Those who rely on these programs face daily shortages of fresh and healthy foods, which lead to poor diet choices, nutritional deficiencies and health…
Salman Hyder, a University of Missouri researcher, has found that a compound in parsley can stop certain breast cancer tumor cells from multiplying and growing.
Liposuction has become one of the most popular plastic surgeries in the country. It has been around since 1974 and there are now more than 450,000 operations a…
In the first comprehensive study of autism prevalence using a total population sample, an international team of investigators from the U.S., South Korea, and…
The Con Edison Green Roof, which is home to 21,000 plants on a quarter acre of The Learning Center, retains 30 percent of the rainwater that falls on it. The…
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, Americans are spending about half their food budget in restaurants. As it is widely known, food…
When a person's ego is threatened—by doing poorly on a task, by being told they're not as good as they hoped—people sometimes repair their self-worth by…
Dr. Robert Whitaker and Rachel Gooze of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University, and Dr. Sarah Anderson of The Ohio State University…
New findings from University of Utah School of Medicine researchers show that the retrovirus called XMRV is not present in the blood of patients who have…
• According to a new study by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and ESCP Europe Business School Berlin, coordinating international development, production and…
The use of CT has grown exponentially which brings into question the level of radiation exposure to patients. Recently the International Commission of…
Most Canadian teenagers are expected to make their own decisions, while Chinese adolescents are still heavily influenced by their parents, according to a study…
Implementing this protocol is particularly important for patients with diminished kidney function says Dr. Ozden Narin, presenting author for this study. “In…
“Currently, 1.6 billion adults are overweight or obese worldwide and over 50 percent of adults in the United States and Europe fit into this category,” said…
CT venography of the pelvis during CT pulmonary angiography does not improve the detection of VTE, says Dr. Charbel Ishak, lead author for this study. He…
“We like to think of babies as 'ordinary miracles,'” said Victor Bernstein, a research associate at the School of Social Service Administration at the…