London, Nov 3 : Troubled English singer Amy Winehouse has managed to put some flesh on her bones after she started to follow a new healthy food diet and sweets.

Winehouse, 25, was seen looking much better with her fuller face and figure, and clear, glowing skin after she checked out of hospital, where she had been undergoing tests following a recent lung infection.

“Amy has had some time out of late, prioritizing her health and trying to get her life back on track,” the Mirror quoted a source as saying.

“She underwent various tests and scans in hospital, checking that her emphysema hadn''t returned, and was delighted to be given a clean bill of health.

Washington, Nov 3: A new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has suggested that for working parents, having grandparents as caregivers can cut the risk of childhood injury roughly in half.

In the study, the researchers found that having a grandmother watch a child was associated with a decreased risk of injury for the child, compared to organized daycare or care by the mother or other relatives.

This is the first study to examine the relationship between grandparents'' care and childhood injury rates.

Melbourne, Nov 3: Kids who sleep less are more likely to be obese as adults, according to a New Zealand study.

For the study, researchers at the University of Otago followed more than 1000 children born in Dunedin between 1972 and 1973.

They found that kids aged between five and 11 who spent less time in bed had higher Body Mass Indexes as adults and were significantly more likely to be obese.

London, Nov 3: Newcastle University scientists have found out what leads to the abnormal electrical waves in the brains of schizophrenia patients.

The researchers say that schizophrenics lack the vital brain receptor cells that control them.

They made this discovery when they used a drug, called ketamine, for switching off the receptors in rats, the waves changed frequency.

The scientists believe that the new work could pave the way for new treatments.

Hong Kong - Like most things from the cradle to the grave in Hong Kong, it used to be simply a question of money. If you had it, then a bed in a maternity ward at a private hospital was yours. Hong Kong's birth rate was falling, and maternity care was very much a buyer's market.

But things have changed dramatically in the past five years. Now women opting to give birth in one of Hong Kong's private hospitals have to book their beds as soon as they discover they are pregnant, with some of the hospital's maternity units already fully booked until May.

London, Nov 3: Scientists from King's College London have launched a major clinical trial to test whether common antidepressant drug lithium can effectively treat motor neurone disease.

Till now, there is no effective cure or treatment for the fatal motor neuron disease, which is commonly found in men and most likely to strike between the ages of 50 and 70.

However, it can affect any adult at any age.

An Italian study had shown that lithium might have a protective effect with MND, but the British scientists said that the findings should be treated with caution.

The researchers said that the study was necessary because positive findings from a small-scale Italian study were "too dramatic too ignore".