Washington, Nov 12: The most popular cholesterol drugs may cause muscle problems in users, according to a leading researcher.

There is accumulating evidence that the effect statins, which form a class of hypolipidemic drugs used to lower cholesterol levels in people with or at risk of cardiovascular disease, can have on skeletal muscle – including muscle weakness, fatigue and deterioration – is underestimated, said Jill Slade, assistant professor of radiology and osteopathic manipulative medicine at MSU.

“Statins work by preventing cholesterol from forming,” said Slade.

Durham, Britain, Nov. 12, 2008-- Supreme Council member and Ruler of Sharjah, H. H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Tuesday visited here the Durham University, Established in 1832.

The highly reputable Durham University, which was rated among the ten best universities in Britain in 2007 by the "Times" of London, is Britain's third oldest university after Oxford and Cambridge universities.

London, Nov 12: JJ Abrams, the creator of ‘Lost’, has unveiled footage from his ‘Star Trek’ prequel.

The exclusive footage, which was presented at a press event in London, featured American actor Chris Pine as the young Captain Kirk, Heroes star Zachary Quinto as Mr Spock and Simon Pegg as Enterprise engineer Scotty.

In his introduction, Abrams said he wanted the film, to be released in May 2009, to feel "legitimate and real".

Leonard Nimoy was also seen reprise his role as the older Mr Spock in one of four excerpts from the film.

Although JJ Abrams admitted that he has never been a huge fan of The Star Trek, he would have been jealous if any other director would have taken on the project.

A large clinical trial has found that calcium and vitamin D supplements don’t help postmenopausal women lower their risk of breast cancer. Dr. Rowan Chlebowski, study author and a medical oncologist at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles said, "The message is that there's benefit from calcium and vitamin D for fracture risk, but taking those supplements won't be doing much for breast cancer risk. You wouldn't expect that you're doing it to improve breast cancer outcome."

If reports are to be believed then Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan might be seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next untitled project along with multi-talented actor Hrithik Roshan.

Hrithik and Ash, who already worked in Dhoom-2 and Jodha Akbar, have proved to be a formidable pair on screen.

In fact, Bhansali liked the chemistry between the dashing couple, and thought of taking the duo in his film.

Though Sanjay has worked with ‘Bachchan Bahu’ earlier also, but it would be the director's first film with Hrithik.

Ankara - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is due to arrive in Turkey on Wednesday where he will take part in an intergovernmental summit. The topic of Turkey's European Union accession process is expected to top the agenda.

"Our goal is to reiterate Italy's support for Turkey's EU membership and to commit to helping Turkey to overcome whatever obstacles it faces," Italian ambassador to Turkey Carlo Marsili told the Anadolu news agency ahead of the visit.

The half-day intergovernmental summit is to take place in the Aegean city of Izmir.