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Can Eating Less at Breakfast Help You Lose Weight?
Cutting back on what you eat at breakfast help you eat less during the rest of your waking hours.
New fitness DVDS for the older set
Richard Simmons, Tannis Kobrinsky, Judi Sheppard Missett and Andrea Metcalf will make you sweat with fitness DVDs.If you need proof that regular exercise is a prescription for a more youthful...
Opposition to healthcare law eases, poll finds
Only about 1 in 4 poll respondents favors repealing Obama's healthcare law.— Hard feelings over President Obama's healthcare overhaul have subsided, with only about 1 in 4 people supporting its...
In the Health Care Fight, a Political Focus on Jobs, With No Simple Answers
For many experts, a better test of the complex law is not its effect on jobs, but whether it will slow the growth of health costs.
Funding gaps leave many schools lacking nurses
Most public schools nationwide do not have a full-time nurse, and one-quarter have no nurse at all. Critics say that puts students' health at risk — and potentially their lives.The...
Can Johnson & Johnson Get Its Act Together?
The drug maker has a daunting task: to persuade consumers to buy its name-brand drugs, despite a string of recalls and quality concerns.
Ageism, Miriam? I also suffer terribly | Huma Qureshi
I know just how Miriam O'Reilly feels – even if I am 24 years youngerI know just how Miriam O'Reilly feels.Last week, O'Reilly very deservedly won her age-discrimination case against the BBC."You're going...
The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk – review
This science-meets-self-help book joins Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers in arguing that talent is as much a product of effort and determination as it is geneticsMozart was nothing special, and Michael Jordan doesn't have magical...
A hugger or a tiger mother: battle of the baby-rearing strategies
A series of new books is likely to open up fresh controversy about the way we bring up our children; some demanding strict, regimented parenting, others a more laid-back approachThe hapless mother...
Recession-related dreams on the upswing
Worries about financial security manifest themselves in dreams that may have psychological — as well as practical — benefits.House foundations are crumbling in our dreams. Instead of the proverbial sheep...
Marijuana Laws And 14th Amendment
the fourteenth amended of the united states constitution was passed after the civil war to provide equal protection to freed slaves under the law and to protect them from discriminatory...
Biotic Games: Using Microorganisms To Stimulate Public Involvement In Science And Improve Biological Research
I admit it: when I sat down with Ingmar Reidel-Kruse, an Assistant Professor in Bioengineering at Stanford University, to discuss a possible rotation project, my first question for him was...
Enhanced early childhood education pays long-term dividends in better health
Intensive early education programs for low-income children have been shown to yield numerous educational benefits, but few studies have looked more broadly at their impact on health and health behaviours....
From Bloody Scene to E.R., Life-Saving Choices in Tucson
In a race to save lives, emergency workers and doctors made split-second decisions and families prayed for information.
It's not just John Bercow – charm is disappearing from public life. About time too | Tanya Gold
Whether in the courtly language of Westminster or the honeyed words of Cameron, it conceals a fundamental dishonestyThere was a fight in the Palace of Westminster this week. It was a small...
Now you see it, now you don't: why journals need to rethink retractions | Ben Goldacre
With errors sometimes perpetuated for years, academics need to know the reason for a paper being retractedSometimes, something will go wrong with an academic paper, and it will need to be retracted...
Learn to love uncertainty and failure, say leading thinkers | Edge question
Planet's biggest brains answer this year's Edge question: 'What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?'Being comfortable with uncertainty, knowing the limits of what science can tell us, and understanding the worth of...
Universities miss chance to identify depressed students, study finds
One out of every four or five students who visits a university health center for a routine cold turns out to be depressed, but most centers miss the opportunity to...
Johnson & Johnson recalls Tylenol, Benadryl lots
Johnson & Johnson announces another voluntary recall, this time involving certain lots of Tylenol, Benadryl and other products.
College’s Policy on Troubled Students Raises Questions
Some experts say the community college that suspended Jared L. Loughner could have done more to help him.
Crazy Is What Crazy Does
It is well known among those who study schizophrenia that speech which does not reflect the true underlying reality produces the kinds of violent and crazy reactions displayed by the...
Well: A Child Psychiatrist Talks About Autism
Dr. Joshua Sparrow of the Brazelton Touchpoints Center responds to readers' questions about autism and sensory processing disorder.
Working In Science
Last week I told you how to get your degree. Now it's time to look at the life of a working scientist. It's time for me to answer oft-asked questions...
Worm Sex
Sperm cells come in all sorts of shapes. After watching hours of hermaphroditic flatworm sex, researchers came up with a theory why: Sexual behavior determines the shape of sperm.
Funky Fonts May Help Students Learn
Relatively tough-to-read fonts improve learning, according to a new study.
Reverence for the heavens
For some, the contemplation of the cosmos is a religious experience. Vatican astronomers say this can lead to profound insights about ourselves and the nature of the universe.
Vital Signs: Behavior: They Report Abstinence, but S.T.D. Says Otherwise
About 10 percent of young adults who tested positive for a STD reported that they had been sexually abstinent for the past year, and half of those said they had...
The dangerous fight for the 'child witches' of Nigeria
Campaigners believe Leo Igwe's recent arrest is part of a wider campaign of harassment and abuse directed at him and his family over his pursuit of justice for children branded 'witches'."Unlike other ministries...