Varanasi, Mar 18 : Stevia or honey leaf, known for its antidote properties against diabetes, is becoming popular as a cure for the disease in Varanasi.

Also known by the names of sweet leaf or sugar leaf, these leaves provide cure in many health disorders.

Washington, Mar 18 : Just five minutes of sustained physical activity can help prevent childhood obesity, according to a study.

Researchers from Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, have revealed that several bursts of exercise that last five minutes or more may be better for preventing childhood obesity than are intermittent physical activity sessions lasting four minutes or less throughout the day.

Washington, Mar 18: A group of international researchers have shown that breast cancer sufferers who go into remission but then have their cancer return are at up to half the risk of dying from the disease if its return is spotted early.

Researchers have warned that doctors should continue to monitor breast cancer patients closely and try to identify returning ''secondary'' tumours before symptoms appear.

If detected early enough patients have a 27 to 47 per cent better chance of survival than women whose cancer is picked up later.

Mumbai, Mar 18: Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has urged stock traders in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) to work for self and country to help beat current economic recession.

Ramdev, who held a special yoga camp for the employees of BSE, said that these are not the times to sit back, but to stand on one''s feet and work towards a better living.

He added that yoga teaches people the values of a good work culture and that will help people have a prosperous life.

Washington, Mar 18 : Frankincense oil-tracing its origin to India, Africa and the Middle East- may prove to be an inexpensive alternative therapy for treating bladder cancer, according to a new study.

Scientists have shown that an enriched extract of the Somalian Frankincense herb Boswellia carteri can kill bladder cancer cells.

Research demonstrates that this herb has the potential for an alternative therapy for bladder cancer, which is twice as common in males as it is in females.

Led by HK Lin from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Oklahoma City VA Medical Center, the researchers set out to evaluate frankincense oil for its anti-tumour activity in bladder cancer cells.

Hanoi  - Large supermarkets in Vietnam have stopped selling Johnson & Johnson products on news that the company's baby shampoo sold in the US contained chemicals that could cause cancer, the supermarkets said Wednesday.

A US consumer group, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, reported this week that it had found formaldehyde and 1,4-dioxane in several varieties of Johnson's baby shampoo. The chemicals are considered probable carcinogens, and are banned from cosmetics in some countries, but not in the US.

"We got the order to stop selling most Johnson & Johnson's products, except for makeup powder, in our supermarket chain on Tuesday," said Nguyen Tuyet Thu, a sales manager at Coopmart, one of Vietnam's largest domestic chains.