Health
Sexy Women Make Everyone Feel Bad
It's no shock that the portrayal of women in magazines makes women feel like dirt.
Nov 6, 2008
Health
Mitochondria Could Be a Target for Therapeutic Strategy for Alzheimer’s Disease
A study in the Sept. 21 on-line edition of Nature Medicine describes the function and interaction of a critical molecule involved in cell death in Alzheimer’s disease patients.
Nov 6, 2008
Health
Skeleton of 12,000-year-old shaman discovered buried with leopard, 50 tortoises and human foot
The skeleton of a 12,000 year-old Natufian Shaman has been discovered in northern Israel by archaeologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Nov 5, 2008
Uncategorized
Dead famous: Research says 18th century Obituaries Sparked Modern Cult of Celebrity
Research by the University of Warwick shows how death gave birth to the modern cult of celebrity as the sudden rise in the popularity of obituaries of unusual people in the 1700s provided people with the 18th Century equivalent of a celebrity gossip magazine.
Nov 5, 2008
Earth & Environment
'Living fossil' tree contains genetic imprints of rain forests under climate change
A "living fossil" tree species is helping a University of Michigan researcher understand how tropical forests responded to past climate change and how they may react to global warming in the future.
Oct 31, 2008
Health
Could 'The Happening' Actually Happen?
There might just be a way to use a neurotoxin to make people kill themselves... (insert suspenseful music here)
Oct 24, 2008
Health
GlaxoSmithKline & AFFiRiS Sign an Exclusive Licence and Option Agreement for Therapeutic Alzheimer's Disease Candidate Vaccines
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals S.A. (GSK) and AFFiRiS GmbH announced today the execution of a collaboration agreement granting GSK exclusive rights to AFFiRiS's Alzheimer's disease vaccine programmes, aimed at treating Alzheimer's by targeting beta-amyloid.
Oct 23, 2008
Health
Trauma deaths decline at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center after King-Drew Medical Center's closure
While the 2005 closure of King-Drew Medical Center's Level 1 trauma unit in Los Angeles County caused a 54 percent increase in trauma patients at nearby…
Oct 22, 2008
Health
Resveratrol, red wine compound linked to health, also found in dark chocolate and cocoa
Hershey's Center for Health and Nutrition announced the publication of a study that shows resveratrol, the compound often associated with the health benefits of red wine, is also found in cocoa and dark chocolate products.
Oct 14, 2008
Health
All counterterrorism programs that collect and mine data should be evaluated for effectiveness
All U.S. agencies with counterterrorism programs that collect or "mine" personal data -- such as phone, medical, and travel records or Web sites visited --…
Oct 8, 2008
Health
Compassion meditation may improve physical and emotional responses to psychological stress
Data from a new study suggests that individuals who engage in compassion meditation may benefit by reductions in inflammatory and behavioral responses to stress that have been linked to depression and a number of medical illnesses.
Oct 7, 2008
Health
Flu vaccine not associated with reduced hospitalizations or outpatient visits among young children
Use of the influenza vaccine was not associated with preventing hospitalizations or reducing physician visits for the flu in children age 5 and younger during…
Oct 7, 2008
Health
Soothing music significantly reduces stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy
Music therapy can reduce psychological stress among pregnant women, according to research just published in a special complementary and alternative therapy medicine issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Oct 6, 2008
Health
Scientists discover why a mother's high-fat diet contributes to obesity in her children
New research published suggests that pregnant women should think twice about high-fat foods.
Sep 30, 2008