19-Jul-2010
Can blocking a frown keep bad feelings at bay?
Your facial expression may tell the world what you are thinking or feeling. But it also affects your ability to understand written language related to emotions, according to research published in the July issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
19-Jul-2010
MDMA (Ecstasy)-assisted psychotherapy relieves treatment-resistant PTSD
First completed clinical trial results out today in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. MDMA (±3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as Ecstasy), may one day offer hope for individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), even people for whom other treatments have failed.
19-Jul-2010
Microbicide trial results a turning point for HIV prevention, says team testing same gel
CAPRISA 004 finds tenofovir gel used before and after sex reduced HIV by 39 percent in women; daily gel use being tested in VOICE
What protects farm children from hay fever: The protective substance slumbers in cowshed dust
19 July 2010 Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum
RUB researchers publish their findings in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Researchers from Bochum have isolated the substance in cowshed dust that possibly protects farm children from developing allergies and allergic asthma, namely the plant sugar molecule arabinogalactan.
July 19, 2010
Lake Superior, a Natural Global Warming Gauge, Is Running a Fever
This year, the waters in Lake Superior are on track to reach--and potentially exceed--the lake's record-high temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit
July 19, 2010, 10:46 am
Numberplay: Rare Coincidences Are Very Common!
By PRADEEP MUTALIK
A set of problems exploring how common rare coincidences really are, and why.
July 19, 2010
Polio: Setbacks in a Mostly Successful Fight to Eliminate a Paralyzing Disease
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
The battle to eliminate polio, which has been more than 99 percent successful and has hovered on the verge of victory for a decade, has sustained new setbacks.
Vital Signs
Risks: Depression Linked to Later Dementia
By RONI CARYN RABIN
Published: July 19, 2010
A new study suggests that people with depression are significantly more likely to develop dementia later in life.
Personal Best
With This Rinse, Performance Improves
By GINA KOLATA
Published: July 19, 2010
Exercise scientists say they have stumbled on an amazing discovery. Athletes can improve their performance in intense bouts of exercise, lasting an hour or so, if they merely rinse their mouths with a carbohydrate solution. They don’t even have to swallow it.
20-Jul-2010
High doses of ursodeoxycholic acid ineffective for NASH patients
Drug fails to improve overall liver histology compared to placebo
20-Jul-2010
New hypothesis for human evolution and human nature
Paleoanthropologist proposes that the interdependency of ancestral humans with other animal species -- "the animal connection" -- played a crucial and beneficial role in human evolution over the last 2.6 million years
Where the Wild Veggies Are
Cultivated Cucumber and Melon Originated in Asia and Australia
ScienceDaily (July 21, 2010)
Of Bugs and Brains: Gut Bacteria Affect Multiple Sclerosis
ScienceDaily (July 20, 2010)
Biologists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have demonstrated a connection between multiple sclerosis (MS) -- an autoimmune disorder that affects the brain and spinal cord -- and gut bacteria.
Male fetuses ignore their stressed-out mothers
    * 15:00 20 July 2010 by Wendy Zukerman
Male fetuses ignore their mothers' response to stress – unlike females, which are very sensitive to it.
July 19, 2010
Adventures in Very Recent Evolution
By NICHOLAS WADE
In the last few years, biologists peering into the human genome sequences have found increasing evidence of natural selection at work in the last few thousand years, leading many to assume that human evolution is still in progress