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The advent of latest high-definition body scanner, can aid in providing a better view of the human anatomy thus offering help for heart attacks.

The HD body scanner, is an offering from GE Healthcare, offers pictures of diseased arteries in the heart and at same time locate ailments at an early stage, long before patients experience it, claim doctors at Plymouth's Derriford Hospital.

India's largest utility vehicles maker Mahindra & Mahindra has announced its first quarter financial results for the fiscal year 2010-11.

According to the company, it has managed to register a significant rise of 40% in its net profit figure in the June quarter against the same quarter in a year ago period. Mahindra & Mahindra has posted a net profit of 5.62 billion rupees for the quarter that ended in 30th June, 2010.

The recent advent of nasal spray vaccine, offers cure for meningitis and pneumonia.

The research team, led by Dr Qibo Zhang, from the University of Liverpool, states that kids can benefit a lot from this spray as it helps combat the bacteria pneumococcus.

The vaccine is known to comprise of a substance called D4Ply, which forms a part of protein produced by nearly all the different types of pneumococcus. The experiments done on the same provide protection against most of the strains.

The negative attitude towards breastfeeding in Australia may lead in development of chronic ailments in the later cycle of life.

Dr Julia Smith, from the Australian National University (ANU), and equals have led to determine the importance of public health importance in case of premature weaning of infants caused due to breast milk may cause threat in the form of illness.

A close analysis of 100 studies has shown that overweight girls attain puberty earlier than healthy ones.

This study led by Emily Walvoord, Indiana University School of Medicine lists out that early puberty is supposedly one of the many outcomes of obesity.

To add to the findings the researcher adds that childhood obesity is linked with a possible rise in hormone-disrupting chemicals that are present in the atmosphere.

According to the next chief executive of BP, Mr. Bob Dudley, the firm BP will emerge as a wiser and smaller company from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Mr. Bob Dudley is currently the head of BP's clean-up operation in the Gulf of Mexico but in October he is going to replace Tony Hayward for the chief executive post as Mr. Hayward has decided to step down from his work.