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Complementary medicines can help mild depression and premenstrual syndrome

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Complementary medicines can help mild depression and premenstrual syndrome. Not all dietary supplements and "alternative" products are harmless though. German Institute urges consumers to be more critical of health claims.





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More effort needed to crack down on 'secret remedies'

Medicine & Health / Other

created 3 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The medical establishment and politicians must do more to crack down on alternative medicine, argues a senior scientist on BMJ.com today.


Make your pets a part of your New Year's resolutions

Other Sciences / Other

created 16 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When drawing up a list of New Year's resolutions, be sure to include your pets, says Lorraine Corriveau, a wellness veterinarian at Purdue University's School of Veterinary Medicine.


Behavior modification could ease concerns about nanoparticles

Behavior modification could ease concerns about nanoparticles

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In an advance that could help ease health and environmental concerns about the emerging nanotechnology industry, scientists are reporting development of technology for changing the behavior of nanoparticles ...


New study links DHA type of omega-3 to better nervous-system function

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The omega-3 essential fatty acids commonly found in fatty fish and algae help animals avoid sensory overload, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. The finding connects low omega-3s to ...


Make your pets a part of your New Year's resolutions

Other Sciences / Other

created 22 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When drawing up a list of New Year's resolutions, be sure to include your pets, says Lorraine Corriveau, a wellness veterinarian at Purdue University's School of Veterinary Medicine.


Researcher develops formula that can ID music industry payola

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A University at Buffalo researcher has invented a statistical method that can detect payola-like corruption in the music industry, a system that gives law enforcement an inexpensive statistical guide to identify potential ...


Couples who do the dishes together stay happier

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A new study published by The University of Western Ontario reveals that couples who share the responsibility for paid and unpaid work report higher average measures of happiness and life satisfaction than those in other family ...


Valuable, rare, raw earth materials extracted from industrial waste stream

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Fierce competition over raw materials for new green technologies could become a thing of the past, thanks to a discovery by scientists from the University of Leeds.


More blood vessels in hormone-resistant prostate tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with advanced prostate cancer are often treated with hormones, but when the tumours start growing again they have more and different blood vessels, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, at the University ...


Malaria cases likely half in third of countries

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Malaria cases appear to have been slashed by half in more than a third of countries battling the disease following a renewed push by the United Nations to eradicate it, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.



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