Misc.

The levels of aggression in men can be measured by just looking at the shape of their face- the rounder the face, the more aggressive the person is, a new study suggests. The study of sportsmen shows that men with round faces tend to be more aggressive.

In a path-breaking research conducted in the United States, an “odour profile” has been identified for skin cancerdefine which can significantly help in developing a fast, simple and non-invasive test to detect the most common form of skin cancer.

He was extraordinarily long at 2 months, had all his teeth at 4 months, looked like an 8 year old when he was actually four and an adult when he was only eight; this is Brenden Adams, twelve years old and a little more than seven feet tall, the boy who can’t stop growing!

To promote the use of condoms in India, the BBC World Service Trust has found an unusual way- launched a "condom condom" campaign, which is designed to demolish Indians' reluctance to discuss condom use and to make the male contraceptive more acceptable.

The Department of Agriculture officials announced that state's 5th case of West Nile virus (WNV) in a horse has been confirmed on Friday in Yakima County. Of the five horses, 4 were in Yakima County and one was in Grant County.

The first medicine accepted by the US federal regulators for the treatment of Huntington’s disease, which is an atypical hereditary disease that causes unrestrained movements, worsening of mental abilities and in due course death, was finally approved on 15 Aug 2008.

We have all heard that men reach their sexual peak at 18 and women at 28- so what does that mean for people in their 70’s and 80’s?

Ian and Rebecca Bloomer, a British couple have become the first parents to have a baby using a pioneering IVF technique which fast-freezes embryos. The world’s “coolest” baby, who has been christened Evie, was born on the 23 of July this year.

A latest study led by Dr. Ville Leinonen of the University of Kuopio in Finland has found that an imaging method known as a PETdefine scan may help doctors in detecting “plaques” in the brain. These are an important factor in detecting Alzheimer’s disease.

Alkermes Inc.’s signature drug, Vivitrol, used in treatment for alcohol addiction, has been linked to adverse reactions, including blood clots, swelling, abscesses and cell death, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned today.