Chest pain is recognized as a symptom of heart troubles, but one out of five…
Month: September 2013
Rare gene variant linked to macular degeneration
An international team of researchers has identified a gene mutation linked to age-related macular degeneration,…
Copper bracelets, magnetic wrist straps fail to help rheumatoid arthritis
Copper bracelets and magnet wrist straps have no real effect on pain, swelling, or disease…
Lifestyle changes may lengthen telomeres, a measure of cell aging
A small pilot study shows for the first time that changes in diet, exercise, stress…
Varenicline helps smokers with depression quit smoking
About half of smokers seeking treatment for smoking cessation have a history of depression. Compared…
Young women with breast cancer overestimate the benefit of having second breast removed
A survey of young women with breast cancer found that many often overestimate the odds…
Study: Improving sex life through yoga
Partner yoga may help couples who are struggling with sexual dysfunction, according to sexual wellness…
How and where imagination occurs in human brains
Philosophers and scientists have long puzzled over where human imagination comes from. In other words,…
What direction does Earth’s center spin? New insights solve 300-year-old problem
Scientists have solved a 300-year-old riddle about which direction the center of Earth spins. Earth’s…
Light steered in new directions: 2-D material could lead to shaped, wavy, curved, and sharply bending ways to steer light
For the first time, researchers have built and demonstrated the ability of two-dimensional disordered photonic…