Boston/Berlin - Women who enjoy drinking coffee may be lowering their risk of suffering a stroke, new US research suggests. Women who drank five to seven cups of coffee a week were 12 per cent less likely to have a stroke than were those who downed just one cup a month, the study among 83,000 women revealed.

The survey was carried out over a 24-year period by Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and the findings published in the March issue of the journal Circulation.

Hamburg, Germany - Spring has arrived in the northern hemisphere - and with it, a time of suffering for those who are susceptible to hay fever. About 10 million people in Germany are allergic to pollen, said the Association of German Allergists in Hamburg, northern Germany,.

Although most sufferers try to deal with the symptoms themselves, that can have potentially dangerous consequences.

Singapore - Singapore was hit by the second outbreak of mass food-poisoning case in two weeks, as a dozen people fell ill after eating the same food, local media reported Sunday. The Health Ministry said it was notified Saturday of 12 cases, all stemming from soup eaten at a restaurant the night before, Channel News Asia said.

Peshawar, Apr. 12 : At least ten NATO supply trucks were destroyed on Sunday when some unidentified militants fired rockets at the NATO supply terminal located on the Ring Road here.

According to The News, several rockets were fired at the terminal, igniting a major fire which engulfed the supply laden vehicles.

Several fire tenders were pressed in to service to douse the fire. The fire fighters were struggling to overcome the flames till reports last came-in.

London, Apr 12: Failure to control type 2 diabetes may lead to poorer memory and diminished brain power, a new study has found.

According to University of Edinburgh team, severe hypoglycaemic episodes - hypos - occur when blood sugar levels drop dangerously low.

Hypoglycaemia is caused by a lack of sugar (glucose) reaching the brain, which uses it as fuel. Its symptoms include sweating, fatigue, hunger, feeling dizzy, feeling weak, a higher heart rate than usual and blurred vision

Washington, Apr 12 : For people considering weight loss surgery, the operation can offer significant health benefits ranging from reversal of Type 2 diabetes to improving fertility and increasing an individual's lifespan, says an expert.

Dr Nick Nicholson, weight loss surgeon on the medical staff at Baylor Regional Medical Centre at Plano revealed how the surgery can actually improve certain health conditions.