Month: August 2012

It is well known that passive smoking is harmful for cardiovascular health, but the mechanism…

Smoking is the most preventable risk factor for cardiac and lung disease and is expected…

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a beautiful image of the globular cluster Messier…

Scientists have developed a rapid-scanning microscope with no loss of quality.

Children drinking from around half the UK’s private water supplies are almost five times more…

Children who are overweight or obese face an increased risk for gallstones, according to a…

Mexican-Americans with an ancestral link to Amerindian tribes were found to have higher insulin resistance…

Sunbathing may be healthy — at least for one group of North American insects, the…

Eating right and exercising hard in space helps protect International Space Station astronauts’ bones, a…

The same type of microwave oven technology that most people use to heat up leftover…