Antibody treatment that shrinks human tumors in mice could lead to cancer cure
By Krista Conger (Inside Standford Medicine) Human tumors transplanted into laboratory mice disappeared or shrank when scientists treated the animals with a single antibody, according to a new study...
View ArticleEven eating small amounts of fast foods is linked to depression
(EurekaNet) According to a recent study headed by scientists from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of Granada, eating commercial baked goods (fairy cakes, croissants,...
View ArticleNew male birth control procedure said to be 100% effective, completely...
By Dave Smith (International Business Times) A promising new birth control treatment — for men, not women — looks to be the future of contraception. It’s safe, relatively uninvasive, 100 percent...
View ArticleExtract of Chinese herb kudzu reduces alcohol consumption
(McLean Hospital) An extract of the Chinese herb kudzu dramatically reduces drinking and may be useful in the treatment of alcoholism and curbing binge drinking, according to a new study by McLean...
View ArticleDespite false headlines, study confirms that old people smell less, not more
All over the Internet today, you’ll see headlines confirming that old people smell different. Why, yes, they do, but not the way the headlines imply. From the actual study ”Old-age group were rated as...
View ArticleRomney’s business-friendly regulatory policy blamed for meningitis outbreak
By Craig Unger (Salon) The fatal meningitis epidemic sweeping the United States can now be traced to the failure of then-Gov. Mitt Romney to adequately regulate the Massachusetts pharmaceutical company...
View Article‘Smoke-free’ laws lead to fewer hospitalizations and deaths
By Elizabeth Fernandez (EurekaNet) Laws that end smoking at work and other public places result in significantly fewer hospitalizations for heart attacks, strokes, asthma and other respiratory...
View ArticleJuan Cole: Department of Justice should attack vote suppression not medical...
By Juan Cole (Informed Comment) Progressives will have to push Obama to the left if we are to get what we want. As for positive accomplishments, here are a few we should pressure him and Congress on:...
View ArticleTeacher told to train her breasts not to make milk from 7 a.m to 1 p.m.
By Claudia Meléndez Salinas (Herald) A former teacher at the Carmelo School has filed a lawsuit against the school and the Carmel Unified School District for discrimination and wrongful termination for...
View Article54% are pro-choice, 38% anti-abortion in Rasmussen poll
(Rasmussen) More voters than ever now identify themselves as pro-choice when it comes to abortion, and most rate the issue as important to how they vote. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone...
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