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Scotland, Jan 16: One of the prestigious and Europe’s biggest music festivals will begin with a spectacular torchlight procession through Glasgow. The 15th annual Celtic Connections festival will provide platform for more than 1000 performers from over 20 countries. Two pipe bands will lead the group of blazing torches that starts from George Square to the Royal Concert hall to officially start the festival on Wednesday.

The festival will last for 19 days spiced with concerts at 14 different venues across the city. Among the prominent performers are country music star Steve Earle, ex-Rolling Stone bassist Bill Wyman and KD Lang. The Scottish groups like the Capercaillie and Teenage Fanclub, African world music star Baaba Maal and choirs from Bulgaria and Italy will participate in this impressive musical event.

The festival’s club has organised some grand late night jam sessions over the years. This will be assisted by the dedicated members of Celtic music radio station that will include news and other music concerts from Celtic Connections.

The remarkable festival began to occupy the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall’s January schedule. It has grown dramatically over the years and is now fetching revenue of over £6.8m to the local economy. Hundreds of people participated in last year’s procession and lots more are expected this year.

January, 16

In a recent research it was revealed that the in take of calcium supplements could tend to increase the chance of heart attacks in older women. Well as all know calcium is a good way to make bones healthy and keep them away from bone diseases. But this time the study has shown a worry sign for women who tend to consume calcium to stay away from such bone ailments.

It is known that heart attacks can occur from various other reasons which were earlier discovered in a series of research conducted in this field. But this time it was calcium which was the main factor to look for to avoid heart attacks. Yesterday this shocking report was out online in the British Medical Journal telling how calcium could result in the risk of heart attacks in older women. This time a new sign for worry was added to the list of women ailments, with obesity, and other diseases making them restless, now heart attacks too has made women population to believe as if they are living on the edge.

This study was under taken by the University of Auckland in New Zealand which found that calcium is bound to increase the risk of women to experience heart attacks. To get to the conclusion the research team conducted their study on about 1500 post-menopausal women. In this it was found that the women who use to take calcium supplement have a greater risk to get a heart attack or other heart aliments than rest of the women.

What is Heart Attack?

A heart attack occurs when blood flow to a section of heart muscle becomes blocked. If the flow of blood isn’t restored quickly, the section of heart muscle becomes damaged from lack of oxygen and begins to die.