The West Bengal government said that the culling operations in bird flu-hit Malda are almost over.
According to a senior district officer, over 16,000 chickens have been killed in Malda district.
While giving this information to the media persons, District magistrate Sreedhar Ghosh said that 16,963 poultry have been culled out of the target of 25,000 in English Bazar block of the district.
A new study has revealed that a simple walk in the park a day, keeps your mental fatigue away and can improve your memory. The 'Psychological Science' journal reported that researchers from the University of Michigan have found that spending time in nature may be more beneficial for mental processes than being in the urban areas. The findings of the study were based on two experiments in which researchers test how interactions with nature and urban environments would affect the attention and memory processes of people.
Washington: Scientists have introduced an injection to keeps the drinkers off alcohol for one month. This is the good news for those who want to abstain from alcohol during the festival season. David Rosenbloom, a specialist in substance abuse at Boston University School of Public Health, said: "When you interview patients about triggers for drinking, they often say holidays and family events. For some it's the stress of being lonely, for others it's the stress of being with people."
According to a new research, one cup of coffee in a day could nearly halve the risk of cancers especially the mouth and throat cancer. Japanese scientists at the Tohoku University School of Medicine in Japan, conducted the study on around 40,000 people, aged 40-64 over a 13-year period. They tracked the patient's drinking habits and found that people who drank at least one cup coffee a day were 49% less likely to get tumours than those who rarely or never drank coffee.
A new study revealed that study of MAOA gene can help in predicting impulsive violent behaviour in men. Study showed that drinking and triggered high-activity MAOA can predict the risk of impulsive violence, while aging may decrease this risk
Recent study has revealed that extra-virgin olive oil contains plant chemicals that can help in curing breast cancer. Extra-virgin olive oil refers to the oil extracted by pressing olives without the use of heat or chemical treatments. This process helps in retaining plant chemicals that are otherwise lost in the refining process. 
