Month: October 2011

The female hormone estrogen is known to offer protection for the heart, but obesity may…

Infections picked up in hospital affect almost a third of patients in intensive care, and…

Fluctuations are fundamental to many physical phenomena in our everyday lives. Using a high resolution…

On a continent battered by weather extremes, famine and record food prices, new research documents…

A one-off consultation with a nurse at the end of cancer treatment can make a…

Ever since the Japan tsunami on March 11, 2011 washed millions of tons of debris…

A new study has found that processes that control heart rate play an important role…

Scientists have developed a way to evaluate new treatments for some forms of attention deficit…

Virtual brains modeling epilepsy and schizophrenia display less complexity among functional connections, and other differences…

Should the periodic table bear a warning label in the 21st century or be revised…