Pictures of a 20kg Kid Born in Tehran

Incredible cute pictures of seven month old 20 kilo (44 pound) baby of Iran’s capital Tehran. These photos were clicked by Hamed Jafarnejad for Fars News Agency.

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Paid sex leaves men empty and terrible: Study

As per a study, men who pay for sex are awfully confused people. Many people who go for prostitutes say they don't feel anything except a bad feeling when they have sex with prostitutes. These responses were published in a report in Guardian newspaper. While some subjects said they were unsuccessful getting close to women "through usual ways," half the men were married or committed.

Despite feeling disappointed and lonely after having empty sexual encounters, these men said they will continue to use prostitutes.

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Aussies prefer curling up with books rather than having sex

A new survey has found that most Aussies prefer reading a good book to making love with their partner.

The online poll by Swedish furniture giant IKEA saw one in three Aussies saying that they would rather read than have sex if they had an extra hour in the day, reports Stuff.co.nz.

Nearly 35 percent of the 1057 participants opted for reading, while only 20percent chose to spend one-on-one time with their other half.

However, women take the lead in reading, with 45percent saying they would choose a good novel; only 14 percent said they would opt for private time in the bedroom.

About 26 percent men preferred an hour of romance, with 25 percent favouring reading.

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You can become a spaceship’s pilot in 20 years!

A new report has concluded that a job as the pilot of a spaceship may soon come out of the pages of science fiction books and into reality, in just 20 years of time.

According to BBC News, this is one of the findings of a government study into jobs of the future, which also suggests people will be employed to make human body parts.
It names 20 jobs that could be common by 2030, including “vertical farmers” growing food in multi-storey buildings.

It also says that surgeons may be employed to give people extra memory capacity.

The report was carried out by market research group Fast Future, which tried to determine a list of both jobs that do not currently exist and current jobs that could become more prominent.
Potential jobs of the future will include more farmers of genetically engineered crops and livestock, specialists in climate change reversal, and personal branders who will help individuals to establish their own brand across social networking sites.

In addition, it predicts that police officers will be needed to monitor weather manipulation, and electronic waste data managers will be employed by people who do not want to be tracked online.

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China tried to hack Indian computers: NSA

Chinese hackers have tried to penetrate computers in the offices of National Security Adviser MK Narayanan, a British paper Monday quoted him as saying.

Narayanan said his office and other government departments were targeted Dec 15, the same date that US defence, finance and technology companies, including Google, reported cyber attacks from China.

"This was not the first instance of an attempt to hack into our computers," Narayanan told The Times in an interview, adding the would-be hackers sent an e-mail with a PDF attachment containing a Trojan virus.

The virus, which allows hackers to download or delete files, was detected and officials were told not to log on until it was eliminated, Narayanan said.

"People seem to be fairly sure it was the Chinese. It is difficult to find the exact source but this is the main suspicion. It seems well founded," he told The Times, adding that India was cooperating with the US and Britain to bolster its cyber defences.

The Chinese government has denied any role in the attacks, with a foreign ministry spokeswoman saying: "Hacking in whatever form is prohibited by law in China."

Narayanan said that while he expected China to be an increasingly high security priority for India, the main threat still came from militants based in Pakistan.

He said Islamabad had done nothing to dismantle militant groups since the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, and criticised Britain for accepting its excuse that such groups were beyond its control.

"The British are still blinkered on this. We believe Pakistan's policy of using terror as a policy weapon remains," Narayanan said, adding India is anxious to prevent an attack from Pakistan during the Commonwealth Games in October.

"From Pakistan's point of view, it's important to disrupt the Games so you can claim that India is not a safe place," Narayanan said.

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Paid sex leaves men empty and terrible: Study

As per a study, men who pay for sex are awfully confused people. Many people who go for prostitutes say they don't feel anything except a bad feeling when they have sex with prostitutes. These responses were published in a report in Guardian newspaper. While some subjects said they were unsuccessful getting close to women "through usual ways," half the men were married or committed.

Despite feeling disappointed and lonely after having empty sexual encounters, these men said they will continue to use prostitutes.

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Dental implants becoming popular method for replacing teeth

The method of using dental implants to replace teeth lost to an accident, gum diseases or tooth decay is becoming popular.

Sreenivas Koka, chair of Mayo Clinic Department of Dental Specialties, discusses the advantages of dental implants and what's involved.

To place an implant, an oral surgeon or periodontist cuts open the gum to expose the jawbone and then drills a small hole in the bone for the metal cylinder that serves as the implant.

All this is done when the patient is under anaesthesia.

"It's almost like drilling a screw into the wall," Dr. Koka said.

It takes three months for the area to heal and for the implant to fuse with the jawbone.

Patients may undergo a second procedure in which a post, called an abutment, is attached or screwed down into the implant. This can be done at the same time the implant cylinder is put in or after the area has healed.

In the final step, the dentist attaches a realistic-looking artificial tooth to the implant or to the post. The entire process takes about four months.

According to Dr. Koka, a big advantage of the method is that an implant acts as a substitute for the roots of a natural tooth.

"If you are missing a single tooth, this allows you to leave the other teeth around it alone," Dr. Koka said.

"With a bridge, you have to cut down the teeth on each side of the empty space so that a false tooth can be held in place by two crowns," Dr. Koka added.

Almost any adult in reasonably good health is a candidate for dental implants.

Dr. Koka says that patients often ask if osteoporosis would prevent them from getting dental implants. It doesn't.

Mayo Clinic research has shown that patients with osteoporosis or those taking oral bisphosphonates used to treat osteoporosis have about the same success rate as other patients.

And the success rates for dental implants are high -- 90 to 96 percent.

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Cheers! Beer 'can prevent prostate, breast cancers'

Not only men, even women now have another excuse to go down the pub, thanks to a new study which has revealed that downing a glass of beer daily could prevent prostate and breast cancers.

Researchers at the German Cancer Research Centre in Heidelberg have discovered that beer contains a powerful molecule which actually helps protect against the breast and prostate cancers.

Found in hops, the substance called xanthohumol blocks the excessive action of testosterone and oestrogen; it also helps to prevent the release of a protein called PSA which encourages the spread of prostate cancer, they say.

Scientists have long known that substances in hops help to block oestrogen. This is the first time, however, that they have been found to also inhibit testosterone.

"The research is still early but in trials we hope to further demonstrate that xanthohumol actively prevents prostate cancer development," the 'Daily Mail' quoted Clarissa Gerhauser of the Heidelberg centre as saying.

Xanthohumol is a powerful antioxidant derived from hops. It belongs to a family of chemicals called flavonoids found in fruits and vegetables that are known to have anti- cancer properties.

So which brews are likely to be rich in xanthohumol? "Hops give beer its bitter flavour so traditional bitters and ales will contain far more of this substance than light lagers," sad Ben McFarland, author of 'World's Best Beers'.

"Beers highest in hops, are India pale ales such as those made by the Meantime Brewery in Greenwich, South-East London. First brewed in the 1800s, these ales were made with high levels of hops to act as a natural preservative for export," he added.

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Men prefer less leggy girls, reveals a new study

You can now stop envying women with lengthy legs, for a new study claims that men prefer girls a little less leggy.
In the search to find the most attractive legs, UK researchers asked more than 1000 men and women to rate a series of images of female bodies, reports a news daily.

In each image the legs had been made shorter or longer, to alter the ‘leg-to-body ratio’, but the overall height remained the same.

The men interviewed were asked which pictures they liked the most while the women were asked to predict the men’s thoughts.

While most women surveyed thought men lusted after longer legs, the University of Westminster research found men preferred women of average height - where their legs accounted for half of their overall height

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Man to stay in 10-days with snakes

An expert in deadly animals is planning to stay for 10 days inside a box full of snakes at a Las Vegas Strip casino as part of a reality television show.

Donald Schultz will enter the clear glass box outside O`Sheas Casino on Sunday, starting with 50 snakes inside. Plans call for five new snakes to be added to the box each day until there are 100 snakes — including cobras, pythons and rattlesnakes.

The stunt will be filmed for Animal Planet`s "Wild Recon" series.

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Po-rn video shown on Moscow highway billboard

Drivers in downtown Moscow squinted in disbelief as an electronic highway billboard blazed a two-minute pornographic video instead of its regular advertising clips.

Late-night traffic on one of the Russian capital`s busiest roads slowed Thursday as a couple`s explicit escapades appeared on the 9-by-6-meter (yard) display.

Some people took pictures of the sight with their mobile phones and posted them on the Internet.

Passer-by Alyona Prokulatova told The Associated Press that she was "so shocked that I couldn`t even shoot video or take a picture of it."

The screen`s owner, 3 Stars, told the AP that a hacker attack was likely to blame. Police were investigating the incident.

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A marriage website for HIV positive people

Junali Devi, a widow living in Assam, is eagerly awaiting the launch of India's first matrimonial website for HIV-positive people.

Guwahati's 35-year-old Junali (name changed on request), who lost her husband three years ago to HIV/AIDS, is among thousands of HIV-positive people in northeast India and elsewhere excited by the prospects of finding a good match through the website.

"I am pinning all my hopes to find a genuine match on the proposed website. I want to live a life with dignity and want someone who is intelligent, sober, and caring," Junali said.

The website (www.hitchiv.com) to be launched later this month at the behest of the Indian Network for People Living with HIV/AIDS (INP+) has already generated a lot of interest among HIV- positive people.

"We have already got about 150 to 200 requests for membership despite the fact that the website is yet to be launched," Jahnabi Goswami, president of INP+, said.

Goswami, 32, is one of the few women in India fighting to raise awareness about the disease. She belongs to an even smaller group of people who have publicly declared that they are HIV- positive.

Membership to the website would be open only to people living with HIV/AIDS.

"Strict privacy would be maintained and only registered members will be able to log in and scan profiles of prospective partners," Goswami said.

There are thousands of people living with HIV/AIDS interested in marriage and leading a normal life with dignity, but since they cannot get in touch with like-minded people, their dreams remained unfulfilled.

"It is an excellent idea to have this website as marriages between an HIV- positive couple would enable them not only to lead a happy life but also to take care of and support each other, which is very important," S.I. Ahmed, head of the AIDS Prevention Society, a community healthcare group in Assam, said.

INP+ would arrange pre-marital counselling to prospective couples interested in having children post-marriage.

"When it comes to marriage the couple would surely be told about the pros and cons," Ahmed added.

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Heavy hips, thighs good for health

They can play havoc with your stress levels when you're trying to squeeze into skinny jeans. But big bottoms could be good for your health, according to British scientists.

A team at Oxford University has claimed that carrying extra weight on your hips, bum and thighs is good for one's health, protecting against heart and metabolic problems, the BBC reported.

Hip fat mops up harmful fatty acids and contains an anti-inflammatory agent that stops arteries clogging; big bums are preferable to extra fat around the waistline, which gives no such protection, the scientists said.

According to them, having too little fat around the hips can lead to serious metabolic problems because there is evidence that fat around the thighs and backside is harder to shift than fat around the waist.

Although this may sound undesirable, it is actually beneficial because when fat is broken down quickly it releases a lot of cytokines - linked to heart disease, and diabetes - which trigger inflammation in the body, say the scientists.

Lead researcher Dr Konstantinos Manolopoulos said: "It is shape that matters and where the fat gathers. Fat around the hips and thighs is good for you but around the tummy is bad."

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Super-strong artificial collagen may help treat arthritis

Scientists have created the strongest form of collagen known to science, a stable alternative to human collagen that could one day be used to treat arthritis and other conditions that result from collagen defects.

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body, forming strong sheets and cables that support the structure of skin, internal organs, cartilage and bones, as well as all the connective tissue in between.

"It''s by far the most stable collagen ever made," said Ron Raines, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of chemistry and biochemistry who led the study.

For decades, doctors have used collagen from cows to treat serious burns and other wounds in humans despite the risk of tissue rejection associated with cross-species transplants.

In 2006, Raines'' team figured out how to make human collagen in the lab, creating collagen molecules longer than any found in nature.

Now, with funding from the National Institutes of Health
, the researchers have taken this line of inquiry one step further, creating a form of super-strong collagen that may one day help millions.

Raines said that this artificial collagen holds promise as a therapy for conditions such as arthritis, which is caused by a breakdown of the body''s natural collagen.

The research has been published in the Jan. 12 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (ANI)

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Apples, onions good for diabetics

Next time you visit a diabetic friend, gift him apples and onions. It might just help your friend fight and delay the usual medical complications related to heart, eyes and nerves that most diabetics suffer from during the later stages of the ailment.

A team of biochemists from the Allahabad University (AU) led by Dr SI Rizvi has found that Myricetin - a naturally occurring plant polyphenol found in large quantity in apples and onions - can protect diabetic red blood cells (RBCs) from the damaging effects of oxidative stress and increase anti-oxidant defence in Type 2 diabetics thereby delaying the development of diabetic complications.

The discovery has been reported in a prestigious international journal's December 2009 edition as 'Myricetin can mitigate altered redox status in type 2 diabetic erythrocytes'.

"For the common man, diabetes is a condition which is manifested by high glucose level. While the elevated glucose level can be managed by many different drugs or lifestyle changes, the basic condition of the diabetes still remains," said Dr Rizvi.

He said that at the genetic level, there are many causes, which can result in the diabetic condition. To treat this complex disease is therefore not easy. "One of the basic alterations during diabetes is the condition of oxidative stress. Oxidative stress which has been implicated in the development of several late complications of diabetes such as neuropathy (affecting nerves), vascular complication affecting the blood vessels and the heart, retinopathy (affecting the eyes) and the problem of kidneys," he added.

The biochemist said that a strategy for controlling oxidative stress as a result of diabetes was to use dietary supplements, which are high in natural anti-oxidants and the compound 'Myricetin' has been found to offset the increased oxidative stress in diabetic conditions. "Our study, part of a research in the use of plant polyphenols as possible supplementation for diabetic patients, has shown that several parameters which are also very good biomarkers of oxidative stress in human RBC (erythrocytes) are altered during diabetic condition.

"Using a strategy to induce oxidative stress in erythrocytes for both normal and diabetic patients, we found that 'Myricetin' is able to protect diabetic erythrocytes from the damaging effects of oxidative stress. Based on this interesting observation, it is hypnotised that food sources that containing 'Myricetin' can increase anti-oxidant defence in Type 2 diabetes and delay the development of diabetic complications," he added.

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Sex twice a week cuts heart attack risk

Two sex sessions in a week can reduce risk of heart disease in men, says a new research.

The study showed that men who indulged in regular lovemaking were up to 45 per cent less likely to develop life-threatening heart conditions than those who had sex once a month or less.

In the research of over 1,000 men, scientists found that sex apparently has a protective effect on the male heart but they did not examine whether women benefit too.

Thus, American researchers who carried out the investigation are now calling for doctors to screen men for sexual activity when assessing their risk of heart disease, reports the Telegraph.

Despite sex being considered good for physical and mental health, not much has been scientifically proven about the benefits of frequent intercourse on major illnesses such as heart disease.

In the latest study, scientists at the New England Research Institute in Massachusetts, tracked the sexual activity of men aged between 40 and 70 who were taking part in a long-term project called the Massachusetts Male Ageing Study, which began back in 1987.

Over a 16-year period, each man was regularly quizzed on how often they had sex and then checked for signs of heart disease.

Researchers took into account other risk factors, such as their age, weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

The results showed men who made love at least twice a week were much less likely to have heart disease than those whose sexual encounters were limited to once a month or less.

Analyzing the findings, scientists said the benefits of sex could be due to both the physical and emotional effects on the body.

Men with the desire for frequent sexual activity and who are able to engage in it are likely to be healthier, but sex in some forms has a physical activity component that might directly serve to protect cardiovascular health.

Also, men who have frequent sex might be more likely to be in a supportive intimate relationship and this might improve health through stress reduction and social support.

The study was published in the American Journal of Cardiology.

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Early puberty makes girls ‘aggressive

Girls, who go through puberty before turning 12, are found to be more aggressive and more likely to steal, fight and take drugs than their later developing peers, according to a University of Queensland study.


The researchers found that early puberty makes girls "significantly" more aggressive than those who experience puberty later.

The study has also found that there``s no marked difference between boys`` and girls`` aggression levels when at the same stage of puberty.

The findings have come from Australia``s largest longitudinal study, which tracked more than 8,000 mothers and their children over 21 years.

Lead author and sociologist Professor Jake Najman said that girls who are early bloomers are more likely to steal, fight, smoke and take drugs, but the reasons behind such tendencies are not conclusive.

It``s also not known whether these characteristics carry on to womanhood.

Prof Najman says the findings, coupled with children reaching puberty earlier and earlier, may explain why girls are increasingly involved in anti-social behaviour such as drinking, smoking, drug-taking and bullying.

"It links together, in a sense, that what we``re seeing is probably more aggression and delinquent behaviour by females at younger ages as a social trend," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted him as saying.

"... We’re seeing women behaving more like men in terms of their behaviours,” he added.

The study also disproves the belief that boys are more aggressive than girls because of higher testosterone levels.

Najman said the study showed that intervention programs aimed at dealing with anti-social behaviour should be introduced before puberty to have the most effect.

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Women living with partners put on more weight

Women who live with a partner put on more weight than those without a partner or a child, according to a new study.

The study conducted by Wendy Brown, Annette Dobson, U-Q both professors and Richard Hockey of University of Queensland (U-Q), also found that women also experience a larger weight gain after having their first baby.

Researchers surveyed more than 6,000 women over a 10 year period to assess the factors associated with weight gain in young women.

Women with a baby and partner gained the most weight, followed by those with a partner and no baby. Women without a partner or children also gained weight, but at a lower rate.

Dobson and co-authors suggest that the weight gain among all women may be explained by changing social and behavioural factors, said an UQ release.

"This is a general health concern as obesity rates continue to increase," said Dobson.

These findings were published in the January edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

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Online dating industry to grow by 25 pct in 2010

With the increasing popularity of online dating, analysts have predicted that the industry is likely to experience 25 percent growth this year.

There are numerous dating sites that enable singles to look for romance by tailoring requests in terms of ethnicity, physicality, religion and sexual orientation.

The Australian online dating industry has already experienced a 5 per cent increase last year and is expected to grow by another 5 to 10 percent this year.

A survey of more than 3000 people by a dating website found that 50 percent had tried online dating, while 10 percent met their partner on the internet.

Business analysis group IBISWorld predicts the industry to earn almost 100 million dollars from subscriptions and advertising in 2010.

IBISWorld senior analyst Edward Butler said niche sites were becoming more user-friendly.

"Based on religion or interest, they will do a lot of that work before you even sign up and reduce the effort," a news daily quoted him as saying.

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Study reveals why light worsens migraines

A discovery among blind people has helped scientists resolve a mystery why light can make a migraine go from headache to head-splitter, according to a study published on recently.

The problem appears to lie with a newly-discovered bunch of cells in the retina, its authors say.

Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Center, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, made the find after pondering why some blind people who suffer from migraines also experience photophobia -- an extreme sensitivity to light that horribly worsens these headaches.

In a paper published online in the journal Nature Neuroscience, the team reported how they probed two groups of migraine-suffering blind individuals.

One group, of six people, was totally blind and immune to the normal sleep-wakefulness cycle caused by daylight and night.

The other, numbering 14, was "legally blind" because of degenerative diseases of the eyes. They could detect the presence of light and followed the sleep-wakefulness cycle although they could not perceive images.

"While the patients in the first group did not experience any worsening of their headaches from light exposure, the patients in the second group clearly described intensified pain when they were exposed to light, in particular blue or grey," said senior author Rami Burstein.

"This suggested to us that the mechanism of photophobia must involve the optic nerve, because in totally blind individuals, the optic nerve does not carry light signals to the brain."

The team theorised that the culprit had to be recently-discovered retinal cells which have melanopsin photoreceptors -- light-sensitive biological triggers for sleep and wakefulness.

"These are the only functioning light receptors left among patients who are legally blind," Burstein explained.

The next step was to test the ideas on lab rats. Using dyes injected into the rodents' eyes, the scientists were able to trace the pathway from the melanopsin retinal cells through the optic nerve and to the brain, where they found a group of neurons which became activated during migraines.

Tiny electrodes inserted into the rats' brains determined that, within seconds, light unleashed a surge of electrical activity in these cells -- and the cells remained switched on even after the light was removed.

"This helps explain why patients say that their headache intensifies within seconds after exposure to light and improves 20 to 30 minutes after being in the dark," Burstein added in a press release.

The work could be a boon for migraine sufferers, the authors hope. It opens up exploratory options for drugs that block the pathway, enabling a migraine patient to endure light without added pain.

Migraines are a widely researched disorder, although the causes remain unclear.

They are believed to develop when protective membranes surrounding the brain become irritated. This stimulates pain receptors and, in turn, causes sensory neurons to become activated for long periods.

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