Macy’s is planning to reform its commodities and selling operations to remain in tandem with changing consumer trends. Macy’s has stated that it is considering an off price business much akin to TJ Maxx. The retailer intends to close 14 department stores and also open two new locations. This move will lead to a savings […]
Sarah Palin defiant, asks critics to kiss her Okole
Sarah Palin has landed herself once again in trouble after posting a picture of her son Trig standing on her family dog Jill. The picture went viral and after a chorus of criticisms by animal rights and Twitter users, Palin has hit back hard. She called the PETA a hypocritical organization. She even in […]
Diagnostic Sequencing Program Reveals Twelve New Genetic Causes for Rare Developmental Disorders
One of the upsides of genome research is the accrued benefits associated with the research like the discovery of rare developmental disorders. Researchers working on then largest diagnostic sequencing program have discovered 12 new genetic causes for rare developmental disorders. The findings represent the initial findings of a long term project which aims to sequence […]
Google Cardboard –Virtual Reality Experience at Affordable Prices
Google Cardboard, the name sounds fanciful, akin to a school project for creating something for fun rather than for prolonged use. However it is exactly its prolonged usefulness which makes it stand apart. Google has created a cheap virtual reality head set made of cardboard and can be used in conjunction with smartphones to magnify […]
Tamoxifen offers Protection Against Breast Cancer: IBIS-I Trials
A new study conducted by International Breast Cancer Intervention society termed IBIS-I have suggested that Tomoxifen can prove to be an effective drug against the breast cancer. The study suggested that Tamoxifen intake five years among women can decrease the risk of breast cancer among high risk patients. The researchers said the breast cancer risk […]
Controlled Low-fat diet could be an unusual cure for breast cancer
Death rates of women suffering from breast cancer or had treatment for breast cancer can be cut down to 70% by weight loss instead of taking drugs. A study conducted by Women’s Intervention Nutrition Study revealed that reducing fat from woman’s diet helps curing breast cancer reoccurrence possibility. It has been established in long term […]
Oral Pill Remains the Most Common Birth Control Method
According to a report, the pill remains the commonest birth control method used by women. About 16% of the women between the ages of 15 to 44 used the pill for birth control. According to a report published by the (NCHS) in December 2011, 15.5 percent of women chose female sterilization, a method in which […]
New Horizon switched to “active” mode, expected to encounter Pluto in July
NASA’s first probe sent to Pluto – the New Horizons spacecraft – has came out of hibernation after completing the journey of three billion miles in nine years. A confirmation was given by the spacecraft operators at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland at 9:53 pm EST. According to them the […]
New Drug Can Cure Malaria in 48 Hours
Malaria was to a large extent was controlled in the sixties and the early seventies but has thereafter returned with renewed gusto. Worse the latest varieties of Malaria are chloroquine resistant. This has made the goal of eliminating Malaria like the small pox a distant and utopian dream. According to the WHO, one child in […]