'Presumed consent' law by 2015
The Welsh government says it plans to have a new law in place for presumed consent of organ donation by 2015.
Call to watch for dementia signs
Families are being urged to look out for the warning signs of dementia when they visit their elderly relatives.
Why did healthy children fall critically ill in the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic?
Largest study to date finds co-infection with MRSA increased death risk 8-fold; Flu vaccination urged
Excess heavy metals in 10% of China's land: report
Pollution from heavy metals is often blamed for poisoning entire villages and crop-growing land in China
Easily 're-programmable cells' could be key in creation of new life forms
Scientists at the University of Nottingham are leading an ambitious research project to develop an in vivo biological cell-equivalent of a computer operating system.
Group develops method of killing cancer cells with antibodies and light
The National Cancer Institute has developed a type of photoimmunotherapy that combines a light-sensitive dye and antibodies to target and kill cancer cells when light is shined on them
Diversity of cabbage species explained
Plant scientists guess that there is an extremely large genetic variation in cabbage plants
Dancing their falls away
Foxtrot, salsa, rumba! Twice weekly ballroom dancing classes for senior citizens could bring back the balance and strength needed to prevent falls in elderly Australians, according to University of Sydney researchers.
Oral insulin won`t needle diabetics
A team of researchers at Curtin University have found a substitute for insulin to help treat diabetes orally.
UGA researchers develop first mouse model to study important aspect of Alzheimer’s
Hirano bodies are almost indescribably tiny objects found in nerve cells of people suffering from conditions such as Alzheimer's, mad cow and Lou Gehrig's diseases.
Why cooking counts
Study finds cooking increases energy from meat, may have driven human evolution
Sowing the seeds of the obesity epidemic in babyhood
In large study, gains in weight-for-length on infant growth charts predict obesity at age 5 and 10
Really?: The Claim: Drink Eight Glasses of Water a Day to Protect the Kidneys
THE FACTS The old saw about drinking eight glasses of water a day for overall health is widely considered a myth.
Mount Doom: Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You
One of today's most dangerous volcanoes is one you've probably never heard about.
Which way you lean -- physically -- affects your decision-making
We're not always aware of how we are making a decision. Unconscious feelings or perceptions may influence us. Another important source of information - even if we're unaware of it - is the body itself.
Routine iron fortification of infant formula linked to poorer development
Follow-up study lead by University of Michigan shows need for defining optimal amount of iron in infant formula
The story behind the science
Penn physicians point to patient narratives to bolster the case of evidence-based medicine
What the brain sees after the eye stops looking
When we gaze at a shape and then the shape disappears, a strange thing happens: We see an afterimage in the complementary color.
Research targets brain region affected by Parkinson's
Eliminating specific neurotransmitter may improve motor function
Fruit Labels Dissolve Into Organic Soap
A New York-based electrical engineer, who has an idea that could literally clean up the apple's act
Hybrid Grapefruit Busts Drug Interactions
Common grapefruits have a compound that can negatively interact with some medications. A new hybrid grapefruit solves the problem. Katherine Harmon reports
Surgical procedure does not appear to reduce risk of subsequent stroke after 'mini-stroke'
Patients with blockage of the internal carotid artery and hemodynamic cerebral ischemia who had surgery to improve blood flow did not have a reduced rate of stroke after 2 years
Methane may be answer to 56-million-year question
Rice researchers show ocean could have contained enough methane to cause drastic climate change
Malaria's Achilles' heel revealed?
Parasite requires a single receptor to invade human red blood cells
Ancient lunar dynamo may explain magnetized moon rocks
A team of scientists has proposed a novel mechanism that could have generated a magnetic field on the moon
Nigeria's plastic bottle house
Nigeria's first house built from discarded plastic bottles is proving a tourist attraction in the village of Yelwa.
Big, little, tall and tiny: Learning spatial terms improves children's spatial skills
Preschool children who hear their parents describe the size and shape of objects and then use those words themselves perform better on tests of their spatial skills, researchers at the University of Chicago have found.
A gland grows itself
Pituitary develops in a lab dish with chemical coaching
EEG can detect awareness in people previously thought to be in permanently vegetative state
A study shows that using a cheap, portable electroencephalography device awareness can be detected in people previously thought to be in a permanently vegetative state
Kawasaki disease linked to wind currents
First evidence that long-range wind transport of an infectious agent might result in human disease
Whiskers marked milestone in evolution of mammals from reptiles
Research from the University of Sheffield comparing rats and mice with their distance relatives the marsupial, suggests that moveable whiskers were an important milestone in the evolution of mammals from reptiles.
Studies agree on the best blood glucose levels for diabetics with kidney failure
Diabetics with kidney failure shouldn't lower their blood glucose as much as diabetics without kidney failure
Giant planet ejected from the solar system
Just as an expert chess player sacrifices a piece to protect the queen, the solar system may have given up a giant planet and spared the Earth, according to an article recently published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Why do neurons die in Parkinson's disease?
Study of Hereditary Parkinson's Finds That Mitochondria Can't Be Cleared out When Damaged
Lutetia: A rare survivor from the birth of the Earth
A team of astronomers has created the most complete spectrum of an asteroid ever assembled
Gene tweak creates supermouse – and prevents diabetes
Knocking out a particular gene in muscle lets mice run twice as far as normal
Sickle-Cell Anemia Mystery Is Solved
Researchers discover how carriers of the sickle-cell anaemia gene are protected from malaria.
Diseased hearts to heal themselves in future
Oncostatin M regulates the reversion of heart muscle cells into precursor cells and is vitally important for the self-healing powers of the heart
Birth weight predicts physical functioning at age 60
Low birth weight and slow growth increased the risk of poor physical functioning at the age of 60 years
Magnetic Cows Finding Disputed by Researchers
Researchers disagree over replication of study showing that cows line up with Earth's magnetic field.
The methane habitable zone
Saturn's smoggy moon Titan makes scientists question the possibilities for methane-based life
'Smog-eating' material breaking into the big time
Titanium dioxide does a couple of clever tricks that mean we may well be seeing a lot of it in the future
Australian man sues over surgical mistake
An Australian man endured seven rounds of chemotherapy and had 80 percent of his stomach removed after being told he had cancer, only to later learn it was a misdiagnosis, reports said Sunday.
Mirrors can alleviate arthritis
Swapped-hand illusion produces drop in pain ratings, preliminary study shows
Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy live into their 90s
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy  is consistent with survival to normal life expectancy, with demise ultimately largely unrelated to this disease
New way to target - and kill - proliferating tumors
UC San Diego researchers find surprising role for enzyme in tumor cell division and new drug to combat it