Study links marital strife to heart disease
2007-10-09 15:05:57
A lousy marriage might literally make you sick. Marital strife and other bad personal relationships can raise your risk for heart disease, researchers reported Monday.
Study ties marital strife, heart disease
2007-10-09 14:59:59
A lousy marriage might literally make you sick. Marital strife and other bad personal relationships can raise your risk for heart disease, researchers reported Monday.
Bird flu virus mutating into human-unfriendly form
2007-10-09 06:35:20
The H5N1 bird flu virus has mutated to infect people more easily, although it still has not transformed into a pandemic strain, researchers said on Thursday.
Scientists: Appendix protects good germs
2007-10-06 09:49:05
Some scientists at Duke University Medical School think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good germs for your gut.
Woman, 60, pregnant with donated embryo
2007-10-04 22:00:52
A 60-year-old woman impregnated in the United States via in-vitro fertilization will become what is believed to be the oldest single mother in Japan to give birth from a donated egg.
Obesity a problem in HIV population
2007-10-04 21:47:41
Early in the AIDS epidemic, people infected with the virus often lost a dangerous amount of weight, at times looking gaunt and ghostly. Today, they are facing the opposite problem.
Scientist invents computer pillow to stop snoring
2007-10-04 16:20:15
A German scientist has come up with a solution for snoring -- a computerized pillow that shifts the head's sleeping position until the noise stops.
Eat fish while pregnant, US coalition recommends
2007-10-04 14:27:27
Women who want to become pregnant, are pregnant or breast-feeding should eat at least 12 ounces of fatty fish such as tuna every week to help themselves and their babies, experts will recommend later on Thursday.
Babies help fight cancer cells in mothers
2007-10-04 08:31:36
Having children could reduce the risk of contracting breast cancer as cells with strong protective characteristics are transferred from the baby in the womb to the mother, a study shows.
Blind people: Hybrid cars pose hazard
2007-10-03 16:27:28
Gas-electric hybrid vehicles, the status symbol for the environmentally conscientious, are coming under attack from a constituency that doesn't drive: the blind.
Life can be sweeter if you cut out the sugar
2007-10-03 11:18:57
Giving up sweets and avoiding vitamins could help you live longer, German researchers said on Tuesday.
Smoking may turn on some genes
2007-10-01 15:14:01
Smoking may turn on some genes in the body in a permanent and harmful way, scientists said in a recent study that may help explain why the risk of cancer remains high even after smokers quit.