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Recipes for Health: Spicy Stir-Fried Japanese Eggplant and Cucumber — Recipes for Health
Crunchy, water cucumber contrasts nicely with soft eggplant in this stir-fry.
Why Most Men's Ring Fingers Are So Long
Linked to aggression, musical ability, and sexual orientation, ring finger length is dictated by hormones in the womb, a new study says.
Cheap drugs could huge number of deaths from heart attacks and strokes, study suggests
A major new international study has revealed that aspirin, statins, beta blockers and ACE inhibitors are prescribed far too infrequently. They are cheap, preventive medicines that could prevent a huge...
Cognitive changes may predict Alzheimer's disease development more accurately than biomarkers
Compared with changes in biomarkers, changes in cognitive abilities appear to be stronger predictors of whether an individual with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) will develop Alzheimer's disease, according to a...
Study: Many Europeans have mental disorders
(AP) -- Some 38 percent of Europeans, or 165 million people, suffer from mental illness or neurological disorders on a broad spectrum ranging from anxiety to dementia, a new...
Harmless soil-dwelling bacteria successfully kill cancer
Professor Nigel Minton works at the University of Nottingham. A bacterial strain that specifically targets tumours could soon be used as a vehicle to deliver drugs in frontline cancer therapy....
Filling In the Details Wiped Away by a Bike Crash
For a reporter injured in a cycling accident, the worst consequence was a 20-minute hole in his memory.
Vital Signs: Nutrition: A Low-Calorie Meal Is Shown to Pay Off
Some dieters say that eating less at one meal is ineffective, because people compensate by eating more at other meals. Not so, according to a new study.
Vital Signs: Neonatal Deaths Slow, but U.S. Still Lags
Researchers estimated that 3.3 million children under a month old died worldwide in 2009, down from 4.6 million in 1990.
Well Blog: Doctors Use Unproven Treatments for Injured Athletes
Medical experts say tales of multiple futile treatments are all too familiar and point to growing problems in sports medicine, a medical subspecialty that has been experiencing explosive growth.
Regaining control: new study sheds light on incontinence
An Australian study has revealed that as many as one in eight healthy young women have urinary incontinence (UI).
Understanding Oil-Paint Brittleness
Metal soaps may be key to why zinc white turns brittle faster than lead white.
Improbable research: a guide to solving crime by a hair's breadth
FBI forensic guidance combs through the incriminating nature of follicular evidenceDespite its reputation for sporting nearly-identical conservative haircuts, the FBI – the Federal Bureau of Investigation, America's government gumshoes – assembled and published an...
Time for flu shots, and some may get a tiny needle
(AP) -- It's flu vaccine time again - and some lucky shot-seekers will find that the needle has shrunk.
UK officials may take 4 obese kids into custody
(AP) -- Scottish officials say they may take four heavy children away from their parents after warnings to help their kids trim down have apparently failed.
New strategy for treating cancer
Using a strategy based on treating cancer cells that carry a specific genetic signature – hyper-expression of the protein Myc – with therapy that affects the stability of the cell’s...
Living with a smoker increases absenteeism in school children, U.S. study confirms
Children who live in households where they are exposed to tobacco smoke miss more days of school than do children living in smoke-free homes, a new U.S. nationwide study confirms....
Young blood rejuvenates old brains | Mo Costandi | Neurophilosophy blog
The blood of young mice contains proteins that promote growth of new brain cellsA decline in cognitive function is a normal consequence of ageing. Most of us begin to experience mild memory loss...
Congenital malaria affects more children than expected
A study in Colombia has shown that pregnant women are transmitting malaria to their children at a rate up to 15 times greater than was thought.
US confirms serious abuses in trials in Guatemala
The bioethics commission has confirmed that between 1946 and 1948 US physicians committed serious abuses during clinical trials held in Guatemala.
Microwave radiation to be tested to treat malaria
Panamanian researchers have been granted US$1 million from the Gates Foundation to try microwave radiation on mice infected with malaria.
No sign Vietnam mutant bird flu greater threat: UN
A mutant strain of the deadly bird flu H5N1 virus detected in Vietnam does not appear to pose an increased risk to human health, the United Nations said on Monday.
Keeping baby safe in his or her first year
The first year with a new baby is an exciting, joyful time that means big changes for the whole family. However, its also a time when new parents have to...
Coffee could offer key ingredient for new treatments for Parkinson's disease
Scientists from Heptares Therapeutics have used Diamond Light Source, the UKs national synchrotron facility, to understand the structure of a protein involved in Parkinsons disease and other neurological disorders. Their...
Technology gives mixed meaning to labor day celebration
This Labor Day, with unemployment hovering above 9 percent, workers are confronting an enigma. Although there are one-third fewer factory workers than there were only 10 years ago, manufacturing in...
TB relative could be new vaccine
Injecting modified bacteria - related to those which cause tuberculosis - has the potential to protect against the lung disease, say US scientists.
Pharmacists need to provide better information to teenagers on risks and benefits of medicines, review suggests
A large proportion of teenagers regularly and frequently take some form of medication without receiving targeted information about the risks and benefits, according to a review of current research.
Scientists announce human intestinal stem cell 'breakthrough' for regenerative medicine
Human colon stem cells have been identified and grown in a lab-plate for the first time. This achievement, made by researchers of the Colorectal Cancer Lab at the Institute for...