The Powers of Regenerative Medicine
5/19/2011The field of regenerative medicine is booming, and that has the potential to create advancements most of us would never...
Read MoreForeign Accent Syndrome
5/17/2011Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) affects less than 100 people worldwide, but even so, it's disturbing enough to those who have...
Read MoreCrib Dangers
5/14/2011According to a new study at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio,...
Read MoreStrokes on the Rise in the Young
5/12/2011A new study conducted at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta found that the rate of strokes in children...
Read MoreAre Ethics on the Decline?
5/10/2011Are kids today more self-centered than in past generations? Researchers at MSNBC asked more than 10,000 readers that question, and...
Read MoreCell Phones and Your Brain
5/7/2011A new study has proven unequivocally that the radiation emitted from cell phone antennas alters our brain activity. While these effects...
Read MoreScary HPV Statistics
5/5/2011A new study has shown that approximately half of all adult men are infected with HPV. The participants were residents of...
Read MoreCursing Kills Pain Redux
5/3/2011A few years ago about a study demonstrated that yelling swear words when experiencing pain can actually help the sensation of pain...
Read MoreCoffee’s Stroke Protection
4/30/2011Recent research that took place at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, found that women who have more than one...
Read MoreRadiation Causes Plant & Animal Mutations
4/28/2011Reports coming out of Chernobyl 25 years after the nuclear disaster there attest to this fact. In the 1660-square-mile restricted...
Read MoreMore Fiber Benefits
4/26/2011A study that took place at the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Maryland, found that eating a diet rich in...
Read MoreBabies and Obesity
4/23/2011A recent study that took place at Children's Hospital Boston found that formula-fed babies who are started on solid food...
Read MoreOf Mice and Men…and Baldness
4/21/2011Researchers genetically altered mice so they overproduced a stress hormone called "corticotrophin-releasing factor," or "CRF." In reaction to the increased...
Read MoreHearing Impairment and Dementia
4/19/2011Scientists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland have shown that the worse a person's untreated hearing impairment is, the...
Read MorePass on Prostate Cancer Screening
4/16/2011Last year, the American Cancer Society revised its recommendations about prostate cancer screening. They changed from advising men 40 and...
Read MoreDisease Clusters Exposed
4/14/2011A just-released report by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the National Disease Clusters Alliance identifies 42 "disease clusters" in...
Read MoreAdded Sugar = Added Pounds
4/12/2011A new study shows that for the past 30 years we have been eating more foods with added sugar and, correspondingly,...
Read MoreThe PFC-Menopause Link
4/9/2011The latest study on perfluorocarbons (PFCs) has found that greater exposure to them may cause women to begin menopause years...
Read MoreVideo Games as Vision Tool?
4/7/2011Members of the American Optometric Association are suggesting that the new Nintendo 3DS may be a helpful tool that can...
Read MoreSex, Exercise, and Heart Attacks
4/5/2011A recent study out of Tufts University just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the...
Read MoreTai Chi for Depression
4/2/2011Recent research at the University of California Los Angeles found that taking weekly tai chi classes decreased seniors' incidence of...
Read MoreFighting Cancer with Salmonella
3/31/2011Researchers at the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center in Minneapolis are trying to use salmonella to attack tumors and...
Read MoreFull-Body Airport Scanners
3/29/2011The journal Radiology this month carried two articles by experts regarding airport scanners-- one defending them and one suggesting that...
Read MoreFacebook’s Effects on Self-Esteem
3/26/2011New research conducted at Cornell University shows that Facebook can actually improve your self-esteem…possibly. However, it is pretty hard to imagine...
Read MoreBAI, Better Body Measurements
3/24/2011Researchers at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles recently developed a new method of...
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