San Diego, CA, August 3, 2010 -- Although the prevalence of obesity and obesity-attributable deaths has steadily increased, the resultant burden of disease associated with obesity has not been well understood.
Aug 3, 2010
The numbers of top-level predators in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, such as halibut and swordfish, have decreased significantly over what existed…
Aug 2, 2010
An international science team involving the University of Colorado at Boulder that is working on the North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling project hit bedrock…
Aug 2, 2010
A program pairing healthy young adults with urban middle school students helped the adolescents adopt healthy habits, active lifestyles and a healthy weight, according to a new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Aug 2, 2010
ITHACA, N.Y. -- In the quest for efficient, cost-effective and commercially viable fuel cells, scientists at Cornell University's Energy Materials Center have…
Aug 2, 2010
Numerous radiology practices were able to significantly reduce the radiation dose associated with multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scans by…
Aug 1, 2010
Researchers at one of the top five hospitals in the United States have developed an advanced search tool called the Queriable Patient Inference Dossier (QPID)…
Aug 1, 2010
DARIEN, Ill. -- A study in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that a dose of extra sleep on the weekend may be good medicine for adults who repeatedly stay up too late or wake up too early during the workweek.
Jul 31, 2010
DARIEN, Ill. -- A study in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Sleep suggests that regularly sleeping for more or less than seven hours per day is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
Jul 31, 2010
DARIEN, Ill. -- A study in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that at 2 to 4 weeks of age male infants are easier to arouse than females during quiet sleep, and by 2 to 3 months of age there are no significant gender differences in arousability.
Jul 31, 2010
DALLAS -- July 31, 2010 -- Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered a key step in the creation of new red blood cells in an animal study.
Jul 31, 2010
At dusk, a car stops at a checkpoint in Afghanistan. It is a tense moment for all.
Jul 30, 2010
(CHICAGO) -- Results from a new study suggest that oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may yield additional benefit of protecting against the formation and rupture of brain aneurysms in women.
Jul 30, 2010
Meeting Discussion With regard to dark matter, Smoot himself did not follow through by describing the mechanism by which tiny particles dictate what the…
Jul 30, 2010
