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Low-carb Diets Can Affect Dieters' Cognition Skills
A new study shows that when dieters eliminate carbohydrates from their meals, they performed more poorly on memory-based tasks than when they reduce calories, but maintain carbohydrates. When carbohydrates were...
Boy or girl? It's in the father's genes
A Newcastle University study involving thousands of families is helping prospective parents work out whether they are likely to have sons or daughters.
Holidays in the hospital can still be happy
If an illness prevents a friend or family member from being home for the holidays, take a little bit of home to the hospital...
Zimbabwe: Cholera introduced by West
(AP) -- The Zimbabwean government on Saturday accused the West of deliberately starting the country's cholera epidemic, stepping up a war of words with the regime's critics as the...
Are elders better scientists?
A recent paper, discussed in a recent issue of Nature, found that across disciplines, professors in their 50s and 60s published about twice the number of papers each year as...
Success of anti-meth ads questioned by study
An independent review investigating the effectiveness of a publicly funded graphic anti-methamphetamine advertising campaign has found that the campaign has been associated with many negative outcomes. read more
Amputees can experience prosthetic hand as their own
Scientists have succeeded in inducing people with an amputated arm to experience a prosthetic rubber hand as belonging to their own body. The results can lead to the development of...
Strategic Video Game Improves Critical Cognitive Skills In Older Adults
A desire to rule the world may be a good thing if you're over 60 and worried about losing your mental faculties. A new study found that adults in their...
Weight room may hold key to easing back pain
People who use weight training to ease their lower back pain are better off than those who choose other forms of exercise such as jogging, according to a University of...
Quebec man acquitted on assisted suicide charge
A Quebec man charged with helping his ailing uncle hang himself two years ago has been found not guilty of assisted suicide.
One In Three U.K. Adults Will Be Obese By 2012
One in three UK adults -- or 13 million people -- will be obese by 2012, finds research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. And almost half...
Obesity Among California's Low-income Teens Nearly Triple That Of More Affluent Peers
In this policy brief, the authors examine why low-income teenagers are almost three times more likely to be obese than teens from more affluent households. Specifically, persistent barriers to health...
Pasadena Journal: Science Students Get a Real-Life Lesson, in Science Fiction
A group of budding scientists attended a forum that examined whether a remake of the classic science-fiction film “The Day the Earth Stood Still” got the science right.
Dreams Imaged, Scientists Claim
Japanese researchers say they've imaged thoughts and dreams and displayed them on a computer screen.
Boy, 3, with cerebral palsy can keep his pony
A Caledon, Ont., family is celebrating after the town ruled it can keep a miniature pony that their son with cerebral palsy rides.
Science Dweebs Often Virgins
Think back to your college years. Did you spend more time at the lab bench than at the bar? Was getting a date harder than organic chem? If you carried...
New Device Prevents Driving While Using Cell Phone
A new automobile ignition key can prevent teenagers from talking on cell phones or sending text messages while driving.
Ant gives Port of Rotterdam a good example
According to researcher Albert Douma, of the University of Twente, it is possible to optimise the handling of inland container barges in the port of Rotterdam without management from the...
Sarcasm helps diagnose dementia
According to a recent study, people with frontotemporal dementia have trouble picking up sarcasm - which could help when attempting to make a diagnosis.
Observing brain during normal activity
The Swartz Centre for Computational Neuroscience at UC San Diego will create a new imagining process to study human body/brain dynamics of subjects engaged in normal activity in ordinary room...
Advisory Panel Weighs Conflict on Asthma Drugs
Dueling messages whipsawed a board which will be asked to vote Thursday on whether to allow several popular drugs to continue to be marketed for asthmatics.
Report Sounds Alarm on Child Accidents
Around the globe, 830,000 children — the equivalent of all the children in Chicago — die each year in accidents, a new report by the World Health Organization and Unicef...
Palm Pilots Bridge Communication Gap Between Therapists And Patients
Palm Pilots already perform a variety of functions, and in the future, they may be used as a therapeutic tool that benefits people with personality disorders. In a new study,...
Blue streetlights may prevent crime, suicide
Blue streetlights are believed to be useful in preventing suicides and street crime, a finding that is encouraging an increasing number of railway companies to install blue light-emitting apparatus at...
Review: HomeManager makes the landline smarter
(AP) -- What if the humble old landline phone could be as interactive as the flashy iPhone? A home phone that puts the latest information at your fingertips feels like...
Study shows family lifestyles influence adolescents' weight
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Penn State study shows that family lifestyle has a significant impact on teenagers` weight. Children are heavier if their families skip or miss some meals, such...
Commentary: "Hell on Earth" in Zimbabwe
Author Alexandra Fuller, who wrote the bestselling Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, reflects on the devastating toll cholera is taking on Zimbabwe, her former home.
Muslim creationist Adnan Oktar challenges scientists to prove evolution
Adnan Oktar is fond of challenging people, throwing down the gauntlet to Richard Dawkins and anyon