London, Feb 10 - While people may be extra cautious about what they wear on a date, a British survey has found slim women wear the least sexiest underwear for such an occasion.

Women size eight and below are most likely to wear sensible cotton pants. But size 16s make the most of their feminine figures by opting for sexier matching sets in lace and silk, the Sun reported.

London, Feb 10 - Mothers opting for delivery through caesarean section could be harming their baby's health, researchers have warned contrary to the widely-held belief that a C-section delivery poses no health risks to the baby.

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London, Feb 10 : Parents could be putting their children at risk if they upload digital photos that are automatically "geotagged" by their camera, a study reveals.

Geotagging is the process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media, including photographs. The tools are often built into camera and camera phones and either use the mobile networks or global positioning system (GPS) to pinpoint a given photo.

London, Feb 8 - German anthropologists have decoded the entire genome sequence of a Denisovan, representative of the extinct Asian group related to Neanderthals, from a finger bone fossil, a study reveals.

London, Feb 7 - Girls born to mothers over 39 years and women who were taller and thinner than the average girl prior to puberty faced higher chances of developing breast cancer.

These findings were based on an analysis of a sample of 3,574 women aged between 45 and 68 years, assisted by the screening programmes of seven of Spain's autonomous communities.

London, Feb 7 : Doctors have for the first time fitted a 3D printer-created lower jaw to an 83-year-old woman's face in the Netherlands.

The transplant was carried out in June, but is publicised only now.

The implant was made out of titanium powder - heated and fused together by a laser, one layer at a time.

London, Feb 7 - Scientists have, for the very first time, recorded live yet detailed images of the nerve cells in the brain of a mouse.

Stefan Hell's team at the Max Planck Institute in Gottingen, Germany, used STED microscopy to explore the most intricate cerebral structures to unravel how it functions.

London, Feb 7 - Smoking may be a risk factor for dementia among the elderly that erodes their problem-solving capacity and self-control and makes them see things which are not there.

London, Feb 6 - Diabetic women who become pregnant are four times more likely than other women to deliver babies with birth defects, which include heart disease and spina bifida, a study reveals.

Spina bifida is a defect in which the backbone and spinal canal do not close before birth. A newborn may have a sac sticking out of the mid to lower back.

London, Feb 6 : Diabetes during pregnancy increases the risk of birth defects, such as congenital heart disease and spina bifida, by four-fold, researchers say.

National guidelines already recommend having good control over blood sugar levels before trying to conceive.

London, Feb 6 : Children are more susceptible to autism if either of their parents is older than 35 at the time of conception, researchers say.

The findings have come as a surprise as it was previously thought that delaying motherhood represented the greatest risk.

London, Feb 4 : A strange outbreak of twitching disorder in upstate New York may be spreading through social media as a kind of subconscious mimicry, say experts.

Doctors treating the case of nearly 20 teenagers with the disorder say the symptoms may be spreading faster through the girls' own use of Facebook and other forms of social media.

London, Feb 3 : Addiction is in part a "disorder of the brain," say scientists.

University of Cambridge scientists have found same abnormalities in the brains of addicts and their non-addicted brothers and sisters.

It has long been established that the brains of drug addicts have some differences to other people, but explaining that finding has been more difficult.

London, Feb 1 : Scientists have discovered a series of peptides, found on the internal structures of influenza viruses that could lead to the development of a universal vaccine for influenza, one that gives people immunity against all strains of the disease, including seasonal, avian, and swine flu.

London, Jan 30 - Zapping a male's private parts with ultrasound could be one of the most effective and non-invasive forms of contraception.

Experiments conducted by James Tsuruta, from the University of North Carolina, US, have shown they lowered sperm counts in mice, potentially opening the way to reversing fertility in men.

London, Jan 30 - Silk is set to make a leap from dressing Indian brides to potentially growing replacement tissue for damaged hearts, keeping them healthy and evergreen.

Max Planck scientists in Germany have succeeded in loading cardiac muscle cells onto a 3D scaffold (framework), created using the Tasar silk produced by a tropical silkworm.

London, Jan 30 : Gene mutations may be responsible for aggressive pediatric brain tumors, a new study has suggested.

Researchers studying a rare, lethal childhood tumor of the brainstem have discovered that nearly 80 percent of the tumors have mutations in genes not previously tied to cancer

Early evidence also suggests that the alterations play a unique role in other aggressive pediatric brain tumors as well.

London, Jan 30 : Under stressful conditions, yeast cells become unstable, and readily rearrange their chromosomes to facilitate rapid adaptation, according to a new study.

This “panic” response drives them to quickly evolve resistance to drugs, the New Scientist reported.

London, Jan 30 : A charity has raised concerns that a generation of children are becoming living zombies from sleep deprivation due to computer game addiction.

Social workers at Wing South West say it has serious concerns over an increasing number of young computer gamers who are ‘stoned’ from sleep deprivation.

They said youngsters were in danger of losing empathy and the compassion of ‘genuine relationships’.

London, Jan 30 : People who struggle to sleep are six times more likely to develop diabetes and heart disease, according to a new research.

It found that the symptoms of diabetes developed after just three days of disrupted sleep, the Daily Mail reported.

The latest findings could help to explain previous research that has shown night shift workers are prone to type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

London, Jan 29 - Scientists have figured out how cholera bugs invade our guts, infecting millions and killing more than 100,000 people worldwide every year, reveals a study.

The discovery potentially paves the way for more effective treatments against the bug, Vibrio cholerae, which is able to colonise the gut after consumption of contaminated water or food.

London, Jan 28 - The number of babies born to women aged 45 and over has nearly trebled in the last decade in Britain, with just three in five women being in a marriage while delivering the child.

In 2010, as many as 1,758 babies -- around five a day -- were born to these older mothers in comparison to 663 children born in 2000, the Daily Mail reported.

London, Jan 28 - Drinking up to eight cups of tea a day lowers blood pressure and could prevent heart disease, Australian scientists have found.

Researchers at the University of Western Australia gave black leaf tea, such as Earl Grey or English Breakfast to volunteers with normal to high blood pressure.

They were given drinks containing 429 milligrams of the plant chemical polyphenols -- or the equivalent of eight and a half cups of tea a day.

London, Jan 28 - While many women may view high heels as a style statement or find them as an essential in their wardrobes, it could actually be proving bad for their health, a study has suggested.

A first of its kind scientific study has found that lovers of heels walk markedly different from those with flat shoes and put greater strain on their calf muscles.