Washington, Apr 30 : Repeatedly going to work when ill significantly raises the chances of long-term sick leave later in life, according to a new study.

The trend, called "sickness presence", is becoming increasingly common as staff fear for their jobs during the recession.

In order to study the long-term impact of the behaviour, researchers randomly selected almost 12,000 Danes of working age, who had been in continuous employment for at least a year.

Washington, Apr 30 : Drinking up to half a glass of wine a day may boost life expectancy by five years, says researchers.

The study, by Dutch researchers, is to be published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

The authors base their findings on a total of 1,373 randomly selected men whose cardiovascular health and life expectancy at age 50 were repeatedly monitored between
1960 and 2000.

New York, Apr 30 : Don't know how much leg to show at office? Well, then answer to your confusion lies in Forbes' new spin-off, ForbesWoman.

Out next week, the frothy women's publication advises females to avoid showing "the beauty minefields: scaly skin, poorly maintained toenails and cracked heels, to name a distasteful few," reports The New York Post.

The glossy papers also forbid women to avoid that dreaded "shrimp cocktail effect," in which toes hang over the front of the sandals.

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Berlin - All of a sudden, someone breaks out in a rash, the eyes burn, the nose starts to run and the skin itches - a cat is on the prowl.

Allergies to pets are widespread. But if an allergy occurs, people do not always have to get rid of their pets, said Sabine Merz of Germany's federal veterinarian association in Bonn.

People, who already have a pet and have experienced some kind of allergic reaction to it, can try changing their daily routine. And for people with serious allergies, there are alternatives as some animals rarely trigger reactions.

Tokyo - Japanese smokers bent on