Washington, Sept 16: Researchers at RTI International and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found that moderate financial incentives could promote employee weight loss.

In the study, more than 200 participants were recruited from the employees at one university and three community colleges in North Carolina.

Participants were arbitrarily assigned to be given no money, 7 dollar per percentage point of weight lost or 14 dollar per percentage point of weight lost, during the first three months.

Washington, Sept 16: A new survey has found that about two thirds of the people suffer from the phenomenon of "ringxiety” – hearing the mobile phone ring or feeling it vibrate when it is not actually ringing.

The study, conducted by David Laramie of the Wright Institute in Los Angeles, found that the more frequent a person used phone, the more often, he or she reported hearing a phantom ring.

Washington, Sept 14: Australian singer Kylie Minogue has confirmed the release of her first new single ‘2 Hearts’ since being diagnosed with breast cancer.

The Aussie singer’s latest single is scheduled to release on the Parlophone record label on November 12th.

2 Hearts will be Minogue’s first album in more than two years and follows her breast cancer surgery.

The 39-year-old songstress revealed that she had been working on the record for one and half year and was struggling to cut down a wealth of songs she had put together for it.

Washington, Sept 14:  Rocker Courtney Love is now counting on her fans to provide inspiration for the lyrics of a new track after suffering a bout of writer's block.

The rocker is looking to her fan following as she is finding it difficult penning a new song.

Love posted a message on her MySpace blog inviting her fans to help her write some fresh material for a new album.

Washington, Sept 14 (ANI): A research has revealed that there is a link between chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic enterovirus infection of the stomach.

The conclusion was based on the findings of the research and the study is published in Journal of Clinical Pathology

Researchers analysed the cases of 165 patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME (myalgic encephalitis), all of whom were subjected to endoscopy because of longstanding gut complaints.

Washington, Sept 14(ANI):  Researchers, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, reported that HIV infected women, who become pregnant have a lower risk of progression to AIDS and death.

Their findings suggested that “the complex set of immunologic changes” that occur during pregnancy may be interacting as a benefactor with the combination drug therapy.