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Snoring is bad for the brain
A recent study analysed the brain activity of sleeping people, and found that sleep apnoea impairs brain function.
Delaying retirement may delay dementia
Child Brains Organized Differently Than Adult Brains
Connections in kids' brains located closer than in adult brains.
Specialist: Munro too old to be mother
LONDON, May 17 (UPI) -- A pregnant British woman who turns 67 in July is too old to be a good mother, a pioneer in the fertilization techniques...
Who falls for scams? Not the usual suspects
New research looks into what makes some of us susce
From a Theory to a Consensus on Emissions
Cap and trade, hatched as an academic theory in obscure economic journals, has become the policy of choice in the debate over how to slow the heating of the planet.
2 Studies Tie Disaster Risk to Urban Population Surge
The authors of a United Nations report conclude that the level of vulnerability does not always mirror economic conditions.
Poll: More Americans calling themselves pro-life
NEW YORK (AP) -- A Gallup Poll released Friday found that 51 percent of Americans now call themselves pro-life rather than pro-choice on the issue of...
Speculation, hypothesis and ideas. But where's the evidence?
Happiness Is ... Being Old, Male and Republican
Older people are generally happier, and that's true during the recession, too.
A test to do before you twist
When doing twists, you don't always have to keep your pelvis perfectly still. For some body types, allowing the hips to move slightly is easier and safer on the back....
Framingham study brings health behavior to light
A new look at old data offers insights on how our relationships may affect smoking, overeating and even happiness. ...
Weaklings' Sharper Hearing Helps Them Escape Danger?
Scrawnier people perceive approaching sounds to be closer than fit people do—an evolutionary trait that may give weaklings more time to act, scientists say.
Involved Dads Lower Their Kids' Sex Risks
A new study finds that the involvement of fathers lowers risky sexual behavior in teenagers.
It really may be the best medicine
Talk turned serious -- painfully so, at times -- during the two hours of group discussion.
Picture is cloudy over virtual colon exam
The federal government's decision this week to not reimburse for high-tech colonoscopy exams may pose trouble for emerging companies that specialize in managing complex data from increasingly powerful imaging machines.
Center-based care and insensitive parenting may have lasting effects
A growing number of American children are enrolled in child care and questions remain about how these settings may affect them in both positive and negative ways. A new study...
Prevention program helps teens override a gene linked to risky behavior
A family-based prevention program designed to help adolescents avoid substance use and other risky behavior proved especially effective for a group of young teens with a genetic risk factor contributing...
UN Official Challenges Chemical Industry
Cleanup of old inventory, recommendations for phasing out substances, money sought
Federal grant for postpartum depression study
Heather Rupp, assistant scientist at The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, has received a $423,500 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study...
Man flu: a triumph, or a defeat?
Genes: An extra hurdle to quitting smoking during pregnancy?
Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Bristol, using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children and the Exeter Family Study of Childhood Health,...
Bullet pulled from woman's head in China after 42 years: report
Doctors in southwest China have successfully removed a bullet from a woman's head 42 years after she was shot, putting an end to decades of increasingly unbearable pain, state media...
Hopes of fitting tags to ospreys
RSPB Scotland is harbouring hopes of a successful breeding season at a loch and then tracking the young via satellite.
At 'Geek Heaven,' students are skilled in tech, if not talk
Students at Utah's Neumont University tend to be computer whizzes but social fizzles. The school is nudging them to unplug and connect. ...
Playing For Keeps: Computerized Play Helps Elderly Stay Sharp
Researchers have built a computerized play platform for elderly people. Field testing shows that the system keeps elderly players mentally sharp, stimulates socialization, and can alert caregivers to developing problems.
Urban Thai Monkeys Get Help
Nearly a thousand long-tailed macaques live in Lopburi, near Bangkok, Thailand. Volunteers care for the monkeys when they are sick or injured.Video.