While launching its new brand campaign, cement maker Jaypee Cement, a wholly owned arm of the Jaypee Group, has appointed master blaster Sachin Tendulkar as its brand ambassador.

Mr. Manoj Gaur, Jaypee Group Executive Chairman, said, “Sachin and Jaypee Cement are a perfect fit as they stand for similar values of inner strength, endurance and ever lasting performance. These value have spurred both to set new benchmarks and made good the dreams and aspirations of all those who believe in Sachin and Jaypee Cement.”

On Thursday, Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston witnessed the second face transplant operation performed in the United States and the seventh in the world.

The surgeon who led this surgery said that he and his team are "cautiously optimistic" over the recovery of the patient.

"So far he is doing very, very well," said Dr. Bohdan Pomahac.

In another case of racial discrimination, a study revealed that black patients with lung cancer were less likely than white patients to receive recommended chemotherapy and surgery.

The study said that disparity in lung cancer treatments were as large in 2002 as they were back in the early 1990s, despite efforts to decrease those inequalities in treatment.

According to researchers, depression in heart patients can in most probability lead to heart failure despite the usage of anti depressants.

"Our data suggest that depression is an important and emerging risk factor for heart failure among patients with coronary heart disease," Heidi May of Intermountain Medical Center in Utah, whose study appears in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, said in a statement.

Next time finding heart healthy food for your family makes you go into a tizzy, try to relax and come to terms with the fact that there is nothing much you can do about that. Recent studies show that very few of these food products actually show strong evidence of lowering heart disease risk.

The King Khan aka the Bollywood legend and the pride owner of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL team, Shah Rukh Khan has apologized to the former Indian skipper and legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar over the latter remarks on the multiple captaincy theory.

Before leaving for South Africa for the upcoming season of the IPL, SRK said, "I have not said anything against Gavaskar. I just wanted to have a breathing space to try something new. I have sent him an apology letter if he felt so."