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Toxic relationships may cause cancer, finds study

Washington, Jan 30: The University of California, Los Angles researchers revealed that negative social friendship can lead to increased inflammation, which may in turn cause a host of illnesses from cancer to heart disease and high blood pressure, reports The ScienceNews.

The report further claim that, scientists have found that there is a link between toxic relationship and a host of illnesses such as cancer, depression and heart attack.

Furthermore, the report said that the researcher asked 122 young, healthy adults with no history of heart disease or inflammation disorders or depression to keep a diary of all positive and negative social interactions for eight days as well as descriptions of any incidents that involved competition.

Later, the study revealed that the people with the most negative social interactions recorded in their diaries, and those who reported stressful competition in work or academic pursuits, had substantially higher levels of one of the inflammatory proteins, TNF receptor 2, than did those who recorded fewer such incidents.

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Time to stop rewarding firms that ship jobs abroad: Obama

Washington, Jan 25: Stepping up his campaign against outsourcing, US President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced a series of measures that would offer incentives to those firms which will create jobs in the country, a move that may also affect companies in India. "If you're a business that wants to outsource jobs, you shouldn't get a tax deduction for doing it," Obama said in his State of the Union Address during which he presented an economic blueprint aiming to take his country.....

India concerned over victory of "dark forces" of terrorism

Washington, Jan 24: India has sought a cautious approach on the US-backed peace talks with the Taliban, warning against a victory for the "dark forces of terrorism" if such negotiations are put on a fast track."While we agree that ultimately there would have to be political solution, we also believe that this should not become an over-riding objective that needs to be achieved at all costs for that would risk the prospect of the victory of the dark forces of terrorism and extremism that.....
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