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Osama Bin Laden has been proclaimed dead from a gunshot wound to the head.
Read More »The Dangerously Clean Water Used To Make Your iPhone
The ultra-pure water used to clean semiconductors and make microchips would suck vital minerals right out of your body.
Read More »Paul Davies: Physics Could Help Fight Cancer
“Only 10 percent of people die from primary tumors.
Read More »Men think they look better after sex, women worse
Men were more satisfied with their body image after having sex for the first time, while females were less satisfied with their appearance, a new study shows.
Read More »Video: How "Fat Talk" can affect body image
Dr. Jennifer Hartstein spoke with Erica Hill on a recent study from Psychology of Women Quarterly that reports 93% of college women engaged in frequent "fat talk" or speaking negatively their body weight.
Read More »IBM Research: The Semiconductor Industry’s Nanotechnology Can Be Nanomedicine
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a nasty skin infection often picked up at hospitals that can lead to pneumonia and blood stream infections if left untreated.
Read More »6 Steps to Avoiding BPA in Your Daily Life
BPA (bisphenol-A) is a potentially toxic estrogen-mimicking compound used in plastic production that has been linked to breast cancer, early puberty, infertility, and other maladies. It's dangerous enough that it has been banned in baby bottles in Europe, Canada, and even China--but not in the U.S. And it turns out that it's almost entirely unavoidable
Read More »New Drugs for Hepatitis C On the Horizon
Some 3.2 million Americans have chronic hepatitis C , an infection that can linger in the body for years before producing symptoms. It can eventually lead to serious liver scarring and cancer. And most infections in the U.S
Read More »Walnuts have more antioxidants than other nuts
To fight free radicals that can damage our body's cells and cause disease, walnuts are the top nut to eat, according to new research.
Read More »Invisibility cloaks may be just around the corner
In 1897, H.G. Wells created a fictional scientist who became invisible by changing his refractive index to that of air, so that his body could not absorb or reflect light. More recently, Harry Potter disappeared from sight after wrapping himself in a cloak spun from the pelts of magical herbivores.
Read More »Video: Survey: 97 percent of women have body image issues
Erica Hill talks to "Early Show" psychologist and contributor, Dr. Jennifer Hartstein and executive editor of Glamour magazine, Wendy Naugle about a new survey that shows most women have a negative thought about their body every day.
Read More »Can blocking one gene lead to weight loss?
Scientists have identified a chain of chemical reactions that begins with one gene and prompts the body to absorb fat.
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