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India To Release MIP Images Soon

India To Release MIP Images SoonISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) has received the Moon Impact Probe (MIP) images of the moon by Chandrayaan. Scientists are observing the various aspects of the lunar surface and these images would soon be released to the general public.  

The Moon Impact Probe has started its operations after detaching from the orbiting Chandrayaan. It landed on the surface of the moon at 8:31 IST on November 14, 2008. ISRO had released two images while it was landing.   

70-Years-Old Indian Woman Gave Birth To A Baby

70-Years-Old Indian Woman Gave Birth To A BabyAn Indian woman, Rajo Devi gave birth to a baby girl in November at the age of 70. She was not able to conceive the child naturally but with the help of in-vitro fertilization, she got pregnant and now has a daughter, Naveen Lohan.

Tooth decay increasing in young kids

Tooth decay increasing in young kidsTooth decay increases in children during the holiday season. The reason behind the condition is an excess of long-lasting candies, gooey frosted cookies, hot chocolate and chewy fudge.

But the age old saying of keeping teeth clean would keep all tooth decay at bay, would work not only at a particular time but throughout the year in preventing tooth decay and cavities.

Moods, happy or sad are contagious

Moods, happy or sad are contagiousRecent research has revealed that mood of a person is strongly affected by the people around him. Research team led by Dr Nicholas Christakis, a sociologist at Harvard Medical School, and including Professor Fowler analyzed 53,228 social connections between 5,124 individuals over time.

Researchers said that how grumpy people feel can be influenced not only by the state of mind of those closest to us, but also by friends of friends that we have never met like ripples from "pebbles thrown into a pond".

Marinating meat reduces the levels of chemical compounds that cause cancerous tumors

Marinating meat reduces the levels of chemical compounds that cause cancerous tumorsEarlier studies have shown that cooking meat increases its levels of chemical compounds called heterocyclic amines (HAs), which can cause cancerous tumors.

Recent research by Isabel Ferreira and colleagues at the University of Porto in Portugal revealed that marinating steak in red wine or beer for six hours before frying cut levels of two types of HA by up to 90 per cent compared with untreated meat.

Long-term use of a hypertension drug may reduce symptoms of heart disease

Research team led by Dr. Jiri Krupicka of Na Homolce Hospital in Prague, the Czech Republic conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study to the effect of the long-term administration of candesartan - marketed by AstraZeneca and Takeda as Atacand and BioPress respectively - on patients with Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).

Generally people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy display mild symptoms or are completely asymptomatic, up to 1 percent of affected people succumb to sudden cardiac death, often with no previous signs of illness.

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