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The greatest stress-triggers of the modern age revealed

StressMelbourne, Oct 29: While work and relationships are most synonymous with stress, experts have said that continuously the word "yes" down the phone to a voice-recognition system that fails to identify your voice is one of the greatest stress-trigger of the modern age.

Also included in the list is missing your train by seconds after waiting in a ticket queue.

According to experts, technology, greater traffic congestion and increased time pressures have dramatically changed the nature of stress.

Study confirms movement of bird flu from Asia to North America via birds

Bird FluWashington, October 29: An international team of researchers claims that it has unearthed evidence for the movement of Asian forms of avian influenza to Alaska by northern pintail ducks.

Scientists with the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) joined forces with researchers at the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska and the University of Tokyo to study the role of migratory birds in the transfer of avian influenza viruses between Asia and North America.

Death toll from Lassa-type rises to four in South Africa

Johannesburg - The number of deaths from a new Lassa-type virus has risen to four in South Africa, doctors confirmed to state radio Wednesday.

Sour milk and yogurt may cut bladder cancer risk

Bladder CancerWashington, Oct 29: Intake of milk and ot

Stress hits older adults’ decision-making more than younger counterparts

Washington, October 29 : When it comes to decision making, stressed out older adults are more likely to alter their behavior than their younger counterparts, reveals a new study.

According to Mara Mather of USC Davis School of Gerontology, older adults (65 to 89) tend to alter their behaviour more than the young adults (18 to 33) when stressed – especially when situational risks are involved.

Mather and her colleagues Marissa Gorlick, of the USC Emotion and Cognition Lab, and Nichole Kryla-Lighthall, a USC doctoral student, asked adults, both young and old, to play a driving game relating to real-life situations involving common risks.

It’s official: Red wine is indeed your heart’s best friend

Red WineWashington, Oct 29: Intake of foods rich in polyphenols, a family of antioxidative compounds found in high concentrations in grapes and red wine, helps reduce the risk of heart disease, according to a review article in the November issue of Nutrition Research.

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