Washington, October 29: A new study has revealed that women with a disability are more prone to intimate partner related physical assaults and rapes than those without a disability.
Presented at the American Public Health Association’s 136th Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Diego, the study used data collected from seven states and one territory as part of the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey.
Washington, Oct 29: A new study has found that objects closest to patients have the highest level of hospital superbugs that often lead to potentially fatal infections.
Meerut, Oct. 29 : With the metro cities like Delhi increasingly adapting to shopping at malls, a sleepy town like Meerut is also catching up.
The growing charm to take to the mall culture is indicated by the proposal to establish two dozen shopping complexes during the next two years.
The exclusive shopping malls and multiplexes coming up in the heart of the city is a common sight, attracting the youngsters to hope to choose from a wide range of products under a single roof.
Washington, Oct 29: One of Hollywood’s greatest actresses Julia Roberts has laughed off reports of a sequel to her hit movie Pretty Woman, insisting that she’s too old to play a prostitute.
The now 41-year-old played the role of a ''hooker with a heart of gold'' in the 1990 movie, which also starred Richard Gere.
While telling TV show Extra at a charity event in California on October 27, the actress made it clear she had no plans of returning to the streets of Los Angeles.
The India's first unmanned moon mission, Chandryaan-1 seems to be moving according to the planned schedule, to cover up its journey to reach the moon.
"The Chandrayaan has covered almost half the distance to the moon. The Chandrayaan was launched on October 22 with the help of a homespun PSLV C-11 rocket; modified for India's first lunar expedition," reported project director M. Annadurai.
Washington, Oct 29 : A major new investigation by Australian scientists has revealed that rising carbon dioxide levels in the world’s oceans could deliver a disastrous blow to the ability of coral reefs to withstand climate change.
The investigation has revealed that acidification of the oceans from human CO2 emissions has the potential to worsen the impact of the bleaching and death of reef-building organisms expected to occur under global warming.
The study, by a team led by Dr Ken Anthony of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and the University of Queensland, concludes that earlier research may significantly understate the likely damage to the world’s reefs caused by man-made change to the Earth’s atmosphere.