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WASHINGTON: French finance minister Christine Lagarde on Tuesday clinched the top job at the IMF, keeping the international lender in the hands of a European at a time of growing concern over a possible Greek debt default. Lagarde will become the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund when her five-year term as managing [...]

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): Scientists at Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Japan have discovered a protein that could help in the development of approaches to treat age-related osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is characterized by reduced bone mass and increased risk of fracture – an imbalance created by decrease in formation of bone forming osteoblast cells from mesenchymal [...]

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): Kansas University Medical Centre researchers are developing microelectronic circuitry that could rewire brain connections that get damaged by trauma. Pedram Mohseni, and Randolph J. Nudo are trying to guide the growth of axons in a brain damaged by an exploding bomb, car crash or stroke. They believe repeated communications between distant [...]

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): A new research revealed that electric cars hold a greater promise for reducing emissions and lowering U.S. oil imports than a national renewable portfolio standard. Rice University”s Baker Institute for Public Policy found “the single most effective way to reduce U.S. oil demand and foreign imports would be an aggressive campaign [...]

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): If you are a right-handed person, chances are you will use that hand to pick up a cup of coffee or write, but a new study shows that a magnet on your head could very well make you a leftie. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, applied transcranial magnetic stimulation [...]

Washington, Sep 28 (ANI): A new study has found that learning mindfulness meditation may help people who have multiple sclerosis (MS) with the fatigue, depression and other life challenges that commonly accompany the disease. For the study, 150 people with mild to moderate MS were randomly assigned to receive either the eight-week meditation training or [...]

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): North Carolina State University researchers have found that steps taken to make brainstorming sessions more productive can actually lead to success in real-world business environments. “We found that, when tackling complex issues, the use of best practices to produce high-quality brainstorming did result in better decision-making,” said Dr. Joe Brazel. “When [...]

Washington, Sep 28 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan wanted 10,000 dollars for the first post-jail photo of her wearing her SCRAM alcohol-monitoring bracelet, according to sources. “Lindsay Lohan was calling around the pap agencies all weekend trying to get 10,000 dollars up front to pose up in the SCRAM bracelet,” Usmagazine.com quoted a reliable insider as saying. [...]

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): Actress Christina Applegate has co-designed a stylish new pendant necklace with jewelry designer Alex Woo to raise money for her Right Action for Women foundation in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “This piece reminds me so much of the roses I made out of ribbons for my friends and family [...]

Washington, Sep 28 (ANI): A new study has suggested that use of pine bark doesn”t have any positive effect on the heart as previously thought. The study has indicated that use of pine bark extract, at a dose of 200 milligrams per day, appears safe but did not improve risk factors for heart disease. “A [...]

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean was hospitalized for fatigue this weekend. According to his rep, Jean — who abandoned his bid for the Haitian presidency last week — was “suffering from stress and fatigue based on the grueling eight weeks he”s had,” reports TMZ.com. The rep says Jean plans to take it [...]

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): Acupuncture does not appear to help in stroke recovery, reveals a new study. Acupuncture is often used to supplement traditional stroke rehabilitation, although its effectiveness is uncertain. This study, perhaps the most comprehensive to date as it includes trials published in English language and Asian journals, was a systematic review conducted [...]

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): The United States has expressed it ‘disappointment’ at Israel’s decision of not to extend a ban on building West Bank settlements. According to the BBC, US Middle East envoy George Mitchell was sent to the region in an attempt to salvage direct peace talks that were restarted earlier this month. The [...]

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan will apparently check herself into a rehab in Southern California today. Lindsay wants to be at a facility that is close so friends and family can visit, reports TMZ.com. It”s a live-in facility but isn”t bending the rules for LiLo. Lindsay will stay there until her court hearing next [...]

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): Unmanned aircraft are generally used by the military for spying on terrorist camps and even threatening enemy aircraft, but now, soon they could be seen flying domestic skies too. They would work as airborne traffic cops, patrolling the border and maybe even shuttling cargo between cities. “People are saying this isn”t [...]

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): Family members and close friends are better at detecting Alzheimer”s than conventional methods, says a new study. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis validated Ascertain Dementia 8 by checking to see if it could highlight individuals who had biological indicators, or biomarkers, for Alzheimer”s disease, such as [...]

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): Scientists at Rice University were able to use plasmonic nanobubbles in living organisms to detect and eliminate implanted human prostate cancer cells. Dmitri Lapotko showed that the nanobubbles, generated around gold nanoparticles with a laser pulse, could detect and destroy cancer cells in vivo by creating tiny, shiny vapour bubbles that [...]

Washington, Sep 27 (ANI): Award-winning actress Julianna Margulies is the newest face of L”Oreal Paris, joining the ranks of Eva Longoria Parker, Penelope Cruz and Beyonce. ”The Good Wife” actress” dream has finally become a reality with her own deal representing the brand”s RevitaLift skincare line. “I remember the first time I heard ["Because You''re [...]

Washington, Sep 27 (ANI): A new study has revealed that exposure to common viruses in daycare puts children with a chronic lung condition caused by premature birth at risk for serious respiratory infections. Johns Hopkins Children”s Center researchers say their findings should prompt pediatricians to monitor their prematurely born patients, regardless of age, for signs [...]

Washington, Sept 27 (ANI): Actor Brad Pitt is apparently in talks to play Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband Prince Frederic von Anhalt in an upcoming biopic about the socialite. Sources close to the production told the filmmakers originally offered the role to Von A-Hole himself but he honourably declined in favour of letting Pitt take the [...]