London, Mar 10 : Scientists are developing a portable lung which could help people with breathing problems lead a normal life.

Swansea University scientists say their device, which oxygenates blood outside the body before it goes through the lungs, could be an alternative to transplants, giving hope to those who suffer from conditions such as emphysema and cystic fibrosis.

Professor Bill Johns came up with the idea after his son died of Cystic Fibrosis.

Washington, Mar 10 : Chemicals present in cranberries prevent infection-causing bacteria from attaching to the cells that line the urinary tract, says a new study.

Washington, Mar 10 : Depression, anger and hostility may be red flags of increased risk of heart disease, warns a new study.

According to Journal of the American College of Cardiology study, the `hate emotions' are significantly associated with both a higher risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) in healthy individuals and poorer outcomes in patients with existing heart disease.

"Anger and hostility were found to predict a 19 percent and 24 percent increase in CHD events among initially healthy people and those with pre-existing CHD, respectively," says Yoichi Chida, M. D., Ph. D., Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, University College, London, UK.

Washington, Mar 10 : Challenging the notion that keeping baby in the womb for full time is beneficial, scientists have now said that use of drugs to delay preterm labour may actually be harmful for both mother and child.

The Dutch study claimed that preterm labour is the main cause of perinatal illness and death in the developed world.

London, Mar 10 : A team of US researchers trying to understand the neural basis of religious belief has obtained strong evidence that religiosity is managed by the same parts of the brain that are used every day to interpret other people''s moods and intentions and to analyse experiences.

"We''re interested to find where in the brain belief systems are represented, particularly those that appear uniquely human," New Scientist quoted lead author Jordan Grafman of the US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Maryland, as saying.

Washington, Mar 10: Men who consume higher levels of vitamin C are less likely to develop gout, a painful type of arthritis, says a new report.

"Gout is the most common type of inflammatory arthritis in men," the authors write as background information in the report in the March 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.