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Gastric Bypass Surgery Gives Better Health Benefits Than Banding: Study
Benefits of Colorectal Cancer Screening Measured
Paris Fashion: Carla Burni-Sarkozy Back in Spotlight
Research Explores Connection Between Empathy, Neurohormones and Aggression
UN Pledges on Ebola Warmly Welcomed by Liberia
Many Brits Agree Phone Addiction Wrecks Havoc in Relationships
Symptoms of Burnout Observed in More Than 70 Percent of Young Oncologists in Europe
Experimental Ebola Vaccine Doses may be Available by 2015
Berlin Wall Relic Faces Threat of Extinction
Goga Ashkenazi Makes a Mark at Paris Fashion
Berlin Building That Housed Squatting Artists Sold for 150 Million Euros
Research Says Almost Two-Third of Stars Were Born in Clusters
New Dating App Allows You to Find People Who "Want a Cuddle"
Tom Ford Set to Leave London Fashion Week
'Saturday Night Live' Enters 40th Season
WHO Confirms Ebola Death Toll Has Crossed 3,000 in West Africa
Here is How You Can Get Kate Middleton's Flawless Looking Blow-Dried Hair
Woman Runs 53 Marathons in 53 Days; Sets World Record
9-Year-Old Bodybuilder is the 'World's Strongest Boy'
Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy are Safe for Babies, Say Studies
ROS1-Positive Lung Cancer may Respond to Crizotinib Treatment
Western Diet Lowers Cognitive Performance
Improve Appetite and Body Mass in Patients With Cancer Anorexia Noted With Anamorelin
Progression-Free Survival in Head and Neck Cancer Improved by Afatinib
World Heart Day 2014: Create a Heart-Healthy Environment

Gastric Bypass Surgery Gives Better Health Benefits Than Banding: Study

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Gastric bypass surgery gives better health benefits than banding, like long-term weight loss, says new research. The review at University of Texas Southwestern found that those undergoing gastric bypass operations lost more weight, an average of 66 percent of their excess weight, compared to 45 percent average excess weight loss for those undergoing gastric banding procedures. Researcher Nancy Puzziferri said that they now have the best evidence ...

Benefits of Colorectal Cancer Screening Measured

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Researchers report that biennial colorectal cancer screening in a region of France increased the rate of diagnosis of high risk pre-cancerous adenomas by 89%. Dr Vanessa Cottet from INSERM Unite 866 in Dijon, France, and colleagues studied the region of Cote-d'Or, where a registry has been collecting data on adenomas since 1976. They wanted to evaluate the rate of diagnosis of adenomas before and after the initiation of a screening program using fecal occult ...

Paris Fashion: Carla Burni-Sarkozy Back in Spotlight

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The Paris fashion week saw former French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy step back into the spotlight on Friday. Bruni-Sarkozy, a singer and former model, was joined on the front row at the Dior show by French actress Marion Cotillard, US socialite Olivia Palermo and Korean actress Claudia Kim. The ex-first lady's 59-year-old husband, Nicolas Sarkozy, last week announced he would be seeking the leadership of the centre-right UMP party. That was seen by ...

Research Explores Connection Between Empathy, Neurohormones and Aggression

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Empathy is a generally positive state that makes people do good things to others. However, empathy may also motivate aggression on behalf of the vulnerable other. Researchers at the State University of New York at Buffalo, examined whether assessed or elicited empathy would lead to situation-specific aggression on behalf of another person, and to explore the potential role of two neurohormones in explaining a connection between empathy and aggression. The ...

UN Pledges on Ebola Warmly Welcomed by Liberia

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The Liberian government has welcomed global pledges of action on the Ebola epidemic ravaging west Africa. It added that the government was losing the trust of its people with the outbreak still out of control. World leaders gathered at the United Nations on Thursday made fresh pledges of assistance in battling the growing crisis, while the Group of Seven nations vowed to keep open vital air and sea links with Ebola-hit countries. "We are happy to hear ...

Many Brits Agree Phone Addiction Wrecks Havoc in Relationships

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Mobile-phone addiction is causing relationship problems in Britain, claims a new research. According to the survey commissioned by musicMagpie, 41 percent of British couples bicker about the amount of time spent on their mobile phones, with one in 10 admitting they frequently argue about it. As this habit has been causing tension among couples, 28 percent of people admitted that they actively hide how much they use their phone from their partner. A ...

Symptoms of Burnout Observed in More Than 70 Percent of Young Oncologists in Europe

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A new survey has found that more than 70% of young cancer specialists are showing signs of burnout across Europe. The results, reported at the Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO 2014) in Madrid, have prompted calls for serious action to address the issue at all levels. "Oncology is an exceptionally rewarding career, but it can be demanding and stressful at times," said Dr Susana Banerjee, lead author of the study and a consultant ...

Experimental Ebola Vaccine Doses may be Available by 2015

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The World Health Organization has said that thousands of experimental Ebola vaccine doses should be ready for use by early 2015. "If everything goes well, we may be able to begin using some of these vaccines in some of the affected countries at the very beginning of next year," said WHO assistant director general Marie-Paule Kieny. There is no licenced treatment or vaccine against the virus that has killed nearly 3,000 people in West Africa, and the ...

Berlin Wall Relic Faces Threat of Extinction

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As the 25th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall approaches, a rare remnant of the Wall, which lies at the end of an overgrown path next to the Spree River, is under threat. Berliners ripped down the despised Wall as fast as they could in the giddy months after November 9, 1989, when the border between East and West was finally thrown open. A quarter-century on, there is a growing sense in Germany that the last concrete testaments to the city's Cold ...

Goga Ashkenazi Makes a Mark at Paris Fashion

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Kazakh oligarch Goga Ashkenazi purchased Vionnet Paris fashion house in 2012 and saw it as the chance of a lifetime. With no real background in fashion, the glamorous, Oxford University-educated Ashkenazi -- who counts Britain's Prince Andrew as a friend -- is all too aware of her critics. Some in the industry hate her, she has said, adding that they see her as nothing more than a rich girl playing at fashion. She has declared herself determined ...

Berlin Building That Housed Squatting Artists Sold for 150 Million Euros

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German media is reporting that an iconic building in Berlin that housed squatting artists for two decades has been sold to an investment fund for 150 million euros. The five-storey Tacheles building, which was a magnet for tourists until its closure in 2012, was sold by the German Jagdfeld group to the New York-based Perella Weinberg Partners, reports said. The dilapidated, graffiti-covered building will be renovated and turned into apartments and shops. ...

Research Says Almost Two-Third of Stars Were Born in Clusters

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About two-third of stars within 81 light years of Earth were born in clusters, claims a new research. The study from Carnegie's Alan Boss demonstrated that most of the stars were formed when unstable clusters of newly formed protostars, which are born out of rotating clouds of dust and gas that act as nurseries for star formation, broke up. Rare clusters of multiple protostars remain stable and mature into multi-star systems and the unstable ones will ...

New Dating App Allows You to Find People Who "Want a Cuddle"

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Yet another dating app has been launched, but this one is "sex-free" and allows users to find people who "just want a cuddle". Cuddlr, which unites strangers in search of a platonic hug, snuggle or spooning session, has GPS technology and allows users to find people near them "who are up for a cuddle... No pressure", the Mirror reported. Cuddlr's creator, Charlie Williams said that it is possible to report someone who cuddles inappropriately, and we ...

Tom Ford Set to Leave London Fashion Week

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Media reports indicate that designer Tom Ford will no longer show his women's ready-to-wear presentations at London Fashion Week, but will instead be moving to Los Angeles. Ford has long been an important staple of London Fashion Week, one of the world's four major industry events alongside New York, Milan and Paris, and his departure is a blow for the British event. Ford told the Independent newspaper he had a "deep-rooted connection" to Los Angeles. ...

'Saturday Night Live' Enters 40th Season

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The storied US comedy sketch show "Saturday Night Live" cruises into middle age this season, setting off a nostalgia trip. The program's 40th season kicks off this weekend with "Guardians of the Galaxy" star Chris Pratt as host, pop princess Ariana Grande as musical guest and its influence as strong as ever, thanks to the digital era. Skits performed by the cast of the NBC show and the revolving group of A-list hosts -- from Justin Timberlake to Tom ...

WHO Confirms Ebola Death Toll Has Crossed 3,000 in West Africa

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More than 3,000 people have died due to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed. According to reports, there are more than 6,500 people who have been infected by the deadly virus. Liberia is the worst affected country wherein 1,830 deaths have been reported. According to the BBC, in the last seven days, two new areas in Guinea and Liberia have also been reportedly affected. Some studies ...

Here is How You Can Get Kate Middleton's Flawless Looking Blow-Dried Hair

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Want to know the secret behind the Duchess of Cambridge's flawless looking blow-dried hair? Kate Middleton's hairdresser Richard Ward has given out his top five tips for getting the same effect. Ward, who has been looking after the Middletons for the past eight or nine years, said that he would love to say it is all down to him, but she (Kate) does have amazing hair, which is easy to achieve, the Daily Telegraph reported. He, who is excited to be in ...

Woman Runs 53 Marathons in 53 Days; Sets World Record

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After a friend's daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumor, Amy Hughes has run 53 marathons in 53 consecutive days to break the world record and thus raise money for charity. After crossing the finishing line in Manchester to clinch the astonishing feat, Hughes said that in a strange way it is sad that it's all ending. She had read about Dean Karnazes, who ran 50 marathons in the 50 US states. After cruising past the women's record of 17, set by American ...

9-Year-Old Bodybuilder is the 'World's Strongest Boy'

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A 9-year-old boy has proof that he can perform 90 degree push-ups, which has led to him being dubbed as the 'world's strongest boy'. Giuliano Stroe, nicknamed the 'Romanian Hercules', who has pumping iron since before he could even walk, sent his friends at school a video of himself where he's doing the push-ups, the Mirror reported. In the clip, he's seen balancing his weight on his hands as he pushes himself from horizontal to vertical and then effortlessly ...

Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy are Safe for Babies, Say Studies

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New studies reveal children who are exposed to chemotherapy or radiotherapy while in the womb suffer no negative impacts on mental or cardiac development. "When chemotherapy is administered after the first trimester of pregnancy, we cannot discern any problems in the children," says lead author Dr Frederic Amant, KU Leuven and University Hospitals Leuven in Belgium. "Fear about the risks of chemotherapy administration should not be a reason to terminate a ...

ROS1-Positive Lung Cancer may Respond to Crizotinib Treatment

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New research has indicated that treatment with the targeted therapy drug crizotinib stops the growth of lung tumors that developed due to rearrangements of the ROS1 gene. In an article receiving Online First publication in the iNew England Journal of Medicine/i to coincide with a presentation at the European Society for Medical Oncology meeting, an international research team reports that crizotinib treatment led to significant tumor shrinkage in 36 of 50 study ...

Western Diet Lowers Cognitive Performance

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In teenagers, consumption of junk food can make the cognitive performance poorer, says study. Researchers from UWA and the Telethon Kids Institute, conducted a study that involved 602 members of the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study, where each participant filled out a food frequency questionnaire at age 14, then underwent a battery of cognitive tasks three years later. It was found that the participants with a western dietary ...

Improve Appetite and Body Mass in Patients With Cancer Anorexia Noted With Anamorelin

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Phase III data presented at the ESMO 2014 Congress in Madrid, Spain reveals that a new drug called anamorelin, improves appetite and body mass in patients with advanced lung cancer who are suffering cancer anorexia. "Anorexia and cachexia are among the most troubling and distressing symptoms of advanced cancer, for both patients and their families," says the study's principal investigator, Dr Jennifer Temel from the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General ...

Progression-Free Survival in Head and Neck Cancer Improved by Afatinib

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Results of a phase III trial show that compared to methotrexate, afatinib significantly improved progression-free survival in patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell cancer of the head and neck. Presented at the ESMO 2014 Congress in Madrid, the Lux-Head (and) Neck 1 trial showed that patients who received treatment with 40 mg/day oral afatinib had a 20% reduction in risk of progression or death compared to patients who received methotrexate, with a median ...

World Heart Day 2014: Create a Heart-Healthy Environment

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The theme for the World Heart Day 2014, being observed on the 29th of September every year, is to create a heart-healthy environment to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Heart diseases have been responsible for mortality over the years and continue to be one of the major causes of death worldwide. The most obvious yet ignored fact is that majority of the heart diseases are caused due to modern lifestyles, and can be prevented by simple alterations in lifestyle. ...