Washington, November 12 : Researchers at Indiana University''s Kinsey Institute have for the first time shown differences in brain activity as women considered masculinised and feminised male faces, and whether the person was a potential sexual partner.

The researchers claim that they have identified regions of the brain that respond more strongly to masculine faces.

According to them, the differences between women’s preference of masculinized and feminised faces appeared strongest when they were closer to ovulating.

London, Nov 12 : An "intelligent pill,” dubbed the "iPill", has been developed, which when taken releases the correct amount of medicine according to what the body needs.

Designed by Philips, the Dutch electronics giant, the iPill consists of a microprocessor, battery, wireless radio, pump and a drug reservoir so that it can release medication in a specific area in the body.

It uses its sensors to measure acidity ad its location in the gut and then releases the drug, reports The Telegraph.

According to the company spokesman, it is possible to use the iPill for the treatment of digestive tract disorders like Crohn''s disease.

Melbourne, Nov 12 : Two men who were refused entry into a nightclub Down Under scaled its roof with one crashing through the ceiling and landing on the dance floor and the other had to be rescued by emergency service volunteers after he got stuck in the ceiling.

The men, aged 20 and 21, were turned away by the doormen of Inflations nightclub in the Victorian town of Bairnsdale about 3.20am on Sunday before they concocted their own plan to get inside, reports News. com. au.

The pair went to the back of the building and climbed two storeys before removing a vent from the roof of the club.

Cops said the owner of the nightclub confronted the man who fell on the dancefloor, who replied, "I just dropped in for a drink. "

Washington, Nov 12 : The world''s first radar breast imaging system, developed by scientists at Bristol University, may revolutionise the way women are scanned for breast cancer.

The system is being tested at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT).

Professor Alan Preece and Dr Ian Craddock from the University of Bristol have been working for a number of years to develop a breast-imaging device, which uses radio waves and therefore has no radiation risk unlike conventional mammograms.

Washington, Nov 12 : A new study by researchers from Sweden has revealed that in women, habitual snoring may be an independent cause of excessive daytime sleepiness and daytimefatigue, regardless of sleep apnea occurrences.

For the study, the researchers performed polysomnography on 400 randomly selected women, aged 20 to 70 years.

The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was calculated, and women who acknowledged snoring loudly and either disturbingly often or very often were considered habitual snorers.

Washington, Nov 12: The most popular cholesterol drugs may cause muscle problems in users, according to a leading researcher.

There is accumulating evidence that the effect statins, which form a class of hypolipidemic drugs used to lower cholesterol levels in people with or at risk of cardiovascular disease, can have on skeletal muscle – including muscle weakness, fatigue and deterioration – is underestimated, said Jill Slade, assistant professor of radiology and osteopathic manipulative medicine at MSU.

“Statins work by preventing cholesterol from forming,” said Slade.