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Carrots and sticks to promote a healthy lifestyle?
— 16 Sep 2008 18:03 | HealthWhen it comes to deciding whether paying people to make healthier lifestyle changes is a good thing, it seems patient opinion is split right down the middle. Unsurprisingly perhaps,…
Bearded vultures prefer fatty bones according to new study
— 8 Sep 2008 16:50 | BiologyHumans aren't the only ones who like fatty foods - bearded vultures do, too. A study by Antoni Margalida from the Bearded Vulture Study and Protection Group in El Pont de Suert, Spain,…
Potential remedy for the 'mental fog' in cancer patients
— 8 Sep 2008 13:30 | HealthCancer patients have complained for years about the mental fog known as chemobrain. Now in animal studies at West Virginia University (WVU), researchers have discovered that injections…
Can tomatoes carry the cure for Alzheimer's disease?
— 12 Jul 2008 18:39 | HealthThe humble tomato could be a suitable carrier for an oral vaccine against Alzheimer's disease, according to HyunSoon Kim from the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology…
New study says peers at the heart of teen weight concerns
— 2 Jul 2008 16:22 | HealthThe peer groups teenage girls identify with determine how they decide to control their own figure. So reports a new study by Dr Eleanor Mackey from the Children's National Medical Centre…
Apes can plan their needs
— 20 Jun 2008 12:41 | BiologyApes can plan for their future needs just as we humans can - by using self-control and imagining future events. Mathias and Helena Osvath's research, from Lunds University Cognitive…
Study links smoking and body mass index to hearing loss
— 10 Jun 2008 22:30 | HealthSmoking and body mass index (BMI) are risk factors in the development of age-related hearing loss, says one of the largest-ever studies into risk factors for hearing loss - but alcohol…
Seagulls: Are males the weaker sex?
— 7 May 2008 15:39 | BiologyMale seagulls may be more vulnerable to their environment during embryonic development than females, according to Maria Bogdanova and Ruedi Nager from the University of Glasgow in the…
Research shows the age of victims determines how fire ants respond to aggressors
— 9 Apr 2008 08:08 | BiologyPretending to be dead is an effective self-defence strategy adopted by young fire ant workers under attack from neighbouring colonies. This tactic makes them four times more likely…
Use of powerful anticoagulants to prevent pulmonary embolism may actually lead to more deaths
— 1 Apr 2008 12:06 | HealthCurrent US guidelines for the prescription of potent anticoagulants by surgeons who perform joint replacement operations could be doing patients more harm than good, according to Dr…