Washington, Mar 7: Forcing your kid to eat cold, mushy veggies may do more harm than good, according to a new study.

According to a research from Cornell University, although parents have good intentions about forcing their kids to finish their broccoli, this approach may backfire the very next day.

Washington, Mar 7: A diet high in vegetable intake can reduce the risk of prostate cancer (CaP), says a new study.

In the online edition of Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, Ruth Chan and collaborators suggested that the primary mechanism of the protective vegetable effect is antioxidant protection against DNA and cell damage.

Literature, which was already available, was identified for the study. Of the available studies, 29 were cohort studies,
69 case-control studies, and 4 randomised clinical trials.

Washington  - US President Barack Obama plans to reverse a near total ban on government funding for embryonic stem cell research next week, fulfilling a campaign promise on what has long been a divisive moral issue in the United States, US media reported Friday.

Obama will sign an executive order to that effect on Monday, ending a policy adopted by former president George W Bush during his first year in office, the Washington Post reported.

Washington  - An old-fashioned magnetic stress test convinced NASA managers that the ageing Discovery shuttle could launch next Wednesday, saving about a month's time in the programme's hectic final two years.

With the pressure of ten launches by September 2010 weighing on them, NASA hit a glitch last month over worries about cracked fuel valves breaking off and damaging the spacecraft during launch.

It seemed Discovery could not launch before mid-April, two months after originally planned.

Washington  - The US Congress has been forced to adopt a temporary funding bill to keep government services running through Wednesday, after the Senate failed to agree on a budget that would last until September.

The legislation was needed to avoid a shutdown of most federal agencies at midnight Friday. The House of Representatives and Senate voted to extend government funding until Tuesday and the measure will be signed by President Barack Obama later Friday.