Young heart patients with a gene variation may be exposed to more heart problems if administered anti clotting drug Plavix.

The medicine is along with a low dose aspirin is prescribed heart attack patients in order to prevent blood vessels from clogging or else to patients who receive an artery opening stent.

It has been found that some patients respond well to the treatment whereas others do not. Though the reasons for the variance are still unclear, the doctors feel that it could be linked to genetics.

London, Dec 2 : After having nine girls in a row, a Brit woman finally gave birth to a baby boy.

As soon as Sally Laycock's hubby John retired as a chef after two decades in hot kitchens, she fell pregnant with a boy.

The couple has named the baby boy Lewis.

"I''m so excited to have a boy at last," the Telegraph quoted Sally, as saying.

Sally had been told that the hot conditions in which her husband used to work could be the reason behind the couple''s failure to give birth to a boy.

London, Dec 23 : Car manufacturer Toyota has reaffirmed their commitment to Formula One despite facing their first operating loss for 70 years.

The Japanese company is starting to feel the pinch of the global economic crisis and is predicting 1.7 billion dollars loss for the year to end-March.

John Howett, the principal of Toyota's Formula One team, has said that the carmaker will stay in the sport.

Although a deteriorating balance sheet had fuelled speculation that Toyota would like Honda pull the plug on its under performing and expensive team, The Times reported.

London, December 23 : Gloucestershire County Council is worried that people may block sewers by pouring leftover turkey fat, cooking oil, and grease down the drain after roasting the Christmas dinner.

"The traditional Christmas roast, with all the trimmings, may be one of the highlights of the festive season - but it could also be a hidden cause of flooding," the Telegraph quoted a spokesman for the council as saying.

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London, Dec 23 : With the recession taking its toll on Japanese workers, an unconventional form of anti-stress therapy is gaining popularity in the country - smashing plates against a wall.

Workers, suffering from recession blues, are flocking to The Venting Place in Tokyo where they pay to hurl crockery against a concrete wall.