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New study shows driving hinders talking
It is well known that having a conversation (for example on a mobile phone) impairs one's driving. A new study indicates the reverse is also true: Driving reduces one's ability to comprehend and use language.
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High vitamin D levels linked to lower risk of colon cancer
High blood levels of vitamin D are associated with a lower risk of colon cancer, finds a large European study published by the British Medical Journal.
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Stain repellent chemical linked to thyroid disease in adults
A study by the University of Exeter and the Peninsula Medical School for the first time links thyroid disease with human exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).
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School classroom air may be more polluted with ultrafine particles than outdoor air
The air in some school classrooms may contain higher levels of extremely small particles of pollutants - easily inhaled deep into the lungs - than polluted outdoor air, scientists in Australia and Germany are reporting in an article in ACS' semi-monthly journal Environmental Science & Technology.
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Pregnant women who are overweight put their infants at risk
In recent years, there has been a large increase in the prevalence of overweight and obese women of childbearing age, with approximately 51% of non-pregnant women ages 20 to 39 being classified as overweight or obese.
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First evidence that blueberry juice improves memory in older adults
Scientists are reporting the first evidence from human research that blueberries - one of the richest sources of healthful antioxidants and other so-called phytochemicals - improve memory.
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Going to the gym shouldn't be a workout for your eardrums
Listening to an iPod while working out feels like second nature to many people, but University of Alberta researcher Bill Hodgetts says we need to consider the volume levels in our earphones while working up a sweat.
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Small amounts of lead may damage children's kidneys
Small amounts of lead in the bodies of healthy children and teens - amounts well below the levels defined as "concerning" by the U.
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Brain abnormalities in Parkinson's patients develop before symptoms occur
Scientists who have identified brain networks damaged in Parkinson's disease have new evidence that these systems become abnormal a few years before symptoms appear.
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Sticking to diets is about more than willpower
Many people think the success of dieting, seemingly a national obsession following the excesses and resolutions of the holiday season, depends mostly on how hard one tries -- on willpower and dedication.
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How high can a climber go?
The maximum time an athlete is able to continue climbing to exhaustion may be the only determinant of his/her performance.
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Men feel less guilt - official
Although changing social and cultural circumstances mean guilt has less power today than it once did, a new study has shown that in the West this emotion is "significantly higher" among women.
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How sunlight causes skin cells to turn cancerous
Most skin cancers are highly curable, but require surgery that can be painful and scarring.A new study by Loyola University Health System researchers could lead to alternative treatments that would shrink skin cancer tumours with drugs.
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Coal from mass extinction era linked to lung cancer mystery
The volcanic eruptions thought responsible for Earth's largest mass extinction - which killed more than 70 percent of plants and animals 250 million years ago - is still taking lives today.
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Common anti-inflammatory drug could help prevent skin cancers
Stanford, USA - A widely available anti-inflammatory prescription drug can reduce the risk of a common skin cancer in humans, according to a researcher at Stanford's School of Medicine.
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Obesity now poses as great a threat to quality of life as smoking
As the US population becomes increasingly obese while smoking rates continue to decline, obesity has become an equal, if not greater, contributor to the burden of disease and shortening of healthy life in comparison to smoking.
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Raising kids may lower blood pressure
They turn Dad's hair grey, but children can now take partial credit for the health of Mom's heart. A new Brigham Young University study found that parenthood is associated with lower blood pressure, particularly so among women.
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New virus is not linked to chronic fatigue syndrome, suggests UK research
New UK research, recently published, has not reproduced previous findings that suggested Chronic Fatigue Syndrome may be linked to a recently discovered virus.
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Addictive Effects of Caffeine on Kids Being Studied
Caffeine is a stimulant drug, although legal, and adults use it widely to perk themselves up and being "addicted" to caffeine is considered perfectly normal.
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Exposure to tobacco smoke in childhood home associated with early emphysema in adulthood
Children regularly exposed to tobacco smoke at home were more likely to develop early emphysema in adulthood. This finding by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health suggests that the lungs may not recover completely from the effects of early-life exposures to tobacco smoke (ETS).
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