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Priyanka Chopra Jonas gushed over Miley Cyrus and said that she hopes the two stars can go on a double date with their husbands, Nick Jonas and Liam Hemsworth. PeeCee appeared on Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live and was asked about her relationship with Cyrus. The Nothing Breaks Like a Heart singer dated Jonas for two years before breaking up in 2007, reports JustJared.com.
“We actually talked about that! About doing a double date at some point,” the 36-year-old actress shared, adding, “I hope that will happen. I love Liam, he’s a great guy. So I’m sure it will be a fun group to go out with.”
Priyanka recently starred alongside Hemsworth in Isn’t It Romantic. At the premiere last month, Miley attended in place of Liam who was home recovering. “I’ve met Miley a couple of times, she’s amazing. She’s showed so much support to Liam and the movie while we were doing promo and Liam was unwell. I’m a fan because I think her music is amazing,” PeeCee said.
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Ever since Deepika Padukone, Meghna Gulzar and Fox Star Studios announced their collaboration on the film, Chhapaak, based on acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal, people have been getting curious about the content of the film and Deepika’s look. And guess what, the first look of Deepika Padukone from Chhapaak is out.
Sharing the first look of the film, Deepika wrote, “A character that will stay with me forever… #Malti Shoot begins today! #Chhapaak Releasing-10th January, 2020.”
Deepika is looking totally different in this look. This seems to be one of the most challenging roles in Deepika’s career. Right from the make-up to the expressions, the ‘Padmaavat’ actress relates a lot to Laxmi Agarwal.
Meanwhile, the celebrated actor who is known for her choice of roles will be seen as Malti. Chhapaak is about determination and the undying human spirit of not giving up despite adversities at every step.
Interestingly, Chhapaak, Deepika forays into production under her banner KA Entertainment. Meghna Gulzar, known for directing true-life stories with authentic grit will be calling the shots as the director of Chhapaak.
Also starring Vikrant Massey, the shoot of the film begins today in New Delhi. Chhapaak is all set to hit the theatres on 10th January 2020. It is produced by Fox Star Studios, Deepika Padukone’s KA Entertainment and Meghna Gulzar’s Mriga Films.
Health
According to a recent study, family and school both a play a big role in developing and encouraging one’s self-confidence.
According to the researchers, self-confidence is a critical key to prepare for the challenges of adulthood and both family and school play a pivotal role in boosting up the self-confidence of adolescents. The study was published in the Journal of Adolescence.
It was found that adolescents who frequently witnessed their parents arguing or engaging in other forms of conflict experienced lower self-efficacy later on. But, success in school and support from peers were able to help compensate for family problems, and even boost self-efficacy higher than those losses.
The healthier you can make the relationship with your partner, the better that is for your child. Parents can get really focused on how they parent, and that’s important, but their relationship with one another is an important source of strength for the family and for their children’s development. Investing in a healthy couple relationship is going to promote a positive outcome for the child.
“One of the goals of adolescence is to start to gain independence, form new social groups and eventually, down the line, start a family of their own. As you encounter challenges in your life, your constant thought is I can’t do this and that can be stifling.
But, if you have high self-efficacy, you’re going to continue to pursue your goals, find more success, and that’s going to reinforce and build on itself,” said Devin McCauley, one of the co-authors.
The researchers used data from 768 families, which included two-parent households with at least one adolescent in the home. The data was collected twice when the adolescents were in sixth grade and once when they were in seventh grade.
At each time point, adolescents reported data on the conflict they witnessed between their parents, how threatened they felt by that conflict, feelings of self-efficacy, and their school success and how much they felt supported by their peers.
After analysing the data, the researchers found that higher levels of conflict between parents were linked to adolescents’ feeling that their sense of security in the family was threatened. And this lower sense of security, in turn, was linked to diminished self-efficacy. But, greater success in school, as well as feeling supported by peers, contributed to higher levels of self-efficacy, enough to compensate for the losses stemming from teens’ exposure to conflict between parents.
“If these adolescents are experiencing a lot of conflict at home, that can be offset to an extent by feeling successful in school or in their peer relationships. Even though inter-parental conflict at home is a risk factor for undermining their self-efficacy, these positive experiences out of the home will help offset damages to their belief in themselves, in their ability to overcome challenges,” said Greg Fosco, one of the co-authors.
The study suggests there are multiple ways to help promote self-efficacy in adolescents, and that one set of solutions may not fit all teens. This gives the parents different approaches to work within when it comes to intervention or prevention strategies.
If it’s difficult to work with the family, if it’s hard to get them to come to programs or sessions, parents can help teens be successful in other areas of their life. This study is a good reminder for parents about the importance of healthy co-parenting relationships.
Women
Breast cancer patients, who expose themselves to dim-light at night, take note! A recent study has found out that dim-light exposure at night could likely lead breast cancer to spread to bone.
Study presented at Endocrine Society’s annual meeting, ENDO 2019, has shown dim-light exposure at night may lead breast cancer to spread to bone for the first time in an animal study.
“To date, no one has reported that exposure to dim light at night induces circadian disruption, which then increases the formation of bone metastatic breast cancer,” said Anbalagan.
“This is important, as many patients with breast cancer are likely exposed to light at night as a result of lack of sleep, stress, excess light in the bedroom from mobile devices and other sources, or night shift work.” said Muralidharan Anbalagan, Ph.D., assistant professor, Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orlean.
More than 150,000 U.S. women had breast cancer in 2017 that metastasised, or spread outside the breast, according to an estimate from the National Cancer Institute. When breast cancer spreads, it often goes to the bones, where it can cause severe pain and fragile bones.
The researchers created a mouse model of bone metastatic breast cancer. They injected estrogen receptor-positive human breast cancer cells that have a low propensity to grow in bones into the tibia, or shinbone, of female mice. Like humans, the mice used in this study produce a strong night-time circadian melatonin signal. This night-time melatonin signal has been shown to produce strong anti-cancer actions and also promotes sleep.
All mice were kept in the light for 12 hours each day. One group of three mice was in the dark the other 12 hours, which helped them produce high levels of endogenous melatonin. Another group spent 12 hours in light followed by 12 hours in dim light at night, which suppresses their nocturnal melatonin production. The dim light was 0.2 lux, which is less than a night-light or a display light from a cell phone, according to Anbalagan.
X-ray images showed that mice exposed to a light/dim light cycle had much larger tumours and increased bone damage compared with mice kept in a standard light/dark cycle, he reported.
“Our research identified the importance of an intact nocturnal circadian melatonin anti-cancer signal in suppressing bone-metastatic breast tumour growth,” Anbalagan said.
The ultimate goal of their research, he said, is to find a way to inhibit or suppress the progression of breast cancer metastases to bone.
Health
A new study has revealed that in some cases, recurrent pregnancy loss may be caused by sperm DNA damage in the male partner.
The study presented at ENDO 2019, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in New Orleans, La., says that the repeat miscarriage may be caused by sperm DNA damage rather than by a problem in affected women.
“Our study suggests that it may be useful to investigate if male partners of women with RPL have abnormalities in their reproductive function,” said lead researcher Channa Jayasena, MD, Ph D, of Imperial College of London, UK.
“It also opens up a new potential ‘drug target’. It may be possible to design future drugs to stop sperm DNA damage to treat couples with RPL and reduce the risk of miscarriage,” added Jayasena.
Between one and two per cent of couples have recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), defined as the consecutive loss of three or more pregnancies before 20 weeks gestation.
“Affected women undergo many tests to determine the cause, but many cases have no identified cause,” said Jayasena. Male partners of women with RPL do not routinely undergo an assessment to see if they play a role. “However, we know that sperm plays an important role in the formation of the placenta, which is critical for the survival of an unborn baby,” said Jayasena.
The study was designed to assess whether male partners of women with RPL may have an increased risk of sperm DNA damage, which is known to impair fertility. The researchers compared 50 healthy men whose partners had not experienced miscarriages with 63 men whose partners were affected by RPL. They measured levels of sex hormones such as testosterone, the number, and behaviour of sperm using a microscope, and further molecular tests.
Also, they measured the level of damage to sperm DNA, and level of a chemical entity called reactive oxygen species, which can damage cells such as sperm in the semen of men.
They found out that the men affected by RPL had twice sperm DNA damage compared with the unaffected men. Men whose partners had suffered miscarriage also had a four-fold increase in the number of reactive oxygen species compared with unaffected men.
