Angelo Tremblay and his team at Université Laval's Faculty of Medicine made the discovery in a 15-week weight loss program they conducted on obese women. The…
The third edition of The Tobacco Atlas, co-authored by Michael Eriksen, director of Georgia State's Institute of Public Health, lays out a comprehensive…
A dating method developed by a Purdue University researcher allowed a more accurate determination of the age of the Zhoukoudian, China, site of remains of Homo…
“This has got to be a wake-up call for all of us who care about kids,” said Kevin M. Ryan, President of Covenant House. “Half of our kids are reporting…
Until recently, scientists provided fishery managers only such limited data as stock counts and catch estimates, said Charles Greene, Cornell professor of…
In “The Hits Just Keep Coming: How the Recession is Affecting Families and Work,” Hochwarter sought to find out how the financial crisis is affecting people…
In a Canadian study, the presence of nearby parks was strongly associated with girls walking to school and boys engaging in leisure walking. For every…
They also experienced half as many complications after surgery as the patients who did not receive help to give up smoking, with 21 per cent experiencing…
A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) found that men who took a daily folic acid supplement of 1 mg daily had more than…
In a series of four studies, Ebert and co-authors Daniel Gilbert (Harvard) and Timothy Wilson (University of Virginia) use methods of prediction called…
In a paper titled, “Diagnostic Assay Based on has-miR-205 Expression Distinguishes Squamous From Non-Squamous Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma,” researchers…
Patients who successfully undergo cognitive-behavioural therapy for an anxiety or depression disorder can look forward to a significantly improved love life,…
In general, the study found adolescents who participated in regular family meals reported more healthful diets and meal patterns compared to adolescents…
Mice lose their fear of territorial rivals when a tiny piece of their brain is neutralized, a new study reports.The study adds to evidence that primal fear…
Women at increased risk for breast cancer because of the genetic BRCA mutations are more likely to think a prophylactic mastectomy is the best way to reduce…
“Clinicians and patients often struggle with what is the right initial approach to treating Parkinson's disease,” said University of Rochester Medical Center…