Tyra Banks Writing Fantasy Novels

The TV show Host and former model Tyra Banks has signed a deal for a series of fantasy novels about modeling. Her first book is called "Modelland" and it is about a teen-aged girl in a make-believe society at an academy for exceptional models called Intoxibellas. The book will be published in the summer of 2011 and will cover issues from relationships to body images. The book is meant to empower women of all ages. Banks is set to end "The Tyra Banks Show" later this year after five seasons to launch her own production company called Bankable Studios.

Singer Mary J. Blige Sets Up Foundation to Help Women with Careers

The singer Mary J. Blige has started a foundation to help women develop careers and increase self-confidence. Its charity will fund scholarships, grants, and programs to help women gain confidence and skills to succeed in their careers. The foundation will focus on the area of Yonkers, New York, first, the place where Blige grew up. It is expected to expand to the rest of New York and then the rest of America.

Yahoo Launches Site for Women

On Monday, Yahoo Inc. launched a site aimed towards women age 25to 54 called Shine. The site is made to give Yahoo Inc. more opportunities to sell advertising targeted towards women. Advertisers in consumer-packed goods, retail, and pharmaceuticals have requested that there be more ways to advertise to women and many women are looking for a site to combine various content and communication tools.

The site Shine offers content and services in parenting, love, healthy living, food, and career and money, entertainment, fashion, beauty, home life, and astrology. The site is in blog form and will have the newest items at the top of the page and commentary from an editor.

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Japan’s Oldest Person Dies at Age 113

Japan’s oldest person was a woman named Tsuneyo Toyonaga who died on Friday. She died days after she was transferred from her nursing home to a close hospital because she had lost her appetite and wouldn’t eat. She had been in a nursing home for the past 12 years. She was born on May 21, 1984 and had 5 children and 10 grandchildren.

Another woman named Kaku Yamanaka is now Japan’s oldest person. She was born on Dec11, 1984 and lives in a nursing home in Aichi, central Japan.

The number of people in Japan that live more than 100 years old has nearly quadrupled in the past 10 years and the number is still increasing. Japan has one of the world’s longest average life spans. This fact is largely due to many people in Japan having a diet that is rich in fish and rice. Japanese women have an average life expectancy of 85.81 years and the men have an average of 79 years.

Caffeinated Creams Cause Slimmer Thighs

A study was done that showed that putting caffeine-infused cream on your thighs could make them slimmer. The study was done on 99 women who used a cream with more than 7 percent of caffeine twice a day for 30 days. After 30 days, over 80 percent of the women had decreased the circumference of their upper and lower thighs. About 68 percent of the women had a reduction in their hip measurements.

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Lesbian Gang Attacks Man on NY Subway

Lesbian Gang Attacks Man on NY Subway. See the Video: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d83_1196719026

Knowing Your BMI Could Decrease Cancer Risk

A study says that knowing and keeping track of your BMI could help fight off colon cancer. The National Cancer Institute studied the health history of more than 200,000 women and found that 50 to 71 year old women who were a little overweight increased their chances of getting cancer by 29% as compared to lean women. Being moderately overweight increased risks by 31% and being obese increased risks by 49%. Fat cells produce and release hormones that could cause cancer cell growth.

Study Shows that Alcohol Increases Risk of Cancer

A recent study has show that alcohol can increase the chances of getting breast cancer in women. Studies have shown a link between drinking alcohol and breast cancer but they have yet to determine if certain types of alcohol is more dangerous than others.

The study analyzed the drinking habits of 70,033 women and asked them various questions during health exams between the years 1978 and 1985. By the year 2004, 2,829 of those women had been diagnosed with breast cancer. The study found that women who had one or two drinks a day increased their risk by 10 percent and women who had more than three drinks a day increased their risk by 30 percent.

Experts think that alcohol raises hormone levels in the blood to levels that could cause cancer. Doctors say that other factors, such as genetics, obesity, and age are more important factors that can raise the risk of breast cancer.

Left Handed Women Have Shorter Life Span

A study shows that women who are left-handed have a shorter life span due to cancer and cerebrovascular disease. The study showed that the women had a 40 percent higher risk of dying from any cause, a 70 percent greater risk of dying from cancer, and a 30 percent greater risk of dying from diseases from the circulatory system.

A Car Lands in Chiropractor's Clinic

For the second time in four months and the third time since the shop opened Bob Ziegler has had a motorist drive into his clinic. Luckily there were no patients in the waiting room at the time. In both cases the cars were driven by elderly women. The women were not given tickets. Officers have the choice to not write tickets when cars hit buildings. There were no injuries reported. The clinic owner, Bob Ziegler, wants to talk to his landlord about placing barriers in front of the clinic to stop cars.

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