Recent research has shown connection between fertility drugs and increased risk of womb cancer in women. A research team led by Dr Ronit Calderon-Margalit at Hadassah-Hebrew University in Jerusalem studied the effects of these drugs by comparing cancer incidence in 15,000 Israeli women 30 years after they gave birth.

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:

- There are 1.1 deaths for every 100 climbing attempts by Sherpas or Tibetans

- 1.6 climbers die for every 100 non-Himalayan mountaineers

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.

According to Dr Olivier Ameisen, beclofen is a cheap drug. In his book titled, Le Dernier Verre [The Last Glass], Dr Ameisen, claims that drug is so effective that alcoholics can easily get rid of his habit with the help of drugs.

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.

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.

Unilever predicts that the product will be so popular among women that it will generate £10m sales in the first year. The deodorant will be available in supermarkets from January next year.  

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.