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A new study has claimed that women who have curvier hips are preferred the most by men. The research has also debunked the belief that butt size significantly attracts men. Instead, it’s the curve of the spine that is liked the most by men. The study was conducted by the researchers from the University of Texas at Austin.

Going by what the study concluded, men are attracted to women with an optimal lumbar curvature of 45.5 degrees from back to buttocks. The researchers also said that men have preferred women with curvier butt since ancient times because they would have been better at foraging during pregnancy.

Scientists want to better understand the effects of long-term spaceflight. In order to know the same, astronauts need to stay at the International Space Station for a long time.

During the last three years, the market value of Biogen Idec has quadrupled to more than $100 billion as the company successfully launched multiple sclerosis drugs and now the company has new ambitions in its sight.

Last week, the Massachusetts-based company made an announcement that it has received better-than-expected clinical trial results for its experimental Alzheimer's drug, aducanumab.

Now the company has come up with another announcement that it is going to drop Idec from its name and will adopt a new logo. The company merged with Idec Pharmaceuticals more than 10 years ago.

Chief Executive George Scangos said that in future, Biogen will be focused on the development of the drugs, used for some of the hardest-to-treat diseases.

A team of 30 doctors and nurses successfully resuscitated a 22-month-old Pennsylvania boy who slipped onto a fast-moving stream and was swept away with the current.

Gardell Martin was pulled out from an icy creek was revived after an hour and 41 minutes (101 minutes) of CPR, said doctors.

Gardell came back home on March 15 and his doctors said that he has made a complete recovery.

Dr. Frank Maffei, director of the pediatric intensive care unit at Geisinger's Janet Weis Children's Hospital in Danville, said, “It's not only extraordinarily rare that we got the kid back, but what's even more extraordinary is the rate at which he recovered and the completeness of his recovery”.

A study has found that short naps could be helpful in improving memory. After a short nap, one can be able to retain learned material in memory as per the study. The study conducted by researchers from Saarland University in Germany found that sleep of about 45 to 60 minutes could produce a five-fold improvement in information retrieval.

To conduct the study, the researchers divided participants into two groups: The nap group and the control group. The control group involved participants who watched DVDs when the nap group slept. The study found that the nap group performed better on remembering word pairs during a performance test.

On Sunday, an officer helped a woman pass the finish line in a 10k race as she was trying hard to achieve the milestone. The photo, which was captured at the moment, is receiving a lot of appreciation because of the kind act of the officer. The photo shows the woman crossing the line with the police officer and her son.

“When you see the photo, just know that you're worth it. And you can do anything that you put your mind to. I just knew that all of those times that we went to the doctor's office and the doctor told us what could have happened”, said Ford.