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Teleconferencing may help provide therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, a Canadian researcher has suggested.

17 post-traumatic stress victims in a rural area were made to undergo 16-25 sessions of tele-therapy, therapy via teleconferencing, with Montreal therapists by Stephane Guay of the University of Montreal.

A control group of PSTD patients received face-to-face therapy. Both groups had 75 percent to 80 percent of their members overcoming their chronic post-traumatic stress.

Even toddlers notice and could reward good intentions, Canadian researchers have found.

Children as young as 21 months old selectively helped the person who had shown good intent, found Kristen Dunfield and Valerie Kuhlmeier of Queen's University in Kingston.

Dunfield and Kuhlmeier said in a statement, "Some of the characteristics of the rich reciprocal relationships observed in adults are in place in infancy."

Tel Aviv University researchers have found that a study of 20,000 men ages 18-21 in the Israeli army found those who smoked tended to have a lower IQ.

Young male smokers are more likely to have lower IQs than their non-smoking peers, Mark Weiser of the university's department of psychiatry and the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer Hospital found.

It was also found by the study that in the case where one twin smoked, the non-smoking twin tested at a higher intelligence level.

AR Rahman, who after doing India proud with his double victory at both the Oscars and the Grammies, is set to promote love and unity through his music because it his belief that Islam has been hijacked by extremists.

Allah Rakha (AR) Rahman, who was earlier called Dileep Kumar, expressed that Islam had a rich musical tradition. He reveals that Islam appealed to him because it was a religion based on unconditional love and a belief in one God and one love. He admits to being specifically drawn to Sufism.

Dibakar Banerjee won't be starting another film till next year. He needs to take the rest of the year off to get to know his new adoptive baby Ira.

"Otherwise she'll never be able to accept me as anything but an alien in her life. At the moment she's 7 months old. I want to spend some months with her and become an integral part of her life."

Movies can wait. "I won't be starting another film till next year. I need to be home, to let my daughter get used to my presence around the house."