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Suggestions have come from U. S. and Dutch researchers that if you feel excluded, watching a movie you loved in college or eating a food from your childhood may make you feel better.

It is indicated by a survey that lower-income, younger adults and blacks who are more likely to be uninsured favor U. S. healthcare reform, while older whites do not.

After healthcare reform was approved by the House of Representatives Sunday, the Gallup daily tracking poll conducted on Monday found that 49 percent of U. S. adults overall say Congress' passing healthcare reform is a "good thing," but the support is greater among Americans who currently lack health insurance.

Mumbai, March 26 - Aparna Sen, whose long-awaited film "The Japanese Wife" will soon be seen in the theatres, says she couldn't trust anyone but old favourite Rahul Bose to play Snehamoy, the Sundarbans schoolteacher who falls in love with a woman he's never met.

"To play Snehamoy, I needed an actor who would give me 200 percent," Sen, who gets back to direction after "15 Park Avenue", told IANS in an interview.

They've discovered how a genetic disease known mainly for life-threatening tumors also can cause sudden death in children, say U. S. and Canadian scientists.

They found the linkage can cause sudden death from cardiovascular disease in children, said the scientists from the Indiana University School of Medicine and the University of British Columbia.

According to researchers, a study of more than 15,000 U. S. adults found the more people drank alcohol, the poorer food choices they made.

Heavy drinking and dietary factors have independently been associated with cardiovascular disease, certain cancers and other chronic health problems, said Kenneth R. Warren, acting director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and colleagues at the National Cancer Institute and the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

New Delhi, March 26 - Next year, 2011, is going to be the year of sequels in Bollywood with as many as five blockbusters getting ready with the next instalment of their stories -- "Race 2", "Dhoom 3", "Wanted 2", "Partner 2" and "Don 2".

Like the 2008 hit action "Race", "Race 2" is also directed by Abbas-Mustan and produced under the Tips Films banner. The original, which explored themes of sibling rivalry, betrayal and passion, starred Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Bipasha Basu and Katrina Kaif in pivotal roles.