30-Aug-2010
Over 50? You probably prefer negative stories about young people
When given a choice, older people prefer to read negative news, rather than positive news, about young adults, a new study suggests.
30-Aug-2010
Smoked cannabis reduces chronic pain
Randomized controlled trial: For people suffering chronic pain, smoked cannabis reduces pain, improves mood and helps sleep, according to new research
30-Aug-2010
Survey says: Genetics affect whether we're willing to take surveys
A new study from North Carolina State University shows that genetics play a key factor in whether someone is willing to take a survey.
Award-winning study: hardening of the arteries doubles the risk of mortality
30 August 2010 Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum
Most patients don’t suspect a thing, and yet they are seriously ill: hardening of the arteries - peripheral arterial disease PAD -
doubles the risk of premature death and serious cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke.
The disease can be diagnosed and counteracted by means of a simple comparison between arm and ankle blood pressure carried out by a GP.
An idle brain may be the self's workshop
Recent research suggests that mind-wandering may be important and that knowledge of how it works might help treat such conditions as Alzheimer's disease, autism, and schizophrenia.
By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times August 30, 2010
Nasca Lines may be giant map of underground water sources
American researcher David Johnson has advanced a theory that Nasca Lines may be related to water.
He thinks that the geoglyphs may be a giant map of the underground water sources traced on the land.
30-Aug-2010
First clear evidence of feasting in early humans
Communal feasting, a social behavior unique and ubiquitous among humans, has been found to begin before the advent of agriculture in human societies
Attractive Therapy: Magnetic Brain Stimulation Gaining Favor as Treatment for Depression
More doctors are turning to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of their patient's brains, but fears of possible seizures may be limiting its growth as a therapeutic tool
By Jim Nash August 30, 2010
People at 'Intermediate Risk' of Heart Disease With Elevated hsCRP Benefit from Statin Therapy, Study Suggests
ScienceDaily Aug. 30, 2010
People at intermediate risk of cardiovascular disease who have high levels of high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), a blood marker for inflammation,
could benefit from cholesterol-lowering therapy even if their cholesterol is already at desirable levels.
31-Aug-2010
Why Americans believe Obama is a Muslim
            There's something beyond plain old ignorance that motivates Americans to believe President Obama is a Muslim,
according to a first-of-its-kind study of smear campaigns led by a Michigan State University psychologist.
They Crawl, They Bite, They Baffle Scientists
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Published: August 30, 2010
Don’t be too quick to dismiss the common bedbug as merely a pestiferous six-legged blood-sucker.
Pivotal Study Finds Link between PTSD and Dementia
31 August 2010 Wiley - Blackwell
More Study Needed to Determine Why Veterans with PTSD Are More at Risk Than Others
31 August 2010 Last updated at 11:58 GMT
Drinking a glass of milk can stop garlic breath
If you are worried about garlic breath, drink a glass of milk, say scientists who claim it can stop the lingering odour.
Why Older People Repeat Stories
By LiveScience Staff posted: 31 August 2010 10:12 am ET
There may be a reason grandparents repeat the same stories over and over again.
According to a new study, older people are more likely than younger people to forget with whom they've shared information.
Homeopathy Shake-Up Goes Global
By Christopher Wanjek, LiveScience's Bad Medicine Columnist posted: 01 September 2010 08:54 am ET
When is a sugar pill deadly? When it is substituted for real medicine, the Japanese public has come to understand.
Psychoactive drugs: From recreation to medication
01 September 2010 by Catherine de Lange
FROM the relaxing effects of cannabis to the highs of LSD and ecstasy, illegal drugs are not generally associated with the lab bench.
Now, for the first time in decades, that is starting to change.
Old star wallows in 'steam bath'
By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News 1 September 2010 Last updated at 17:46 GMT
Europe's Herschel space telescope has looked on as an old giant star wallows in a "steam bath".
Brain Exercises Can Delay Mental Decline, But Then Watch Out
By Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor posted: 01 September 2010 04:07 pm ET
Brain exercises may keep cognitive decline at bay longer, but once dementia hits it mysteriously seems to progress faster than if it hadn't been postponed.
Multiple Sclerosis Activity Changes With the Seasons, Research Finds
ScienceDaily Aug. 31, 2010
New research shows that multiple sclerosis (MS) activity can increase during spring and summer months.
2-Sep-2010
Study challenges value of oxygen therapy in end-of-life care
A new study from Duke University Medical Center says roughly half of patients don't benefit from the palliative care, and among those who do benefit,
it doesn't make a bit of difference whether they get pure oxygen or just plain old room air – both offer equal benefit.
2-Sep-2010
Hormel Institute study reveals capsaicin can act as cocarcinogen
Research links chemical in widely consumed foods to skin cancer
3-Sep-2010
For some women, preventive mastectomies pay off
Study shows women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutations significantly reduce their risk of breast and ovarian cancer with preventive surgeries
3-Sep-2010
Transition metal catalysts could be key to origin of life, scientists report
Scientists propose that an overlooked type of biological catalyst -- metal-ligand complexes -- could have jump-started metabolism and life itself, deep in hydrothermal ocean vents.
Second super-fast flip of Earth's poles found
12:04 03 September 2010
SOME 16 million years ago, north became south in a matter of years. Such fast flips are impossible, according to models of the Earth's core,
but this is now the second time that evidence has been found.
Humans with monkeypox virus cases rocket
15:54 03 September 2010 by Debora MacKenzie
Human cases of an African virus related to smallpox have jumped 20-fold since 1986, far more than anyone suspected.
The researchers who discovered the rise are calling for urgent studies to assess whether it could pose a global threat.
Sep 3rd 2010
Viking Experiment May Have Found Life’s Building Blocks on Mars After All
A new look at data from the Mars Viking landers concludes that the two landers may have found the building blocks of life on the Red Planet after all way back in 1976.
Brainy Worms: Scientists Uncover Counterpart of Cerebral Cortex in Marine Worms
ScienceDaily Sep. 3, 2010
Our cerebral cortex, or pallium, is a big part of what makes us human: art, literature and science would not exist had this most fascinating part of our brain
not emerged in some less intelligent ancestor. But when did this occur and what were these ancestors?
Scientists have now discovered a true counterpart of the cerebral cortex in an invertebrate, a marine worm.
Fears of a Decline in Bee Pollination Confirmed
ScienceDaily Sep. 5, 2010
Reports of a decline in the bee population have aroused speculation that pollination is also declining.
A recent study provides the first long-term evidence of a downward trend in pollination, while also pointing to climate change as a possible contributor.
Scientists Mimic Chloroplasts - Meaning Solar Cells That Fix Themselves
By News Staff September 5th 2010 04:20 AM
A group writing in Nature Chemistry say they have created a set of self-assembling molecules that can turn sunlight into electricity,
in that the molecules can be repeatedly broken down and then reassembled quickly, just by adding or removing an additional solution.