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Washington, Mar 19: Having friends is not only important for the elderly’s social well being, but also for their mental and physical health, according to a study.

The research led by University of Chicago has shown that not having many close friends, and feeling of loneliness, contributes to poorer health for many older adults.

Washington, Mar 19: While tobacco has always been attributed to devastating effects on health, an international team of researchers has found a rather healthy side of tobacco plants.

The team led by Professor Mario Pezzotti at the University of Verona have genetically modified tobacco plants to produce medicines for several autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, including diabetes.

During the study, the scientists set out to create transgenic tobacco plants that would produce biologically active interleukin-10 (IL-10), a potent anti-inflammatory cytokine.

Hanoi  - A Vietnamese boy has tested positive for the avian influenza virus, the fourth confirmed human case of bird flu in Vietnam this year, local media reported Thursday.

A boy from the south-western province of Dong Thap was admitted Monday at the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases with high fever and respiratory difficulties, the Tuoi Tre newspaper said.

Nguyen Van Chau, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Health Department, told the paper that the patient tested positive for bird flu Wednesday.

Washington, March 19: A University of Florida researcher that paralysed people can be enabled to control their limbs in more precise and life-like manner by combining computer learning technology with electrical stimulation, a simple technique that has been in use for decades to prompt muscles to contract.

Washington, March 19 : An Indian-origin researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has shed some light on why autistic people fail to recognise faces as effectively as their normal counterparts, by studying why they often fail to recognise faces in photographic negatives.

Pawan Sinha, an associate professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, says that a person''s eyes appear darker than the forehead and cheeks in nearly every normal lighting condition.