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A new study reveals that children eating more fruits and vegetables are at lower risk of cancer in their later life.

A health survey for England (HSE) for 2008 published that four in five children are not consuming the adequate amount of fruit and vegetables.

After reading this publication, the World Cancer Research Fund has warned that if this habit continues to sustain in children then it can increase the risk of cancer in their later life.

Mumbai is facing lots of drowning incidents which compelled the fire brigade to deploy 120 lifeguards from flood rescue team to Mumbai beaches.

The fire brigade has decided to organize the infrastructure and recruit more lifeguards for the beaches to prevent such fatal accidents.

Chief Fire Officer Uday Tatkare said that at present we do not have enough manpower to be installed at different beaches in Mumbai so we would first start the recruitment process and then we will proceed towards the infrastructure.

A new study conducted by the Australian Heart Foundation revealed that Chocolate consumption reduces the risk of heart disease was a misconception, there are no sufficient evidences that support eating chocolate or drinking coffee or red wine provides cardiovascular health benefit , even though they contain antioxidants.

The continuous obstacles caused at the development of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) is facing hiccups as the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) snatches away its digital TV broadcasting licence offer from the OneVision consortium.

This action has left enough options open for the Liberty Global to move on in.

It is confirmed from various reports that Liberty Global seemingly remains interested about the prospect of taking on the DTT licence single handed similar to likes of many such platforms of the same arena.

A consulting firm has said that the cost of healthcare for a U. S. family of four is $18,074, an increase of $1,303 from last year, the highest ever.

It has been reported that the Milliman Medical Index, created by Milliman Inc., an independent actuarial and consulting firm based in Seattle, tracks the changes in average annual healthcare costs for a U. S. family of four among 14 metropolitan areas covered by an employer-paid preferred provider organization.

Federal health officials have found that U. S. preterm births dropped for two years in a row, but they still remain high compared with other developed countries.

The U. S. infant mortality rate was 6.68 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2006, a 3 percent decline from 6.86 in 2005, a report by the National Center for Health Statistics, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said.