take time off, as a result of work-related stress, increased by 25%, and that total time off, as result of this type of stress, rose by more than one third...
Arthritis and Lupus Linked To Lower Birth Rates
A multi-center study of a national survey published in Arthritis Care and Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), has established that over half of women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have fewer children than desired.
Leading researcher, Kaleb Michaud, Ph.D., assistant professor in the internal medicine department-rheumatology section...
Iron Man 2, exclusive IMAX poster revealed
Waiting for the release of Iron Man 2? The movie will be screened worldwide on the 7th of may.
An exclusive IMAX poster for the Iron Man 2 can be seen below.
The movie was directed by Jon Favreau and has Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson, Mickey Rourke , Don Cheadle, Olivia Munn, Mickey Rourke, Garry Shandling, Kate Mara, , Sam Rockwell, John Slattery and several other stars.
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Avatar 2 all set to fire !
The director, who hoped to promote environmental awareness with his first film set on a rainforest-filled planet Pandora, told The LA Times he is already plotting the sequel and plans to make it an aquatic adventure.
The director who is aware about the negative impact of global warming now he is back with a bang to a sequel. Where he plans to make it action adventure thriller. Further he states “Part...
Improving IVF Success
New research published online in Developmental Cell indicates that higher expression of certain developmental genes at precise times in the uterus might improve pregnancy rates from in vitro fertilization-embryo transfers (IVF-ET). So far, these rates remain low at around 30%.
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Massive HPV And Rubella Vaccine Campaign For Girls And Women Globally
The GAVI Alliance Board is to move towards the vaccination of up to two million girls and women in nine countries against HPV (human papillomavirus) and rubella over the next four years. GAVI is a charity which aims to save children’s lives and protect people’s health “by increasing access to immunization in poor countries”.
GAVI’s Board members said that if a realistically...
How The Brain Handles Spatial Resolution
Everybody knows how to zoom in and out on an online map, to get the level of resolution you need to get you where you want to go. Now researchers have discovered a key mechanism that can act like a zoom button in the brain, by controlling the resolution of the brain’s internal maps.
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Discovery May Lead To New Approaches To Cancer, Neurodegeneration, Growth Defects And Diabetes
Cells develop and thrive by turning genes on and off as needed in a precise pattern, a process known as regulated gene transcription. In a paper published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say this process is even more complex than previously thought, with regulated genes actually relocated to other, more conducive places in the...
Birth Control Pills Unsafe ?
A study released Monday contributes to the growing pile of evidence that suggests newer types of birth control pills carry increased risks of blood clotting and may not be safe for certain groups of women.
The study looked at 330,000 Israeli women and found a strong likelihood that those who used birth control pills with the hormone drospirenone, which is used in brand-names like Yaz and Yasmin, were...
Microsoft Office comes to Symbian Belle
The cooperation between Microsoft and Nokia are gradually bearing fruit. Soon, users of the operating system Symbian ^ 3 Belle have access to a set of office applications, Microsoft Office. The first part of the package will be released later this year, and the second – at the beginning of 2012.
Updates will be distributed free of charge. Microsoft Office applications will receive smartphones...
