Washington, Sept 25: Men with low-pitched voices have more kids, as compared to their high–pitched counterparts, a new study has revealed.

The study suggests that for reproductive-minded women, mate selection favours men with low-pitched voices.

In the study, the researchers also offer insight into the evolution of the human voice as well as how we choose our mates.

Tampa: A student at University of South Florida (USF) has died after getting infected with bacterial meningitis.
Rachel Futterman, 19-year-old, fell ill on Friday and was admitted into a hospital on the next day, where she was placed on life-support system and later passed away.

Next time you go to the hospital for a routine check up, you may get examined for HIV too. Private hospitals have started out examining all patients for HIV/AIDS, without seeking their permission or providing them guidance.     

Medical specialists have named it a ‘violation of one’s fundamental rights’. Private hospitals have made the examinations mandatory, as they declared it defends their healthcare suppliers from catching such diseases.

Boston: It has been recognized that reducing calorie consumption can be helpful and increases life span, but it was not clear why, until now.

According to U.S. scientists, the calorie reduction benefits can be seen at a molecular level.

In a study revealed on Thursday, scientists suggested that the relation between calorie control and prolonged existence may be a molecular response to stresses from abbreviating calorie ingestion.

Washington: The Federal health agency has cautioned parents not to give infants a liquid herbal supplement promoted as a curative for colic and teething pain because various bottles proved positive for a parasite, which may have sickened a 6-week-old baby in Minnesota.

London: A recent report has showed that a new case of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed on a cattle farm in the Egham area of Surrey in Britain. This is the sixth case in Britain since early August.

Examinations were followed out after the animals indicated the disease signs.