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The Millenial Tofu Surprise

13/07/2014

Tofu's new champion recruits are 20-something women who want dishes that are quick, easy to cook and that can help keep them trim...

Bigger Health Warnings Bring Better Results

12/07/2014

Cigarette warning labels can influence a smoker to try to quit even when the smoker is trying to avoid seeing the labels...

Pain Eraser : I’ll Take Two!

11/07/2014

Canadian scientists make a breakthrough in pain relief treatments. Using chili and mice....

Googling Pregnancy Advice

09/07/2014

Following the women's first visit to the obstetrician, many of them still turned to the Internet -- in the form of both search engines and social media -- to find answers to their questions...

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Left-Handers Mostly Born in Winter

08/07/2014

On a monthly average, 8.2 percent of left-handed men were born during the period February to October. During November to January, this number rose to 10.5 percent...

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Ecstasy Implicated in Spinal Aneurism

07/07/2014

Ecstasy could make any pre-existing aneurysms or other arterial abnormalities prone to rupture. Report...

Congratulations! (If you made it to 30)

04/07/2014

More Americans between the ages of one and 30 die from injury than from any other cause...

Watching TV Shortens Lifespan

29/06/2014

As the population ages, sedentary behaviors will become more prevalent, especially watching television, causing additional health problems related to aging....

A Baldness Cure that Works!

27/06/2014

"By eight months there was full regrowth of hair," said co-author Brittany G. Craiglow, M.D....

Cheer Up, or Just Shut Up?

26/06/2014

People with low self-esteem want their loved ones to see them as they see themselves. As such, they are often resistant to their friends' reminders of how positively they see them....

Thinness and the Mediterranean Diet

24/06/2014

Children with a high adherence to a Mediterranean-like diet were 15% less likely to be overweight or obese than low-adherent children...

Sunshine is Addictive

23/06/2014

There is real health value in avoiding sunlight as a source of vitamin D. Boo!...

Smartphones Cause AIDS!

16/06/2014

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”W/dropcapell, who’da thunk it? ‘Smartphone apps carry higher infection risk than online dating sites or clubs’. Even those...

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Dirty Kids Avoid Asthma

10/06/2014

Children free of wheezing and allergies at age 3 had grown up with the highest levels of household allergen...

Fat’s ‘Off’ Switch Found

07/06/2014

Scientists this week reported that a molecular pathway called mTORC1 controls the conversion of unhealthy white fat into beige fat...

Happy Couples Sleep Better

06/06/2014

Couples are more likely to sleep in sync when the wife is more satisfied with their marriage...

How to erase a memory – and restore it

02/06/2014

'We can form a memory, erase that memory and we can reactivate it, at will'. UCSD scientists get god-like....

Men, Brains, Bloodflow. It’s true.

29/05/2014

Hints as to developing differences in behavior in men and women and sex-specific pre-dispositions to certain psychiatric disorders....

Kids : Let ’em walk

27/05/2014

The journey between school and home provides an ideal opportunity for physical activity but it is by no means always taken....

Pregnant and Slave to the Vibe

25/05/2014

Music appears to have an especially strong influence on pregnant women, a fact that may relate to a prenatal conditioning of the fetus to music....

Bacteria Love Aeroplanes

24/05/2014

Disease-causing bacteria can linger on surfaces commonly found in airplane cabins for days...

Appeal to the great spirit by Jim Heaphy

The NHS ‘Permanent Frontier’

24/05/2014

We either acquiesce to the piecemeal destruction of our public services, or we remove all support for those who seek to destroy them....

Screentime Makes Kids Sick

23/05/2014

Regular exercise and avoiding excessive use of electronic media constitute efficient means of preventing type 2 diabetes and vascular diseases...

Films are Better Boozy

22/05/2014

Exposure to alcohol portrayals in the media – including movies, but also advertisements and digital media such as Facebook – can encourage drinking in young people...