Women are willing to go for various sacrifices for the sake of watching the next episode of the favourite soap opera! As British scientists found out, about a quarter of women who live in Britain are willing to give up sex completely just so that they can watch their favourite soap operas, such as “Sex and the City” and the British “Coronation Street”. Full story

Pink cheeks, sparkling eyes, a little nose – at the moment when a woman has a look at a smiling baby, the generation of the dopamine in her body is rising, scientists inform. This hormone neurotransmitter is responsible for many brain functions, including learning, sleep, motivation etc. Full story

A group of international experts from the universities Haifa (Israel), Leeds (Great Britain) and Harvard (USA) believe that the traditional Indian technique of relaxation, yoga, has its own genetic and biological benefits. Muscle relaxation, breathing exercises, and practice of meditation help mental and physical development, lower signs of stress and anxiety, strengthen the immunity, and prevent the effect of the stress hormones. The physiologists noted that such observations were made in people who practice yoga for years as well as in beginners. Full story

When you were a child, you didn’t have the courage to answer during lessons, because you were too shy. And now sometimes you still can’t come up to a stranger and ask the way – again, because you feel uncomfortable to do this, you just can’t do it sometimes, and this is something you can’t cope with. This has been and is still now a great problem for many people. Finally, shyness can be treated. An international group of scientists has developed a remedy for shyness. Full story

Nobody likes myalgia, but it can occur quite often as a result of intensive physical exercises. Myalgia can also make the person give up regular exercising, as it causes muscle pain every time. But there has been found a way to cope with these unpleasant feelings – drinking cherry juice. Full story

Various foods have good effect on libido. A recent discovery showed that watermelon is one of those products as well. Scientists from Vegetable Improvement Center believe that the antioxidants licopen, beta-carotene and citrulline found in watermelons help relax blood vessels and improve blood circulation to many organs, including the genital organs. Full story

Skinny models and celebrities really contribute to the low self-esteem of some grown-ups, as they make others dream of having the same figures and strive for widespread beauty ideals. But it is not the half of the way they influence “normal” people. Slim celebrities may also provoke inferiority complexes in children. The worst thing is that even those children, who don’t actually suffer from obesity, do sincerely think they are obese. Full story

Do you know, that shower curtains are hazardous for your health? The thing is that most of the shower curtains are made with polyvinylchloride, which contains a lot of hazardous substances. Those substances include phthalate, organotin compounds, and volatile organic compounds (VOC). The scientists from a non-profit organisation Centre for Health, Environment and Justice have checked the air for hazardous chemicals 28 days after the purchase of a new shower curtain. The results were striking. Full story

Different scientists have different views on the effect coffee has on our body. Some of them call it a “divine drink” (not merely because of its taste but for its valuable assets as well), others blame it for all kinds of “cardinal sins”, such as early death due to acute conditions of the cardiovascular diseases. The fact that caffeine increases blood pressure was discovered long time ago, but as it turns out, other components found in coffee neutralize this effect. Full story

The annual rating of the most influential celebrities around the world was released by the American magazine Forbes. The leader of the list did not change this time. The leading position is still held by the television host Oprah Winfrey; she earned $275 million last year. The rating was first of all based on the last year’s income and the frequency the star appeared in the mass media. Full story

Everybody knows, that young people are in no hurry those days to start a family, they place career first and family nearly the last; and that is yet the best alternative. Sometimes people find their life partners only once they are in their thirties, or even later. Psychologists believe, that such late marriages have bad influence on the health of the partners and their future children as well. Full story

People experience insomnia at least once in their life; you toss and turn for the whole night, nothing helps fall asleep: not meditation, not a glass of warm milk before bed, not even breathing exercises. Brazilian medics discovered another reason behind insomnia. The factor lies in our daily food ration. The greasier food you eat - the fewer chances you have to sleep well at night. Full story

Who said, wrinkles are good for you? British medics did. They found out that wrinkles, which are bad news in the eyes of any woman, protect them, however, from skin cancer. This discovery was made by an accident. While performing numerous surgeries to treat skin cancer (carcinoma) the medics noticed, that most of the patients had smooth skin on their faces. Full story

Swedish scientists made a striking discovery – as it turns out, the four–footed pet is capable to detect ovarian carcinoma in his owner before anyone else. It is hard to overestimate the significance of this discovery. In the Sweden alone, the disease hits 900 - 1000 people annually. This disease is dangerous, since it arises and develops without being noticed, so that in 7 out of 10 cases the diagnosis is made too late. The core reason for those tragedies lies in the fact that humans can not take a peek into their own body. We also can not detect a developing disease by its smell. Dogs, however, can. Full story

Happily married women suffer from sleeplessness and other sleep problems much more seldom, than those women, who experience problems in marriage. This has been discovered by scientists from Pittsburgh University. They have interviewed about 2000 married women, and it has been found, that there is almost a direct relation between the family life and the quality of the night’s sleep. Full story

Drinking a glass of wine a day is beneficial to the liver heath, claim scientists at California State University. They have studied the predilections for alcohol drinks and the health state of the liver of 7000 abstainers and 4500 people drinking alcohol regularly. It has been found, that those, who consume a glass of wine a day had a healthier liver, than those, who don’t drink alcohol at all. Full story

Scientists released unpromising study results, which are directly related to the future of the daughter’s of Eve. They claim, that by the year 2026, 70 percent of females will be single. The researchers note that the number of single women increases significantly even those days already. The sad thing is that women become strong and independent not because the males lost interest in them, but because many of the fair sex members give preferences to career over romantic relationships. Full story

English scientists have developed a new method of hair loss treatment. This method is called follicular cell implantation. It includes surgical removal of so-called “sleeping” hair follicles from the scalp and then the cultivation of them in vitro, after which they are transplanted back to the ... Full story

Sunday evening Yves Saint Laurent died in Paris at the age of 71. He was the most influential designer in French couture. Yves Saint Laurent was called the designer, who had revolutionized fashion. As women have been changing pending years and decades, his creations and his designer’s mood have been changing with women. Full story

Quitting smoking is contagious, as in spreading fast across population. Scientists from Harvard School and California University in San-Diego came to this conclusion after holding an experiment with 12000 participants. As is turns out, quitting smoking becomes a trend and spreads fast across the society. This tendency, in fact, is really good for people’s health. Full story