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Best intentions: The presence of healthy food can lead to unhealthy choices

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

More restaurants and vending machines offer healthy choices these days, so why do Americans' waistlines continue to expand? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that some efforts to control eating may ba ...





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A potential anti-ulcer herb medicine: Rocket 'Eruca sativa'

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gastric ulcer is an illness that affects a considerable number of people worldwide. Although the introduction of proton-pump inhibitors to the classic anti-ulcer therapy has revolutionized treatment of peptic ulcers and other ...


Give thanks to the bee

Give thanks to the bee

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When we sit down to give thanks at the traditional Thanksgiving dinner, we should also be thanking the honey bee.


Super-sizing great for your wallet but not your waist

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 06, 2008 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

From mega mugs of soda that don't even fit into the average car cup holder to jumbo orders of fries that could feed an elephant, many fast-food restaurants are offering super-sized portions that appear to be easy on the pocketbook.


Scientists develop new cancer-killing compound from salad plant

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 13, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (56) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Washington have updated a traditional Chinese medicine to create a compound that is more than 1,200 times more specific in killing certain kinds of cancer cells than currently ...


New Way To Predict Drug Side Effects

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Predicting the side-effects of a drug is not simple task. The human body has more than 1,500 molecules that are known to be involved in various diseases, and often a drug designed to hit one of these targets will also hit ...


Long-term testicular cancer survivors at high risk for neurological side effects

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Long-term survivors of testicular cancer who were treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy had more severe side effects, including neurological side effects and Raynaud-like phenomena, than men who were not treated with ...


You might be 'fluphobic' if ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The moment it became clear that I was on the verge of a full-blown case of the disease, I was gazing at an ATM keypad.


Study confirms that cannabis is beneficial for multiple sclerosis

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Cannabis can reduce spasticity in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. A systematic review, published in the open access journal BMC Neurology, found that five out six randomized controlled trials reported a reduction in spa ...


Glaxo's swine flu shot may give kids fever

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The European Medicines Agency warns that young children given GlaxoSmithKline's swine flu shot may get a fever after their second dose.


Research Finds Ritalin's Benefits in Treating Children with Autism

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UA researchers present evidence that the Ritalin is effective in treating preschoolers with Autism in a first-ever clinical trial to test the medication's efficacy with children with the disorder.



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