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A plant used widely in China is the focus of a national clinical trial that aims to see if it could help treat Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia.
Doctors hope a $1.4 million federal grant will help researchers at the University of North Dakota and MeritCare find a new screening test for bladder cancer.
The first test of a daily pill to prevent HIV infection gave a tantalizing hint of success, but a real answer must await a larger study due out next year.
Nearly 1 in 5 students at two Ivy League schools say they have purposely injured themselves by cutting, burning or other methods, a disturbing phenomenon that psychologists say they are hearing about more often.
Does praying for a sick person's recovery do any good? In the largest scientific test of its kind, heart surgery patients showed no benefit when strangers prayed for their recovery.
Because of its high prevalence of broadband access, South Korea is often considered the world's "most-wired" nation. But a new study of international Internet usage offered evidence that people in other countries are even more connected.
Consumers can find news in many more places these days, but paradoxically are seeing fewer stories covered with less depth, a study issued on Sunday has concluded.
Questioning whether the Bush administration is manipulating science for political ends, Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., called Tuesday for an inspector general's investigation into why federal funding was suspended for a study that goes against White House-supported legislation to speed up logging after wildfires on national forests.
Questioning whether the Bush administration is manipulating science for political ends, Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., called Tuesday for an inspector general's investigation into why federal funding was suspended for a study that goes against White House-supported legislation to speed up logging after wildfires on national forests.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A study of more than 5,000 youngsters in Switzerland has found those who smoked marijuana do as well or better in some areas as those who don't, researchers said on Monday.
Five sure-fire ways to help you stay awake while you're studying, without resorting to coffee or caffeinated energy drinks.
Scientists say 'Sun Major Influence on Earth's Climate' By UPI Oct 23, 2007 - 10:06:21 AM Printer friendly page
A split-second glance at two candidates' faces is often enough to determine which one will win an election, according to a Princeton University study.
Of all the things that shape who we are, few seem more arbitrary than the sequence in which we and our siblings pop out of the womb.
A triple fatality road accident was all in a week's work for remote area nurse John Wright. John works in Aboriginal communities in central Australia and says he expects and accepts stressful and extreme situations such as this.
Here's an evolutionary talking point: Two new studies quantify parts of the mechanism by which frequently used words change slowly over many millennia whereas rarely used words more rapidly take on new forms.
Gossip may do more to shape a person's opinion than facts they know to be true, even when the chit-chat contradicts the evidence, a study released Monday said.
MORE than half a million women, mostly in developing nations, die in pregnancy or childbirth each year, a report today says.
A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition revealed that higher intakes of Vitamin C and linoleic acids in the diet improve skin condition.
Children in the United States do not get recommended health care more than half of the time, according to a new study conducted in Seattle and elsewhere to be published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With global warming, the world isn't just getting hotter. It's getting stickier. It really is the humidity. And people are to blame, according to a study based on computer models published Thursday.
Another study on video games and this one's about the parents! This study, conducted by Information Solutions Group for developer PopCap Games, states that parents are more inclined to allow their sons to play "hardcore" (meaning action-oriented and violent) games more than they …
"There is a culture war in America, but it is about facts, not values," declare the researchers at the Yale Cultural Cognition Project in a new study called "The Second National Risk and Culture Study: Making Sense of-and Making Progress In-the American Culture War of Fact" (full …
The use of Taser stun weapons by U.S. police forces inflicts very few serious injuries, researchers said on Monday, but a leading human rights group was unswayed, pressing its call for a moratorium on them.
If you aren't doing well this semester, you can still turn around or improve your grades over the rest of the semester.
Back in 2001, just 2 percent of consumers were prepared to purchase a vehicle online. That figure has increased tenfold and now sits at around 20 percent, according to the study, titled "Cars Online 07/08".
Lucy King, a zoologist at Oxford University, who led the study, said on Monday nearly all the elephants exposed to recordings of angry buzzing bees ran away immediately, in contrast to pachyderms who heard a recording of white noise.
Sea otters are known as a keystone predator. They eat sea urchins, which feed on kelp, thus maintaining the environmental balance for other species.
While research has consistently shown that the male brain has advantages in spatial skills like geometry, interpreting technical drawings and reading maps, a new study says that playing action-oriented video games can equalize the sexes in that regard.
The Yankee Group could have paid me half of the money that they sunk into this study and I would have told them the same damn thing. Boston-based research firm Yankee Group's note, "Wither Second Life?" states that the virtual world Second Life is stagnating, with the user grow …
ALMOST half of people who suffer depression have chocolate cravings, and most say it improves their mood, an Australian study has found.
A team of scientists says it has found a string of vast, rich forests in an unexpected setting: far below the coral reefs found in the tropical Pacific Ocean. The new forests are made out of kelp plants that harbor a huge range of plants and animals.
ARCELONA, Spain — People who develop cervical or testicular cancer may face another harsh reality: they are more likely to get divorced, a new study says.
It's been the butt of many jokes and it's even proved a successful defence in rape trials. But still little is known about sleepsex – a rare condition that triggers sexual behaviour while sleeping.
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