Washington, Apr 15 : By using eight clinical variables, scientists have found a new method, called the CRUSADE bleeding score, to estimate the risk of bleeding for a patient having a heart attack.

The bleeding-risk assessment tool, created by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Duke University, could also help lessen the chances that heart attack patients will experience this common complication.

Washington, Apr 15 : A Michigan University researcher has developed a new vaccine for one of the deadliest strain of E. coli bacteria that kills over two to three million children every year.

Enterotoxigenic E. Coli, (ETEC) is responsible for 60 percent to 70 percent of all E. coli diarrheal disease.

Washington, Apr 15 : A new study has found that wrist acupunture or acupressure can significantly reduce vomiting and nausea symptoms, which are generally experienced after surgery.

The researchers have found that by stimulating an acupoint called the Pericardium (P6) point in the patients'' wrists can help reduce these symptoms.

Lead researcher Anna Lee of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care at The Chinese University of Hong Kong revealed that stimulating the P6 point can occur by several methods such as acupuncture or acupressure.

Washington, April 15 : Lindsay Lohan has taken a dig at her “tabloid-created” wildchild reputation, along with her recently single status, making it the subject of a spoof dating advert.

The actress has been making consistent headlines owing to her troubled personal life, DUI arrests and a string of stints in rehab.

The singer, who recently split with her lesbian lover Samantha Ronson, has now churned tabloid gossip into funny material for the Will Ferrell''s comedy website FunnyOrDie. com.

Washington, April 15 : A Duke University professor and his graduate student have discovered a universal principle that unites the curious interplay of light and shadow on the surface of your morning coffee with the way gravity magnifies and distorts light from distant galaxies.

According to the researchers, scientists will be able to use violations of this principle to map unseen clumps of dark matter in the universe.

Light rays naturally reflect off a curve like the inside surface of a coffee cup in a curving, ivy leaf pattern that comes to a point in the center and is brightest along its edge.

Washington, Apr 15 : Physical activities can help prevent falls among older people, says a new study.

According to Cochrane Researchers, exercise programmes are an effective option for preventing falls among elderly living in the community.