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Drugs industry protecting 'morally unacceptable' patent system Medicine & Health / Other July 17, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| User comments: 10 Major drugs companies are using fierce lobbying tactics to protect a pharmaceutical patent system that is "simply morally unacceptable", a world-leading political philosopher will tell a major meeting of UK and European pharmacologists ...

Study reveals potential reasons for school absenteeism Medicine & Health / Other July 11, 2008 \| User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet A questionnaire of Swiss schoolchildren has revealed the extent of truancy and school fear. The research, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, links truancy ...

New study ties ending moderate drinking to depression Medicine & Health / Other July 08, 2008 \| User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientific evidence has long suggested that moderate drinking offers some protection against heart disease, certain types of stroke and some forms of cancer.

A baby's smile is a natural high Medicine & Health / Other July 07, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The baby's smile that gladdens a mother's heart also lights up the reward centers of her brain, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears in the journal Pediatrics today.

Watermelon may have Viagra-effect Medicine & Health / Other June 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 A cold slice of watermelon has long been a Fourth of July holiday staple. But according to recent studies, the juicy fruit may be better suited for Valentine's Day.

Homosexual behaviour due to genetics and environmental factors Medicine & Health / Other June 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet Homosexual behaviour is largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors, according to findings from the world’s largest study of twins.

Sweat, luck and eureka: Recipes for scientific discovery Medicine & Health / Other June 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 Every week thousands of academic articles heralding discoveries in medicine and science are vetted and validated before being published in no-nonsense journals with names such as "Acta Crystallographica," ...

China seals off quake town over epidemic fears: report Medicine & Health / Other June 28, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 One of the towns worst hit in last month's devastating China earthquake has been sealed off to prevent epidemics from spreading, after having been opened just briefly, state media said Saturday.

Romanian girl can have abortion, panel rules Medicine & Health / Other June 27, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 An inter-ministerial panel in Romania ruled Friday that an 11-year-old girl who became pregnant after allegedly being raped by her uncle can have an abortion.

Salutary pizza spice Medicine & Health / Other June 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 28 vote(s) \| No comments yet Oregano doesn´t only give a Pizza its typical taste. Researchers at Bonn University and the ETH Zürich have discovered that this spice also contains a substance which, amongst other qualities, appears to help cure inflammations. ...

Study uncovers how Ritalin works in brain to boost cognition, focus attention Medicine & Health / Other June 24, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Stimulant medications such as Ritalin have been prescribed for decades to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and their popularity as "cognition enhancers" has recently surged among the healthy, as well

Study in Circulation provides detail on how low blood flow promotes vascular disease Medicine & Health / Other June 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Better understanding of signaling pathway to lead to new therapies Researchers have found the first direct proof that a key protein drives the clogging of arteries in two ways, and that lowering levels of it opens ...

New source of heart stem cells discovered Medicine & Health / Other June 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Finding offers hope of recapitulating developmental events to regenerate tissue Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston are continuing to document the heart's earliest origins. Now, they have ...

Warning for teens: Teeth and jewelry don't mix Medicine & Health / Other June 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Skin piercings might be the rage among teens, but researchers from Tel Aviv University have found good reasons to think twice about piercing one's tongue or lip.

MIT unlocks mystery behind brain imaging Medicine & Health / Other June 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| No comments yet Star-shaped brain cells shown to play key role In work that solves a long-standing mystery in neuroscience, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that star-shaped ...

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Drugs industry protecting 'morally unacceptable' patent system Medicine & Health / Other July 17, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| User comments: 10 Major drugs companies are using fierce lobbying tactics to protect a pharmaceutical patent system that is "simply morally unacceptable", a world-leading political philosopher will tell a major meeting of UK and European pharmacologists ...

Study reveals potential reasons for school absenteeism Medicine & Health / Other July 11, 2008 \| User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet A questionnaire of Swiss schoolchildren has revealed the extent of truancy and school fear. The research, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, links truancy ...

New study ties ending moderate drinking to depression Medicine & Health / Other July 08, 2008 \| User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientific evidence has long suggested that moderate drinking offers some protection against heart disease, certain types of stroke and some forms of cancer.

A baby's smile is a natural high Medicine & Health / Other July 07, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The baby's smile that gladdens a mother's heart also lights up the reward centers of her brain, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears in the journal Pediatrics today.

Watermelon may have Viagra-effect Medicine & Health / Other June 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 62 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 A cold slice of watermelon has long been a Fourth of July holiday staple. But according to recent studies, the juicy fruit may be better suited for Valentine's Day.

Homosexual behaviour due to genetics and environmental factors Medicine & Health / Other June 30, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet Homosexual behaviour is largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors, according to findings from the world’s largest study of twins.

Sweat, luck and eureka: Recipes for scientific discovery Medicine & Health / Other June 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 Every week thousands of academic articles heralding discoveries in medicine and science are vetted and validated before being published in no-nonsense journals with names such as "Acta Crystallographica," ...

China seals off quake town over epidemic fears: report Medicine & Health / Other June 28, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 One of the towns worst hit in last month's devastating China earthquake has been sealed off to prevent epidemics from spreading, after having been opened just briefly, state media said Saturday.

Romanian girl can have abortion, panel rules Medicine & Health / Other June 27, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 An inter-ministerial panel in Romania ruled Friday that an 11-year-old girl who became pregnant after allegedly being raped by her uncle can have an abortion.

Salutary pizza spice Medicine & Health / Other June 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 28 vote(s) \| No comments yet Oregano doesn´t only give a Pizza its typical taste. Researchers at Bonn University and the ETH Zürich have discovered that this spice also contains a substance which, amongst other qualities, appears to help cure inflammations. ...

Study uncovers how Ritalin works in brain to boost cognition, focus attention Medicine & Health / Other June 24, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Stimulant medications such as Ritalin have been prescribed for decades to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and their popularity as "cognition enhancers" has recently surged among the healthy, as well

Study in Circulation provides detail on how low blood flow promotes vascular disease Medicine & Health / Other June 23, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Better understanding of signaling pathway to lead to new therapies Researchers have found the first direct proof that a key protein drives the clogging of arteries in two ways, and that lowering levels of it opens ...

New source of heart stem cells discovered Medicine & Health / Other June 22, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Finding offers hope of recapitulating developmental events to regenerate tissue Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston are continuing to document the heart's earliest origins. Now, they have ...

Warning for teens: Teeth and jewelry don't mix Medicine & Health / Other June 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Skin piercings might be the rage among teens, but researchers from Tel Aviv University have found good reasons to think twice about piercing one's tongue or lip.

MIT unlocks mystery behind brain imaging Medicine & Health / Other June 19, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| No comments yet Star-shaped brain cells shown to play key role In work that solves a long-standing mystery in neuroscience, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that star-shaped ...

Drugs industry protecting 'morally unacceptable' patent system

Study reveals potential reasons for school absenteeism

New study ties ending moderate drinking to depression

A baby's smile is a natural high

Watermelon may have Viagra-effect

Homosexual behaviour due to genetics and environmental factors

Sweat, luck and eureka: Recipes for scientific discovery

China seals off quake town over epidemic fears: report

Romanian girl can have abortion, panel rules

Salutary pizza spice

Study uncovers how Ritalin works in brain to boost cognition, focus attention

Study in Circulation provides detail on how low blood flow promotes vascular disease

New source of heart stem cells discovered

Warning for teens: Teeth and jewelry don't mix

MIT unlocks mystery behind brain imaging

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