Major complications after abortion are extremely rare, study shows
UCSF research is the first to use complete data on post-abortion care
The Lancet: Combining insecticide spraying and bed nets no more protective against malaria than nets alone
The combined use of spraying insecticide inside homes and insecticide-treated bed nets is no better at protecting children against malaria than using bed nets alone, a study in The Gambia suggests.
Vitamin C may help people who suffer from respiratory symptoms after exercise
Physical activity increases oxidative stress, and therefore, as an antioxidant vitamin C might have particularly evident effects on people who are participating in vigorous exercise.
Researchers identify hormone that reduces calorie burning, contributes to obesity
Researchers from McMaster University have identified an important hormone that is elevated in obese people and contributes to obesity and diabetes by inhibiting brown fat activity.
New therapy holds promise for restoring vision
Hybrid chemical/genetic therapy restores light sensitivity to retina in blind mice & dogs
How Did Life Become Complex, And Could It Happen Beyond Earth?
When astrobiologists contemplate life on nearby planets or moons, they often suggest such life would be simple.
Curiosity Rover’s Mars Crater May Have Cradled Large Lakes
Signs of water on Mars aren’t new, but now scientists think water may have been there for a long time
On Pluto’s Doorstep, NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Awakens for Encounter
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft came out of hibernation on Dec. 6
Viking Women Colonized New Lands, Too
Vikings may have been family men who traveled with their wives to new lands, according to a new study of ancient Viking DNA.
How Placebos Can Help You Run Faster
Just believing that you're blood doping is enough to help you run faster, recent research found.
Formation of life's building blocks recreated in lab
Talk about making an impact. One of the meteorites that slammed into the planet early in its history could have kick-started life: the collision may have generated all four of the bases in RNA.
A One-Way Trip to Mars? Many Would Sign Up
When Seth Shostak, an astronomer who scans the cosmos for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, asks middle school students how many of them want to go to Mars, all hands shoot up.
Bouncy Gait Improves Mood
If you're in an up mood, you may walk more energetically. But a study finds that purposefully walking more energetically may improve your mood. Christie Nicholson reports
Controlling obesity with potato extract
Extract of Irish potatoes, rich in polyphenols, reduces weight gain to a surprising extent
Computer system more effective than doctors at producing comprehensive patient reports
A web-based questionnaire highlights the potential of computers to improve quality of care and medical outcomes by collecting and translating accurate patient data
Yeast are first cells known to cure themselves of prions
Yeast cells can sometimes reverse the protein misfolding and clumping associated with diseases such as Alzheimer's, according to new research from the University of Arizona.
The Mongol army was no match for bad weather
Two storms changed the course of history more than 700 years ago
Most exaggeration in health news is already present in academic press releases
The scientific community has the ability to improve this situation, say researchers
Why treating shoulder pain in baseball pitchers is so difficult
Results of shoulder pain treatments in throwers not as predictable as specialists would like to think
Seasonal flu vaccines boost immunity to many types of flu viruses
Seasonal flu vaccines may protect individuals not only against the strains of flu they contain but also against many additional types
Special K, a Hallucinogen, Raises Hopes and Concerns as a Treatment for Depression
It is either the most exciting new treatment for depression in years or it is a hallucinogenic club drug that is wrongly being dispensed to desperate patients in a growing number of clinics around the country.
Drug developed at Pitt proves effective against antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs'
CVR develops far more effective treatment than antibiotics to inhibit the growth of drug-resistant bacteria
Brain reward circuits respond differently to 2 kinds of sugar
The brain responds differently to two kinds of sugar
Brain inflammation a hallmark of autism, large-scale analysis shows
Johns Hopkins study is largest so far of gene expression in autism brains
Anyone who is good at German learns English better
"A tree must be bent while it is young," as one saying about learning a foreign language goes.
Islet cell transplantation after pancreas removal may help preserve normal blood sugar
Removing all or part of the pancreas and transplanting a patient's own islet cells appears safe and effective in alleviating pain from severe chronic pancreatitis
Added sugars likely to have greater role than salt in high blood pressure and heart disease
Dietary guidelines should focus more on sugar, and less on salt, say doctors
Midriff bulge linked to heightened risk of sudden, often fatal, heart malfunction
Those with highest waist to hip ratio twice as likely to be affected as those with ratio in the normal range
Massive Study Reveals Schizophrenia's Genetic Roots
The largest-ever genetic study of mental illness reveals a complex set of factors
Patients given less blood during transfusions do well
Rutgers-led research finds similar survival rates whether transfusions are large or small
New 'high-entropy' alloy is as light as aluminum, as strong as titanium alloys
Researchers from North Carolina State University and Qatar University have developed a new "high-entropy" metal alloy that has a higher strength-to-weight ratio than any other existing metal material.
Swarms of Pluto-size objects kick-up dust around adolescent Sun-like star
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) may have detected the dusty hallmarks of an entire family of Pluto-size objects swarming around an adolescent version of our own Sun.
Rapid bird evolution after the age of dinosaurs unprecedented, study confirms
The most ambitious genetic study ever undertaken on bird evolution has found that almost all modern birds diversified after the dinosaurs became extinct 66 million years ago.
Researchers detect possible signal from dark matter
EPFL scientists have picked up an atypical photon emission in X-rays coming from space, and say it could be evidence for the existence of a particle of dark matter.
Study supports the theory that men are idiots
Sex differences in risk seeking behaviour, emergency hospital admissions, and mortality are well documented.
Affluence, not political complexity, explains the rise of moralizing world religions
Emergence of world religions  was triggered by the rising standards of living in the great civilizations
Scientists reconstruct genome of common ancestor of crocodiles, birds, dinosaurs
Crocodiles found to have 1 of the most slowly evolving genomes, whereas the pace of genetic change has been much faster in birds
Male and female breast cancers are not identical
Results of the EORTC10085/TBCRC/BIG/NABCG International Male Breast Cancer Program
Patient awakes from post-traumatic minimally conscious state after administration of depressant drug
First reported incidence and possible implications published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience
2,400-Year-Old Coffin's 'Odd' Art Hints at Ancient Egypt's Brain Drain
An ancient Egyptian coffin with strange and amateurish decorations has been revealed, shedding light on a tumultuous period in Egyptian history when the Persian Empire was in control of the region.
Aquilops Americanus – Oldest Species of North American Horned Dinosaur
A team of paleontologists has discovered the oldest “horned” dinosaur fossil from North America.
Massive volcanic eruptions set the stage for dinosaurs’ demise
Deccan Traps spewed over a million cubic kilometers of rock just before impact.
Yarr! Humans evolving to escape from bacterial iron piracy
An evolutionary arms race keeps humans and bacteria right where they started.