Womens Corner

The owner of a dating site that pairs millionaires with beautiful women has claimed that UK is an “ocean of ugly women”.

Gus Terkelsen, who founded the Secret Diamond Club in 2010, believes that the UK needs his service more than anywhere else as there are “so many ugly women over here” that multi-millionaires needed help for the beauties to be filtered, the Daily Star reported.

The 33-year-old Danish entrepreneur said that it requires a lot of effort to find a beautiful woman due to the poor ratio of pretty women to rich men available.

Construction started Wednesday on a railway bridge, the first of its kind spread across China’s border with Russia.

Designed with an annual cargo transport capacity of 21 million tonnes, the bridge will connect Tongjiang Port in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province with Nizhneleninskoye in Russia, reported Xinhua.

China and Russia had a five-year negotiation on the project.

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A new study has found that 78 percent of women spend almost an hour every day working on their look.

The findings of the `Ideal to Real` body image survey, conducted by the `Today` show and AOL on over 2,000 adults and 200 teens over 16, showed that women spend 335 hours on their hair and makeup per year, which equates to about 55 minutes a day, the Huffington Post. The research also revealed that 60 percent of women and 78 percent of teenage girls have something bad to say about their looks. (ANI)

The option of egg freezing is fast catching up with urban couples as the method safeguards their hope of conception at any point of their lives. Today, Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) has made revolutionary and ground-breaking advancements.’

Researchers have said that pointing is infants’ first communicative gesture.

A new study carried out by two researchers from the Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona analyses the temporary coordination between gestures and speech in babies during the very early stages of language development, from the babbling period until the production of their first words.

Researchers have suggested that paracetamol use in pregnancy affect neurodevelopment and cause behavioral dysfunction in tots.

The authors studied 64,322 children and mothers in the Danish National Birth Cohort (1996-2002). Parents reported behavioral problems on a questionnaire, and HKD diagnoses and ADHD medication prescriptions were collected from Danish registries.

More than half of the mothers reported using acetaminophen while pregnant.

A new study has revealed that the size of clitoris matters, and that women with orgasm problems may have smaller clitoris, which is located farther from the vagina.

Researchers at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, who used MRI to scan the pelvic area of 30 women in their 30s, found that ten of these women had rarely or never achieved orgasms despite trying, the Huffington Post reported.

Researchers have revealed that these women with orgasm problems had smaller clitoris and the direct distance between the clitoris and the vagina was 5 to 6 millimeters longer on average.

A new study has found association between diabetes and stroke in women, but the data does not show the same association among men.

The research by Dr Wenhui Zhao, Dr Gang Hu and colleagues at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, investigated the sex-specific association of different levels of HbA1c with incident stroke risk among 10,876 male and 19,278 female patients with type 2 diabetes in the Louisiana State University Hospital-Based Longitudinal Study (LSUHLS).

Bereavement is recognised as a risk factor for death and is associated with cardiovascular events.

Now, new research indicates that the risk of heart attack or stroke is increased in 30 days after a partner’s death.

“We have described a marked increase in cardiovascular risk in the month after spousal bereavement, which seems likely to be the result of adverse physiological responses associated with acute grief,” said researchers.

Michelle Obama was recently spotted dinning with her girlfriends at Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak, and Stone Crab. While the First Lady was there, other regulars were asked to go through metal detectors to get in, the Washington Post reported. Michelle, rumored to be wearing a gray dress during the dinner, was enjoying a ladies’ night out with longtime White House aides Anita Decker Breckenridge and Melissa Winter in a private room. (ANI)

Crying is the only way of communication for babies. All babies cry at times, which is normal as they express their emotions –anger, anxiety, frustration, boredom and discomfort–by crying. But, parents often do not search for the reason that is making their baby cry.

Every overweight person would agree that losing weight is an uphill battle and maintaining the weight loss is a completely different story.

But with the right tools and advice, shedding the extra kilos and keeping them off will make your life a lot easier.

According to Grandparents.com, seeking the help of a dietitian will help you stay focused on your weight loss goals and infusing small changes in your diet will give you better results than trying to make your diet healthy overnight.

Many women choose to shun leather skinnies or strappy maxi fearing that their jiggly arms or thighs will be exposed. Break a sweat to look good in any fashion piece.

People.com suggests easy moves targeting problematic areas of your body:

* Fashion item: Leather skinnies; Target area: Outer thighs and hips

Trainer Damien Bourbeau suggests: Lay on your side barefoot and with your shoulder blades and buttocks against a wall. With your lower leg on the floor, raise your top leg 45 degree while keeping the heel against the wall. Repeat 15 times on each leg.

Be silent, use fewer and shorter words and speak cohesively. New research says women don’t see men who remain silent as aloof or mysterious but masculine.

“Men who use shorter words and speak more concisely are seen as more attractive because they appeared more masculine,” said Molly Babel from the University of British Columbia in Canada.

And if you have deep voice, you are about to make a kill.

Men with deeper voices and women with slightly higher voices were thought to sound more attractive because they suggest a bigger or a smaller body.

A new study suggests that obese women get an average of one hour of exercise annually.

Researchers analyzed data from a 2005-2006 government survey that included nearly 2,600 adults between ages 20 and 74. They studied participants’ weight, diet and sleeping patterns, in addition to analyzing exercise levels as measured by an accelerometer.

They concluded that the average obese woman exercised vigorously for about an hour a year. Vigorous activity was defined as an activity that burns fat, such as jogging or jumping rope. Obese men exercised for around 3.6 hours per year.

A new study has found that women are more attracted to men who have strong Geordie accents like English comedy duo Ant and Dec.

Researchers at the University of British Columbia also found that using short words can make you more appealing to the ladies, the Daily Star reported.

UK women are raising money for breast cancer charity by flashing their cleavage.

The online craze, which is dubbed as NIPnominate, has already begun to counter the deadly binge drinking game NekNominate, which earlier made rounds online, the Daily Star.

Michelle Kent from Redruth, Cornwall, started the ‘Bangers To Cancer campaign’, which went viral soon after on Facebook, as hundreds of users posted sexy pics.

The 35-year-old nursing student’s group is linked to a ‘JustGiving’ page, where more than 3,000 pounds has been raised already for Breast Cancer Care.

A new study has found that women are more attracted to men who have strong Geordie accents like English comedy duo Ant and Dec.

Researchers at the University of British Columbia also found that using short words can make you more appealing to the ladies, the Daily Star reported.

On the other hand, men find women with “breathy” voices like Marilyn Monroe hotter than husky Kim Kardashian-type voices.

Molly Babel from the university also revealed that people prefer pals to have voices that are similar to their own because they convey a soothing sense of community and belonging. (ANI)

Beauty experts have advised brides-to-be to skip the hair dryer and curling iron and switch to no-heat hairstyles while getting ready for their big day.

Rod Anker, Creative Director of Monsoon Salon and Spa and Vogue’s Colorist of the Year, said that for the sangeet and ring ceremony, hair can be let loose.

Also waves and loose buns bring out your hair’s natural texture and give a totally natural look, he said.

A new research has found that teenager girls who suffer from depression are plagued by chronic pain.

Researchers studied the kind of physical pain that troubles adolescents with different mental health problems and has alerted medical doctors and psychologists to be aware of the chronic pain that can plague young people with mental health woes.

According to the research, 70 percent of 13 to 18 years olds with conditions ranging from ADHD and depression to anxiety, eating disorders and a range of autistic disorders admitted to suffering from chronic pain.

A new survey has revealed that pregnant mothers crave various crazy things like shoe polish, rubber and tennis balls, among many others.

Homework is an important tool to help children practice and review the lessons taught in school, but the very thought of completing the work on time can be sometimes daunting for your child.

Around 200 servicewomen have been reportedly sent back home to Britain after finding out they were pregnant.

The soldiers forced to return to the UK between January 2006 and December last year include 99 from Afghanistan and 102 from Iraq.

Critics have called for mandatory testing to avoid unnecessary medical emergencies because the medical facilities available there are very basic, Daily Star reports.

Valentines Day is far from over for jewellery designer Paul Michael Bierker, who has created bold new range of Star Trek-inspired rings that come in a choice of metal and gems.

The rings made by Bierker are geeky yet glamorous and inspired by a popular sci-fi series like Star Trek, Star Wars, Game of Thrones, etc.

Hair fall is a experienced by women all over the world, but excessive hair fall can be devastating and strips women of their confidence.

Renowned hairstylist Rod Anker , who is also Creative Director of Monsoon Salon and Spa, explains that heat, humidity and pollution are scalp’s worst enemies.

Meanwhile, Dr Apoorva Shah, leading trichologist, explains that hair follicle is nourished by the blood vessels located within the scalp and warmed oil stimulates blood flow to the hair follicle, moisturizes the scalp and loosens dead skins cells that clog the hair follicles.