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OTTAWA - The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) has updatedits forecast for home sales activity for 2015 and 2016.While housing markets in other provinces have per formed as ex-pected through the autumn,prospects in 2016 for a rebound in oil prices - and by extension,housing markets in oil producing provinces - have dimmed. Accord-ingly, forecast for sales activity in Alber ta has been revised lower, ashave forecast average prices in Alber ta, Saskatchewan and New-foundland and Labrador.Additionally, interest rates are now expected to begin rising later thanpreviously expected. Now expected to remain on hold until late nextyear, low interest rates will continue to support sales and prices nextyear. Recently announced changes to mor tgage regulations that takeeffect early next year risk cooling housing markets beyond GreaterVancouver and the GTA, their intended targets. In par ticular, the regu-latory changes are also likely to reduce sales activity in Calgary oncethey take effect in early 2016.

The forecast for national sales in 2015 has been revised higher, re-flecting stronger than anticipated activity in BC and Ontario. Nationalsales are now projected to rise by five per cent to 504,000 units in2015, marking the second strongest year on record for home sales inCanada.British Columbia is projected to post the largest annual increase insales activity in 2015 (+21.4 per cent), while home sales in Ontarioare projected to rise by 9.3 per cent in 2015. The increase would in alllikelihood be higher were it not for a shor tage of low rise homesavailable for purchase in and around the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).The annual forecast for national average home price growth has beenrevised upward to $442,600 this year, representing an increase of 8.4per cent. The upward revision reflects average price gains in BritishColumbia and Ontario together with a projected increase in their pro-por tion of national sales. In 2016, national sales are forecast to reach498,600, down 1.1 per cent from 2015 as activity in BC and Ontariomoderates and housing market conditions soften in Alber ta.

TORONTO - Drivers of the 2016 Scion FR-S Release Series 2.0will look better than ever in the most stylish version of the spor tscar ever offered. The new FR-S Release Series 2.0 comes withluxurious appointments and premium features, and with a limitedproduction of just 1,000 units - only 150 of those in Canada, it willbe one of the most sought after Scion Release Series yet.The interior creates the lap of luxury with heated seats in blackAlcantara and leather with camel-coloured accents. The sameblack and camel theme continues to the leather-trimmed steeringwheel while the shift knob and parking brake lever are wrapped inblack leather. Camel trim also appears on the door armrest andthe upper door trim while the centre armrest and knee pads arebold in black. Camel accent stitching is prominent throughout theinterior and the Release Series badge can be found embroideredon the dash, sequentially numbered from 1 to 1000.Additional luxury features include the Smar t key with push-buttonstar t, dual-zone automatic climate control, and HID headlampswith LED daylight running lamps. On the outside, the ReleaseSeries 2.0 will make a statement with Lunar Storm paint and unique17-inch forged alloy wheels. For added flair and distinction, aunique aero kit features spoilers on both the front lip and trunk.The 2016 FR-S Release Series 2.0 is offered in either a six-speedmanual transmission or a six-speed automatic transmission withpaddle shif ters and Dynamic Rev Management® technology.

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Stock up cabinet with easy to make lip balmsNEW DELHI, (IANS) Virgin coconut oil and cocoa butter balm or a peppermintone, you can make these and more at home to do away with chapped lips.Manisha Chopra, cosmetologist, founder of SeaSoul Cosmeceuticals, hasshared a few tips to make homemade lip balms:* Virgin coconut oil and cocoa butter balm: Mix fresh virgin coconut oil wellwith cocoa butter. Then heat the mixture with an equal proportion of shreddedbeeswax along with vanilla extract. Once the mix reaches a thick consis-tency, pour it into an empty box which you can carry around with you. Refrig-erate the box for some time before applying it.* Lemon rosemary balm: For this balm, you need pretty much the sameingredients as above but to jazz things up, blend in lemon and rosemaryessence to the mixture. Add about 15 drops of each essence after mixing thecoconut oil, cocoa butter and beeswax. If you want to add a dash of colour,

just infuse a little chunk of lipstick while the mixture is still heating!* Peppermint balm: Take some petroleum jelly in a microwave-safe bowland put it inside the oven till the jelly turns into liquid. Now add one teaspoonof honey and half teaspoon of sweet almond oil to it. Infuse the peppermintextract and mix everything together and microwave the mixture again for 20seconds. After this, put the heated mixture in a lip balm stick which is easilyavailable in the market today or in a small box. Let it rest at room temperaturefor an hour and use it when hardened.* Mint chocolate balm: Besides the staples of coconut oil and cocoa butter,you also need three to four chocolate chips and some mint extract. Place allthe ingredients in a heat-safe bowl. Heat a little water in a saucepan and onceit starts to simmer, put this bowl on top of it. Melt the ingredients in the bowland then pour the liquid into a sterilized container.

GUM DISEASE CAN INCREASEBREAST CANCER RISKNEW YORK, (IANS) Postmenopausal women with periodontalor gum disease are more likely to develop breast cancer thanwomen who do not have the chronic inflammatory disease."One possible explanation for the link between periodontal dis-ease and breast cancer is that those bacteria enter the body'scirculat ion and ul t imately affect breast t issue," said JoFreudenheim, professor at University at Buffalo in New York.Periodontal disease is a common condition that has been asso-ciated with hear t disease, stroke, and diabetes. Previous re-search has found links between periodontal disease and oral,esophageal, head and neck, pancreatic, and lung cancers, sothe researchers wanted to see if there was any relationship withbreast cancer.The researchers monitored 73,737 postmenopausal womenenrolled in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study,none of whom had previous breast cancer. Periodontal diseasewas repor ted in 26.1 percent of the women. After a mean fol-low-up time of 6.7 years, 2,124 women were diagnosed withbreast cancer.The researchers found that among all women, the risk of breastcancer was 14 percent higher in women who had periodontaldisease. The findings appeared in the journal Cancer Epidemiol-ogy, Biomarkers & Prevention.

14 GRAM ALMONDS DAILYCAN BOOST YOUR HEALTHNEW YORK, (IANS) Eating a moderate amount of almonds dailycan enrich the diets of adults and young children, says a newstudy. "Almonds are a good source of plant protein -- essentialfatty acids, vitamin E and magnesium," said one of the research-ers Alyssa Burns from University of Florida in the US.For the 14-week study, the scientists gave almonds daily to 29pairs of parents and children. Most of the adults were motherswith an average age of 35, while their children were betweenthree and six years of age.The children were encouraged to consume 14 grams of almondbutter daily and parents were given 14 grams of almonds perday. An online dietary recall was used to find out what adultshad eaten and how much. That way, researchers could measurediet quality. The scientists based their conclusions about im-proved dietary intake on par ticipants' scores on the HealthyEating Index (HEI), a tool used to measure diet quality and ad-herence to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.





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Childhood family breakupshit girls' health harderNEW YORK, (IANS) A childhood family breakup can havelong-term negative consequences for the children and itpar ticularly hits the girl child harder, new research says. Theresearchers found that the mental and overall physicalhealth of girls is more affected by family breakups thanboys' health. "Girls' health is more sensitive to familystructure," said one of the researchers Andrea Beller fromthe University of Illinois in the US."We find that, if you grow up in a non-traditional familystructure--single parent or step-parent or a cohabitingrelationship, girls are more likely than boys to be de-pressed and repor t worse overall health," Beller added.The researchers used the National Longitudinal Study ofAdolescent Health (ADD Health), which consists of datacollected from 90,000 adolescents in four waves over 13years. The study pointed out that a girl's age at the time ofthe family breakup matters."Between ages six and 10 is an impor tant life period whengirls are par ticularly vulnerable," Beller noted. "Earlyfather absence is adversely associated with smokingbehaviour, overall health, and depression well into adult-hood. And the pattern of findings for depression over thetime periods suggests that family structure has a morecomplex role in girls' mental than physical health," Bellerexplained. The study was published in the journal Reviewof Economics of the Household.

NEW YORK, (IANS) Contrary to popular assumption -- and a talk byactor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the United Nations Paris ClimateChange Conference -- eating a vegetarian diet could contributemore to climate change than eating a non-vegetarian diet, warns anew study. Schwarzenegger, a former California governor, advisedpeople to go meat-free one or two days a week to help protect theclimate. But the new research found that consuming more fruits,vegetables, dairy and seafood is more harmful to the environmentbecause those foods have relatively high resource uses andgreenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per calorie."Eating lettuce is over three times worse in greenhouse gasemissions than eating bacon," said one of the researchers PaulFischbeck, professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the US. "Lotsof common vegetables require more resources per calorie than youwould think. Eggplant, celery and cucumbers look par ticularly badwhen compared to pork or chicken," Fischbeck said.The study measured the changes in energy use, blue water footprint

and GHG emissions associated with US food consumption patterns.The researchers studied the food supply chain to determine how theobesity epidemic in the US is affecting the environment. Specifi-cally, they examined how growing, processing and transpor tingfood, food sales and service, and household storage and use take atoll on resources in the form of energy use, water use and GHGemissions.On the one hand, the results showed that getting our weight undercontrol and eating fewer calories, has a positive effect on theenvironment and reduces energy use, water use and GHG emis-sions from the food supply chain by approximately nine percent.However, eating the recommended "healthier" foods -- a mix offruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood -- increased the environmentalimpact in all three categories - energy use went up by 38 per-cent, water use by 10 percent and GHG emissions by sixpercent. The findings appeared in the journal EnvironmentSystems and Decisions.

HATE FACEBOOK? LEARN WHYYOU MEEKLY LOG IN AGAINNEW YORK, (IANS) Have you felt like walking away fromFacebook or to shut down your account swearing never to re-turn, only to meekly log back in a week later? You are not alone.Researchers from Cornell University have found four key rea-sons why people make the pledge not to log in to Facebook butultimately could not resist the allure of Facebook's social net-work. "The first reason is perceived addiction. Those who feelthat Facebook is addictive or habitual were more likely to re-turn," said lead researcher Eric Baumer.One par ticipant described this habitual aspect by saying, "In thefirst 10 days, whenever I opened up an internet browser, myfingers would automatically go to 'f.'" Another reason is privacyand surveillance. Users who felt their Facebook activity wasbeing monitored were less likely to rever t, while those who useFacebook largely to manage how other people think of them aremore likely to log back in."The third reason is subjective mood. In a good mood? You'reless likely to renege on your pledge to stay off Facebook," theauthors noted. The research group also found that Facebookusers were less likely to log back in if they had other socialmedia outlets like Twitter, for instance. Those who reflected onthe appropriate role for technology in their social lives weremore likely to rever t.

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ONTARIO - Peel region has the highest rate of type2 diabetes in all of Ontario. This is not a title thatwe are proud of. A registered charitable organiza-tion by the name of STOP Diabetes Foundation(SDF) has made it their mission to rid Peel regionof this infamous tag by the year 2020. They areplanning this by taking several steps to spreadawareness about diabetes prevention among thecommunity. The charity runs several campaignsto educate the residents of PeelTheir latest campaign reads 'Unwrap the gift ofhealth during this holiday season' highlights easyways to stay healthy through the holiday season.During this time of year, food is at abundance:from boxes of chocolates at work, to baked goodsat home. It is no wonder that people find it sodifficult to stay on track during the holidays withtemptations all around! SDF's poster hopes to pro-mote a healthy holiday season through 3 straightforward tips.The first is to eat healthy and balanced meals dur-ing the holidays. With a variety of high fat, highcarb foods available at gatherings, it is easy tooverindulge. This repeated overindulgence cancause us to pack on a few unwanted pounds. In-stead, try to fill your plate like the example on theposter, 1/2 plate of vegetables, 1/4 with protein andthe remaining 1/4 with carbs. Does this mean sweettreats are off limit? No, just have a piece of your favouriteinstead of trying everything on the table.The next tip is to keep up with your regular physi-cal activity through the holidays or try a winter-time favourite exercise. You may be preoccupiedwith shopping or preparing for social gatherings,but do your best to squeeze in a workout some-where during your day instead of skipping it. Bet-ter yet, engage your entire family in a wintertimeactivity such as skating or skiing! Lastly, don't justmake a New Years resolution that lasts until theend of January. Make a health or fitness commit-ment that your future health will thank you for.Keeping these easy and straight forward tips inmind, while taking time out for yourself to relax,having a healthy and happy holiday season is apiece of cake (figuratively, of course!). To learnmore about STOP Diabetes Foundation, please visitwww.stopdiabetesfoundation.com or follow themon Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

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CHOCOLATES ALLTHE TIME?

NEW YORK, (IANS) Children love sweets, but have you everwondered why some kids want more sugary food? It could bebecause they need more sugar to get that same sweet taste,suggests new research. "Some children are twenty times bet-ter at detecting sugar than others," said study author DanielleReed from Monell Chemical Senses Centre, a non-profit inde-pendent scientific institute in the US."As sugar becomes more restricted and even regulated inchildren's diets, the less sugar-sensitive children may get lessof a 'sweet signal' and, therefore, have a harder time dealingwith sugar reduction," Reed said.In the study, the researchers determined the sweet taste thresh-old, defined as the lowest detectable level of sucrose, of 216healthy children between the ages seven and 14. Each childwas given two cups, one containing distilled water and theother containing a sugar solution and asked to indicate whichcontained a taste.The most sensitive child required only 0.005 teaspoon of sugardissolved in a cup of water to detect sweetness, whereas theleast sensitive needed three teaspoons to get the same sensa-tion. Genotype analyses revealed that sucrose thresholds andsensitivity were related to variation in the bitter receptor gene,but not in the two sweet receptor genes.Dietary records revealed that children having thissame bitter-sensitive gene variant consume ahigher percentage of their daily calories asadded sugar. "We were surprised to findthat sweet taste sensitivity and sugarconsumption were related to a bit-ter receptor gene," Reed noted.The researchers also foundthat increased body fatwas associated withgreater sensitivityto sweet taste.The studywas pub-l i s h e donline inthe jour-nal Nurs-ing Re-search.



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NEW YORK, (IANS) Do you value your friends' private information onsocial media as much as your own? Most likely not, says a newstudy, suggesting that when it comes to their privacy, people are info-egoists. People are much more concerned about sharing their ownprivate information with third-par ty app developers than they are aboutrevealing their friends' data, the study said.However, as social media makes data increasingly interconnected,preserving one's own privacy while ignoring the privacy rights ofothers may make everybody's data more vulnerable, said JensGrossklags, assistant professor of information sciences and technol-ogy at Pennsylvania State University in the US. "The problem is be-coming known as interdependent privacy," Grossklags said."The privacy of individual consumers does not only depend on theirown decisions, but is also affected by the actions of others,"Grossklags pointed out. In the study, the researchers measured theeconomic value of personal information which individuals place ontheir own and other's information. The participants valued the data intheir own social media profiles at $2.31 and their friends' data at$1.56 when friends' data was irrelevant to a third par ty app's function.When friends' data was necessary for app function, the par ticipants

valued their own data at $2.04 and their friends' data at just 98 cents.The researchers estimated that the average Facebook user, for ex-ample, with an average of more than 300 friends, would value thebundle of friends' data at less than a cent per friend when data collec-tion is necessary.

EVEN PASSIVE SMOKINGLINKED TO INFERTILITY,EARLY MENOPAUSENEW YORK, (IANS) Both active and passive smoking are linkedto infer tility problems and a hastening of the natural meno-pause before the age of 50, warns a new study. High levels oftobacco exposure is associated with the arrival of menopauseone to two years earlier in active and passive smokers thanamong lifetime non-smokers who had not been exposed to pas-sive smoking, the findings showed."This is one of the first studies of this size and statistical powerto investigate and quantify active and passive smoking andwomen's health issues. It strengthens thecurrent evidence that all women need to beprotected from active and passive tobaccosmoke," said Danielle Smith from RoswellPark Cancer Institute in New York, and col-leagues. The toxins found in tobaccosmoke are known to have various del-eterious effects on many aspects of re-production and to disrupt hormone pro-duction and activity, the study ex-plained. The researchers based theirfindings on information obtained onlifetime smoking habits, fer tility problems, and age at naturalmenopause provided by more than 93,000 women taking par tin the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study (WHI OS).All the women had gone through the menopause, and wereaged between 50 and 79 when they were recruited to the studybetween 1993 and 1998. Analysis of the data showed that to-bacco exposure was associated with an increased risk of in-fer tility and earlier menopause. Compared with never smok-ers, current or former smoking was associated with 14 percent greater risk of infer tility and a 26 per cent heightened riskof menopause before the age of 50.



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Faced with ostracism threat,kids use imitation to fit inNEW YORK, (IANS) In the face of a threat of being excludedfrom a group of their liking, children try to copy group behaviouras a means of re-affiliating, a study says. "Humans have anevolutionary prepared ostracism-detection system," said leadauthor of the study Rachel Watson-Jones from The Universityof Texas at Austin.According to the study, children as young as five are sensitiveto being excluded, especially from "in-groups" -- those to whichthey feel they belong -- and will respond using high-fidelityimitation to re-affiliate with those groups. "When kids feel leftout, they copy the behaviour of others around them in order toappear more like them," said Watson-Jones."Whether it is the way they dress, play, eat or activities theypar ticipate in, a child will imitate the behaviour of others toappear as though they are part of that group," Watson-Jonessaid. Researchers observed 176 children between ages fiveand six, as they played Cyberball, a vir tual ball-tossing game,under four conditions.

DAILY BEAUTY RITUAL RAMPSUP WOMEN'S LOVE LIFENEW YORK, (IANS) A daily beauty ritual can improve women'slove life and can make them feel good about themselves, anew study by Revlon and Fordham University reveals. The par-ticipants in the Revlon Love Study followed a simple ritualwhich included facing a mirror every morning, using a favouriteperfume, applying make-up, savouring a sweet, taking a deepbreath and looking at yourself and smiling.The findings of the study that involved hundreds of women,showed that 97 percent of the women showed a positive changewithin the f i rst week of fo l lowing th is dai ly r i tual ,www.destinyconnect.com repor ted. "Rituals can be powerful -- performing them can actually change the way you feel. Tak-ing the time each day to appreciate yourself, especially whatmakes you unique, is a simple but effective way to createpositive energy," Tracy Rohrbaugh, vice president, marketingat Revlon was quoted as saying."This daily ritual can manifest more kindness, more affection,more flir ting, and more love. Initiating this vir tuous cycle helpsthe doer to both give and receive more love," she added. Thestudy consisted of both qualitative and quantitative researchconducted by Fordham University. A series of six ethnogra-phies were conducted among 28 women (aged 21-43) withdiverse backgrounds and ethnicities in Chicago and RochesterUSA, while an online panel of 710 women who wear make-upwere taken through the same process.In both cases, the women were studied before and after follow-ing the daily ritual for a minimum of four days. After four days,71 percent felt an increased desire for romance, 69 percentwere more open to finding love and 77 percent felt more outgo-ing and social, and 74 percent said they were more likely toflir t.

STRESSED? HELP ASTRANGER TO FEEL BETTERNEW YORK, (IANS) Providing help to friends, acquaintances,and even strangers can reduce the effects of daily stress onour emotions and our mental health, says a study. "Our re-search shows that when we help others, we can also helpourselves," explained study author Emily Ansell of the YaleUniversity School of Medicine in the US."Stressful days usually lead us to have a worse mood andpoorer mental health, but our findings suggest that if we dosmall things for others, such as holding a door open for some-one, we won't feel as poorly on stressful days," Ansell noted. Inthe study, people used their smar tphones to repor t on theirfeelings and experiences in daily life. A total of 77 adults, rang-ing from 18 to 44 years old, par ticipated in the 14-day study.The participants received an automated phone reminder everynight that prompted them to complete their daily assessment.They were asked to repor t any stressful life events they expe-rienced that day across several domains such as interper-sonal, work/education, home, finance, health/accident, and thetotal number of events comprised the measure of daily stress.The results indicated that helping others boosted participants'daily well-being. A greater number of helping behaviours wasassociated with higher levels of daily positive emotion andbetter overall mental health. "It was surprising how strong anduniform the effects were across daily experiences," Ansell said.

Let skin enjoy magicalproperties of cocoa, mulberryNEW DELHI, (IANS) Winter air affects our skin in several waysand makes it dry and itchy. This is when the magical proper-ties of cocoa, banana and mulberry act best by moisturizingskin from deep within, say exper ts. Cocoa extracted from ca-cao beans, is a moisturizer, nourisher, skin repairing agent and anexcellent anti-oxidant."Cocoa butter contains fatty acids, which improves skin moistureretention and elasticity. It is effective both as an every day moisturizerfor all skin types and in easing skin problems such as eczema. "It isalso very effective when used on difficult areas like elbows, kneesand ankles as it reduces dryness," Vaseline skincare expert AparnaSanthanam said in a statement. As a moisturizer on various skintypes, she said that cocoa butter works on all skin types but is par-ticularly effective for normal to dry and very dry skin. "Cocoa butter asa daily moisturizer helps to even skin texture and leave skin feelingsmooth. It is rich in anti-oxidants, omega 3 and omega 6. These are allgood anti-ageing, stretch mark and anti-scar ingredients," she said.Disha Meher, national expert - skin and nails, Lakmé Salon, says thatit is advisable that women opt for fruit-based products and services,especially fruits such as banana, apples, and oranges that are rich invitamins, potassium and iron. "In fact, banana is one of the best fruitmoisturizers and is known to nourish and revitalize skin," she added.Sangeeta Velaskar, vice president and head, medical services andresearch and development, Kaya Limited, believes in the powerof mulberry.

INTENSE EXERCISE CAN LEADTO SLEEP DISTURBANCE

LONDON, (IANS) Intensive bouts of exercise can lead to significantand progressive decline in sleep quality, says a new study. The re-searchers also found that a high carbohydrate regime reduces some,but not all, of the effects of hard training.For the study, the scientists from Loughborough University in Englandstudied the effects of two nine-day periods of heavy training on 13highly trained cyclists. The researchers monitored the athletes' moods,sleep patterns and performance before, during and after exercise.To determine whether diets could counter the effects of any sleepdeprivation, the athletes were also given high or moderate amountsof carbohydrate throughout the study, though none of them knewwhich. The researchers discovered that even as l itt le as ninedays of intense training can cause 'significant and progressivedecline in sleep quality'."Sleep efficiency was significantly reduced during the intensified train-ing period," the researchers observed, with the number of times theathletes woke throughout the night significantly increased. They alsonoticed that the athletes' moods and capacity for exercise both wors-ened over the period of observation. As for the additional carbohy-drates, the team concluded that a high carbohydrate regime reducedsome, but not all, of the effects of hard training. The study appeared inthe Journal of Spor ts Sciences.

SALINE WATER CLEANS WOUNDSBETTER THAN SOAP AND WATER

NEW YORK, (IANS) Although using soap and water has remained thestandard practice of wound cleaning before surgery, this method isactually less effective than just using saline water, say researchers,including one of Indian-origin. The findings could lead to significantcost savings, especially in developing countries where open frac-tures are par ticularly common."There has been a lot of controversy about the best way to clean thedir t and debris from serious wounds with bone breaks," said princi-pal investigator Mohit Bhandari, professor at McMaster University inCanada. "All wounds need to be cleaned out -- a process known asdebridement -- but evidence shows that cleaning wounds with soapwas not better than just water, which was unexpected," Bhandari noted.As par t of the study, 2,400 people with open arm or leg fractures hadtheir wounds cleaned with either soap and water, or a saline water

solution, and one of three different levels of water pressure. Patientswere monitored to see who would need to have an additional opera-tion within 12 months because of infection or problems with woundhealing. The researchers found that very low water pressure was anacceptable, low-cost alternative for washing out open fractures, andthat the reoperation rate was higher in the group that used soap."These findings may have impor tant implications for the care of pa-tients with open fractures worldwide since developing countries dealwith a dispropor tionate number of cases," one of the study's co-au-thors Edward Harvey from McGill University noted. "Most of the timewe were using soap and water with a high pressure delivery systemto clean the wound, but now we don't, and that makes the best prac-tice much cheaper." The study involved patients across 41 sites in theUS, Canada, Australia, Norway and India.

HERE'S HOW HUMAN BRAIN CAN HANDLE SO MUCH DATANEW YORK, (IANS) Researchers led by an Indian-origin scientist from Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered how humanscan categorise data using less than one percent of the original information. They validated an algorithm to explain human learning -- amethod that also can be used for machine learning, data analysis and computer vision."How do we make sense of so much data around us, of so many different types, so quickly and robustly?" said Santosh Vempala,distinguished professor of computer science. "At a fundamental level, how do humans begin to do that? It's a computational problem,"he asked. Vempala and colleagues presented test subjects with original, abstract images and then asked whether they could correctlyidentify that same image when randomly shown just a small por tion of it."We hypothesised that random projection could be one way humans learn," said Rosa Arriaga, senior research scientist and develop-mental psychologist. "The prediction was right. Just 0.15 percent of the total data is enough for humans," she added. Next, researcherstested a computational algorithm to allow machines to complete the same tests. Machines per formed as well as humans, whichprovides a new understanding of how humans learn.

'NIGHT MILK' EFFECTIVE NATURAL SLEEP AID: STUDYLONDON, (IANS) Sleep problems? Drinking cow milk collected during night time (night milk) can help you have a good night's sleepwithout popping any pill, suggests new research. According to researchers from the Uimyung Research Institute for Neuroscience inSouth Korea, milk collected during night time has exceptionally rich amounts of tryptophan and melatonin, telegraph.co.uk repor ted.Melatonin is a naturally occurring hormone which helps regulate the sleep and wake cycle, and tryptophan can be conver ted toserotonin and melatonin. For the study, mice were given night milk, day milk, water or diazepam, and then put on a rotating cylinder for20 minutes. The drowsier mice had hard time staying on the cylinder, while the more aler t ones would fare better and an hour afterconsuming the night milk, they were significantly less active than those given day milk."Milk has long been known and used to promote sleep," the research team was quoted as saying. "The sleep-promoting effect of milk has been attributed to itspsychological associations (ie, the memory of a mother giving milk at bedtime) and its rich store of sleep-promoting components," the researchers explained."These findings suggest that night milk might be an effective natural sleep aid for managing sleep-related disturbances and a promising alternative for thetreatment of anxiety disorders," the study said. The research was published in the Journal of Medicinal Food.



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Moisturize, use humidifier to combat skin drynessNEW DELHI, (IANS) Hydrate while you sleep, slather on moisturizer, and drink plenty of water to do away with dry and flaky skin. RachanaChadha, owner of Delhi-based Entrust Unisex Salon, shares how:* Your hands, feet and lips are most susceptible to drying up because you use these body parts the most. Apply additional moisturizers onthem throughout the day. Always keep some hand cream and lip balm in your hand bag or on your desk at work.* You can hydrate the skin while sleeping as well. Try to sleep with a humidifier in your bedroom as it will help to pump the moisture back intothe air and this will add moisture to your skin, hair and nails.* Ensure you drink plenty of water every day to clear spots and hydrate skin. It keeps you hydrated internally and helps the rest of the bodyin many of its functions. So, yes water is essential for good health and beautiful skin.* Drinking isn't the only way to get your water. During winter season, dieting is a crucial factor in keeping your skin hydrated. You should addfood items such as salmon, olive oil, and various nuts to your diet. Fish oil is a rich source of omega-3, and is overall healthy for your body.* Use warm colours and bronzers which are best for the season.* Don't stop wearing sunscreen. UV rays do tremendous amounts of damage to your skin, so apply good amount of sunscreen every time yougo outside. Reapply frequently if you stay outside for a long time.



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