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Indonesia's 'Tree Man' goes home after wart surgery Medicine & Health / Other August 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 An Indonesian villager dubbed "Tree Man" for massive bark-like warts on his body returned home Monday after doctors removed six kilograms (13.2 pounds) of the growths.

Face transplant patient can smile, blink again Medicine & Health / Other August 22, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- Transplanting faces may seem like science fiction, but doctors say the experimental surgeries could one day become routine. Two of the world's three teams that have done partial face transplants reported ...

Health journalists face translation challenge, researchers find Medicine & Health / Other August 23, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The media constantly inform the public of new health information, but many Americans have difficulty recognizing what they should, or should not do to improve their health. University of Missouri researchers conducted a national ...

Men defy stereotypes in defining masculinity Medicine & Health / Other August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Contrary to stereotypes about sexual performance and masculinity, men interviewed in a large international study reported that being seen as honorable, self-reliant and respected was more important to their idea of masculinity ...

Java gives caffeine-naive a boost, too Medicine & Health / Other August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet New research from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, shows that—for women—the caffeine advantage is indeed everything it's cracked up to be. Females who don't drink coffee can get just as much of a caffeine boost ...

A surprising new strategy helps reduce unhealthy behaviors Medicine & Health / Other August 22, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Public health campaigns intended to reduce unhealthy behaviors like binge drinking and eating junk food often focus on the risks of those behaviors. But a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests a relatively ...

How much risk can you handle? Making better investment decisions Medicine & Health / Other August 22, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Many Americans make investment decisions with their retirement funds. But they don't always make informed judgments. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research introduces a new tool that investors can use to choose ...

Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug Medicine & Health / Other August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? ...

Life under the laser Medicine & Health / Other August 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at The University of Nottingham have developed a unique technology that will allow scientists to look at microscopic activity within the body's chemical messenger system for the very first time, live as it happens.

Stroke incidence declines among Swedish diabetics Medicine & Health / Other August 22, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The incidence of strokes among diabetics in Northern Sweden declined between 1985 and 2003, according to a population-based study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

New concepts in contraception Medicine & Health / Other August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Latest research into dual-purpose contraceptives and non-hormonal contraception will be presented tomorrow at a major scientific conference in Melbourne.

A reason to smile: New immigrants respond best to oral hygiene campaign Medicine & Health / Other August 22, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Tapping into the desire to have an attractive smile is the best motivator for improving oral hygiene, and new immigrants are the most receptive to oral health messages, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer ...

Men defy stereotypes in defining masculinity Medicine & Health / Other August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Contrary to stereotypes about sexual performance and masculinity, men interviewed in a large international study reported that being seen as honorable, self-reliant and respected was more important to their ...

Pre-school age exercises can prevent dyslexia Medicine & Health / Other August 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet A typical characteristics of children's linguistic development are early signs of the risk of developing reading and writing disabilities, or dyslexia. New research points to preventive exercises as an effective means to ...

Health risk behaviors associated with lower prostate specific antigen awareness Medicine & Health / Other August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet According to a study conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, health risk behaviors such as smoking and obesity are associated with lower awareness of the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), which could ...

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Indonesia's 'Tree Man' goes home after wart surgery Medicine & Health / Other August 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 An Indonesian villager dubbed "Tree Man" for massive bark-like warts on his body returned home Monday after doctors removed six kilograms (13.2 pounds) of the growths.

Face transplant patient can smile, blink again Medicine & Health / Other August 22, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- Transplanting faces may seem like science fiction, but doctors say the experimental surgeries could one day become routine. Two of the world's three teams that have done partial face transplants reported ...

Health journalists face translation challenge, researchers find Medicine & Health / Other August 23, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The media constantly inform the public of new health information, but many Americans have difficulty recognizing what they should, or should not do to improve their health. University of Missouri researchers conducted a national ...

Men defy stereotypes in defining masculinity Medicine & Health / Other August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Contrary to stereotypes about sexual performance and masculinity, men interviewed in a large international study reported that being seen as honorable, self-reliant and respected was more important to their idea of masculinity ...

Java gives caffeine-naive a boost, too Medicine & Health / Other August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet New research from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, shows that—for women—the caffeine advantage is indeed everything it's cracked up to be. Females who don't drink coffee can get just as much of a caffeine boost ...

A surprising new strategy helps reduce unhealthy behaviors Medicine & Health / Other August 22, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Public health campaigns intended to reduce unhealthy behaviors like binge drinking and eating junk food often focus on the risks of those behaviors. But a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests a relatively ...

How much risk can you handle? Making better investment decisions Medicine & Health / Other August 22, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Many Americans make investment decisions with their retirement funds. But they don't always make informed judgments. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research introduces a new tool that investors can use to choose ...

Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug Medicine & Health / Other August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? ...

Life under the laser Medicine & Health / Other August 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at The University of Nottingham have developed a unique technology that will allow scientists to look at microscopic activity within the body's chemical messenger system for the very first time, live as it happens.

Stroke incidence declines among Swedish diabetics Medicine & Health / Other August 22, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The incidence of strokes among diabetics in Northern Sweden declined between 1985 and 2003, according to a population-based study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

New concepts in contraception Medicine & Health / Other August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Latest research into dual-purpose contraceptives and non-hormonal contraception will be presented tomorrow at a major scientific conference in Melbourne.

A reason to smile: New immigrants respond best to oral hygiene campaign Medicine & Health / Other August 22, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Tapping into the desire to have an attractive smile is the best motivator for improving oral hygiene, and new immigrants are the most receptive to oral health messages, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer ...

Men defy stereotypes in defining masculinity Medicine & Health / Other August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Contrary to stereotypes about sexual performance and masculinity, men interviewed in a large international study reported that being seen as honorable, self-reliant and respected was more important to their ...

Pre-school age exercises can prevent dyslexia Medicine & Health / Other August 27, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet A typical characteristics of children's linguistic development are early signs of the risk of developing reading and writing disabilities, or dyslexia. New research points to preventive exercises as an effective means to ...

Health risk behaviors associated with lower prostate specific antigen awareness Medicine & Health / Other August 27, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet According to a study conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, health risk behaviors such as smoking and obesity are associated with lower awareness of the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), which could ...

Indonesia's 'Tree Man' goes home after wart surgery

Face transplant patient can smile, blink again

Health journalists face translation challenge, researchers find

Men defy stereotypes in defining masculinity

Java gives caffeine-naive a boost, too

A surprising new strategy helps reduce unhealthy behaviors

How much risk can you handle? Making better investment decisions

Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug

Life under the laser

Stroke incidence declines among Swedish diabetics

New concepts in contraception

A reason to smile: New immigrants respond best to oral hygiene campaign

Men defy stereotypes in defining masculinity

Pre-school age exercises can prevent dyslexia

Health risk behaviors associated with lower prostate specific antigen awareness

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