The deadly bird flu virus has taken more Assam regions under its jaws although more than 200,000 poultry birds have been culled during the last two weeks.
New bird flu cases have been detected at Khanapara in Guwahati, Dikom region of Dibrugarh district in Upper Assam and Bejera area of Kamrup district.
The districts witnessing the bird flu outbreak include Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup (Rural), Dibrugarh, Nalbari, Barpeta and Chirang.
Neither falls nor avalanches cause as many deaths on Mount Everest as brain swelling. A study conducted by Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Toronto and three British hospitals have revealed that brain swelling occurs at high altitude especially when the climbers are descending. 212 deaths of climbers were analysed before coming to the given conclusions:
A French doctor has reported that he has discovered a ‘miracle’ cure for alcoholism. Well, the “miracle cure for alcoholism” is a drug known as beclofen, which cures muscle spasms and kills an intolerable carving for alcohol among addicted people. 
The cosmetic giant ‘Unilever’ is going to launch a range of deodorants that promise to reduce armpit hair. The new deodorant will not only give you a lasting fragrance, but would also reduce the growth of underarm hair which will be a great relief to all the women round the globe. 
A new study compares Bariatric patients with obese patients who have lost weight by changing their diet and exercise. The study published by the International Journal of Obesity, compares the two methods of losing weight—surgical and non surgical. According to the researchers from Miriam Hospital's Centres for Behavioural and Preventive Medicine, patients who believed in non-surgical methods, had to work harder over a longer duration to maintain their weight losses. 
