Last Monday, 31-year-old immigration officer Chris Holmes of Cambridgeshire, England penned his sweet resignation letter on a spiced carrot cake and delivered it to his bosses at Stansted Airport.

An animal study by Clemson University researchers in the United States found that a peptide (one of the building blocks of protein) in egg whites may help reduce high-blood pressure.

Sausages, ham, bacon and other processed meats appear to increase the risk of dying young, a study of half a million people across Europe suggests.It concluded diets high in processed meats were linked to cardiovascular disease, cancer and early deaths.

A run of poor sleep can have a potentially profound effect on the internal workings of the human body, say UK researchers. The activity of hundreds of genes was altered when people's sleep was cut to less than six hours a day for a week.

It Takes Two to Tango. Most studies suggest that somewhere from 10 to 20 percent of men and women in marriages and other committed monogamous relationships will cheat on their partner at some point.