Melbourne, Apr. 23 (ANI): A woman has claimed that she was detained by US border officials thrice in two weeks and accused of being a sex worker for carrying condoms and "racy underwear" in her baggage.

London, March 20 (ANI): Statins that are taken daily by millions of people to control cholesterol could dramatically increase the risk of kidney damage, researchers have warned.

Washington, March 1 (ANI): For women undergoing breast reconstruction using implants, most patient-reported outcomes are similar with two different shapes of silicone gel-filled implants: conventional round implants and anatomical "shaped" implants, according to a study

London, Feb. 26 (ANI): Giving back through volunteering is good for the human heart, researchers at the University of British Columbia have found.

Washington, Feb. 9 (ANI): A teenage girl pocket dialled her mother, while she was in a movie theatre watching a horror movie, which resulted in her mom calling the police.

London, January 29 (ANI): Researchers from the University of British Columbia have shed light on why enticing pictures of food affect us less when we're full.

London, Jan 18 (ANI): Pamela Anderson has been asked to pay 19,500 pounds for a property in her home town of Ladysmith, British Columbia.

London, December 24 (ANI): Aggressive, bullying managers are more likely to rise to the top because people are impressed by their dominance, according to a new study.

Washington, December 20(ANI): Finding the next Barack Obama or Warren Buffett might be as simple as looking at who attracts the most eyes in a crowd, according to a new University of British Columbia study.

Washington, December 5 (ANI): Obesity may develop when we eat too much, as a result of chronically high insulin levels, not the other way around.

Vancouver, Oct. 30 (Xinhua-ANI): A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted western Canada Monday night, the latest quake that hit the region after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake of Saturday evening.

Washington, October 9 (ANI): Depression during pregnancy can alter a crucial period of language development in babies, according to a new study.

London, October 1 (ANI): A new study has warned that changes in ocean and climate systems could lead to smaller fish.

Washington, Sept 10 (ANI): A dance studio in British Columbia is offering pole dancing classes to children as young as 5 years old, it has been revealed.

New Delhi, Aug.20 (ANI): Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Regina will visit Kochi in Kerala, on August 21. HMCS Regina is currently en route from British Columbia to the Arabian Sea region where she will conduct maritime security operations as part of Operation Artemis, Canada's contribution to Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150).

Washington, August 16 (ANI): A team of international scientists, including fisheries researchers at the University of British Columbia undertook the first global quantitative assessment of ocean health and created a new Ocean Health Index.

Washington, August 1 (ANI): Employees who worry about workplace rejection or sabotage can end up bringing it upon themselves, say researchers.

Washington, July 26 (ANI): Researchers from the British Columbia Cancer Research Center have analysed a panel of lung tumours from a population exposed to arsenic, a natural element in the environment, sometimes found in air, soil and water.

Washington, July 21 (ANI): Severe influenza increases by two fold the odds that a person will develop Parkinson's disease later in life, according to University of British Columbia researchers.

Washington, June 22 (ANI): Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients appear to have a lower cancer risk, a new research has revealed.

Washington, June 20 (ANI): Children, even toddlers, are actually happier giving than receiving, according to a new study co-authored by three psychologists at the University of British Columbia.

Washington, May 8 (ANI): Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found a potential way to develop universal flu vaccines and eliminate the need for seasonal flu vaccinations.

Washington, April 27 (ANI): Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers, says researchers.

Washington, April 14 (ANI): The dynamics of online bullying are different from traditional bullying, a University of British Columbia research has found.

Ottawa, April 14 (ANI): A Muslim student in the University of British Columbia, Canada, has been slammed by her peers for displaying a provocative photograph of a woman wearing a niqab and holding up a bra.