An Ahmedabad school is setting a unique example before the society by educating many mentally challenged students having below-average intelligent quotient (IQ) along with students having normal IQ level.
School authorities at the Sri Ram Vidyalaya say that the objective of the experiment is to instill confidence among the mentally challenged students by offering them an [...]
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Mental skills decline years before death, even in absence of dementia
Older adults’ mental skills start declining years before death, even if they don”t have dementia, shows a new research.
The research has been published in the August 27, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
“These changes are different and separate from the changes in thinking skills that occur as [...]
It’s official: Specs make men look sexy
Dumping your broad-framed specs because pals dub you as a ‘geek’? Stop right there, for here’s something that will certainly cheer you up –glasses make men look sexy.
That’s the conclusion of a new survey, which found that the ladies find men attractive as they look more intelligent and sophisticated, making them the perfect partner to [...]
Army personnel at increased migraine risk
Migraine headaches are very common among U.S. military personnel, yet the condition is frequently underdiagnosed, show two new studies.
The studies, which will be published in Headache, examined the incidence among soldiers within 10 days of returning from a 1-year combat tour in Iraq , as well as U.S. Army officer trainees.
The U.S. active-duty military population [...]
Teens rarely use seat belts, either as drivers or passengers Home
Injury prevention experts have long understood that teens prefer not to wear seat belts while driving. Now, a new research has found that adolescent passengers also rarely use seat belts.
In the first ever-direct comparison of the differences between driver and passenger seat belt use for teen population, the Meharry researchers found that 59percent of teens [...]
The bigger the shopping trolleys the happier the women
Want to know what makes women happy? Well, ladies’ happiness lies in a bigger shopping trolley.
That’s the conclusion from the latest Wellbeing Index, which shows that inflation is impacting on women’’s health and wellbeing more than men because women better understand the prices of everyday goods and are finding it harder to make ends meet.
Index [...]
Otters are Brits’ ‘Most Favourite Mammal’
Otters have been voted as Britons’ most favourite mamma.
The whiskery predators won the British mammal survey by 13 per cent of the vote.
They pipped hedgehogs to the second place, reports The Sun.
They were followed by badgers, foxes, squirrels and deer.
Mice, dolphins, stoats and bats completed the top ten in BBC Wildlife mag.
Otters are rarely seen [...]
Republican Prez hopeful McCain to announce his V-P candidate tomorrow
Republican presidential candidate and Senator John McCain has reportedly chosen the candidate who will fight the vice-presidential election against Democrats’ Joe Biden, who was chosen by Democratic presidential hopeful by Barack Obama a couple of days ago.
McCain is expected to announce the name of his running mate tomorrow at a large rally in Dayton, Ohio, [...]
Natural killers’ new role may lead to improved treatment for cancer
Scientists at the University of York have discovered a new role for natural killers (NK) - a population of white blood cells, which may lead to improved treatments for chronic infections and cancer.
Natural Killer cells are abundant white blood cells that were recognized over 30 years ago as being able to kill cancer cells in [...]
Molten plume of material beneath Yellowstone National Park cooler than expected
Geologists have found that the molten plumes of material beneath the Yellowstone National Park in the US are cooler than expected.
The geysers of Yellowstone National Park owe their existence to the “Yellowstone hotspot” - a region of molten rock buried deep beneath the region.
But, to find out what is causing the “hotspot”, Derek Schutt of [...]
Soren to prove majority tomorrow
Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren, who was sworn-in as the state chief minister for the second time last evening, will prove majority on the floor of the State Assembly tomorrow.
A special session of Jharkhand Assembly is being convened two days after the JMM chief was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
State Governor Syed Sibtey [...]
After Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat decides to implement Sixth Pay Commission recommendations
Close on the heels of the announcement by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday regarding the implementation of Sixth Pay Commission recommendations, comes a similar announcement from the Gujarat government.
According to the government spokesperson Jay Narayan Vyas , “The secretaries’ committee will submit its report to the Cabinet sub-committee , formed early [...]
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