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Automated Analysis Of MR Images May Identify Early Alzheimer’s Disease
Analyzing MRI studies of the brain may allow diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and of mild cognitive impairment, a lesser form of dementia that precedes the development of Alzheimer's by several...
Puberty genes discovered
Australian researchers have discovered the genes that, along with environmental factors, control the onset of a girl's first period.
Study indicates people by nature are universally optimistic
Despite calamities from economic recessions, wars and famine to a flu epidemic afflicting the Earth, a new study from the University of Kansas and Gallup indicates that humans are by...
The Whole World Is Optimistic, Survey Finds
Sunny outlooks are most prevalent in Ireland, Brazil, Denmark, and New Zealand.
'Innocent people are branded as criminals'
DNA pioneer is outraged by government's policy
Early sex often regretted
A recent study found that many girls lost their virginity before they were ready - idealistic expectations and coercion were two factors.
Snoring is bad for the brain
A recent study analysed the brain activity of sleeping people, and found that sleep apnoea impairs brain function.
Therapist bond vital to reform
Contrary to established ideas, recent research suggests that therapists can achieve a useful relationship with violent offenders.
Meth addicts can't read faces
A recent study found that methamphetamine users had trouble reading people's emotions from faces - perhaps a side effect.
Getting scientific about arts education
A new interdisciplinary field researches the effects of learning fine arts on a student's brain. ...
Pharmacologist Furchgott dies
SEATTLE, May 23 (UPI) -- Robert F. Furchgott, whose research earned him a share of a Nobel Prize and helped lead to the anti-impotency drug Viagra, has died,...
'Intoxication' May Not Always Be Visible
One well-known and often deadly consequence of alcohol intoxication is impaired driving. Yet still today, it is difficult for even trained observers to fully identify "intoxication," given that so many...
Binge drinking in childhood and adolescence
German adolescents are top at boozing! In the current edition of Deutsches Aerzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106 (19): 323), Martin Stolle et al. of the German Centre for...
Determining Success Or Failure In Cholesterol-controlling Drugs
Researchers have discovered that a complex network of interactions between drugs and the proteins with which they bind can explain adverse drug effects. Their findings suggest that adverse drug effects...
Money Worries Make Women Spend More
At times of crisis women are more inclined to spend themselves out of misery than at stable times, a new survey suggests. Psychologists say that the recession could force more...
Bitterness as mental illness?
Bitter behavior is so common and deeply destructive that some psychiatrists are urging it be identified as a mental illness under the name post-traumatic embitterment disorder. ...
Celebrated eaglet dies as Web cam watches
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 22 (UPI) -- An eaglet tangled in its mother's feathers fell to its death in Canada as thousands of viewers watched via a Web...
Who will be the next head of UNESCO?
Electing a new UNESCO director-general could be a turning point for its science, but can the candidates meet the challenge?
Former Army Doctor Accused of Research Fraud Takes Leave From University
Dr. Timothy R. Kuklo is a former Army physician who has been accused of falsifying research involving injured soldiers.
Taciturn Armstrong sparks Twitter media boycott
Lance Armstrong's refusal to speak directly to the press at the Tour of Italy has sparked a boycott by some sections of the Italian and anglophone media of the American's...
Patient Money: Getting Healthy, With a Little Help From the Boss
As health costs continue a steep climb, companies are shifting more responsibility for staying well onto their employees, and offering incentives to do so.
The inner worlds of conspiracy believers
Those who subscribe to 9/11 conspiracy beliefs are generally suspicious and inquisitive, a new study suggests.
Saudi Arabia sets up nanotechnology facility
A state-of-the-art research facility in Saudi Arabia aims to stem the region's brain drain and promote nanotechnology research in the Arab world.
Raven teenager gangs play by game theory
Game theory models predicted that young ravens gain the greatest advantage from hunting in a pack. Now the young birds have figured this out for themselves, and form gangs to...
Seeing beyond the invisible
Studies of climate evolution and the ecology of past-times are often hampered by lost information - lost variables needed to complete the picture have been long thought untraceable but scientists...
Jacqui Smith to ban 'legal high' drugs
The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, is to ban two "legal highs" and a range of anabolic steroids in preparation for the London 2012 Olympics.
Brain Power: At the Bridge Table, Clues to a Lucid Old Age
A study of people 90 and over without a trace of dementia has begun to alter understandings of the aging brain.
25 allegedly file fraudulent claims against Medi-Cal
The Southern California residents are suspected of seeking payment from the state for providing in-home care to clients who were in fact dead, hospitalized or in jail. ...