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The European Union on Monday prohibited the use of X-ray body scanners [1] in European airports, parting ways with the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, which has deployed hundreds of the scanners as a way to screen millions of airline passengers for explosives hidden under clothing.
Read More »EU Resolution to Nudge Higher Goal for Carbon Cuts
By Barbara Lewis and Gilbert Reilhac BRUSSELS/STRASBOURG (Reuters) - European politicians are expected to vote through a resolution on Wednesday that nudges higher the bloc's ambitions to deepen its carbon reduction, ahead of climate change talks this month in Durban, a European Parliament source said.
Read More »More meds mean more erectile dysfunction risk
Men who regularly take several medications are at increased risk for sexual problems , a new study says.
Read More »World’s oddest treatments: "Witch Doctor" gives them a go
From baby mice wine to snake soup, take a look at one daring man's adventure in the name of health
Read More »Bright Exoplanet Lighting Could Indicate Intelligent Life
There's probably no intelligent life in the outer solar system. But it couldn't hurt to check.
Read More »China Forges Ahead in Space Despite Yinghuo-1 Setback
By David Cyranoski of Nature magazine The likely demise of Russia's Phobos-Grunt mission has dashed China's hopes for its first Mars orbiter, Yinghuo-1, which was piggybacking on the larger craft (see ` Russia gets the red planet blues '). [More] Presented By: Grainger aids power outage response.
Read More »Depression Drug Targeting New Pathway Fails to Work Well
By Heidi Ledford of Nature magazine It would not be the first psychiatric drug to run aground in a large study after sailing through early trials. [More]
Read More »EU Lawmakers Call for Action to Protect Bees
By Christopher Le Coq STRASBOURG (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers on Tuesday called for stronger action to protect Europe's bees, saying that the rapid decline in the bee population could affect the growth of important food crops.
Read More »Frequent snacking linked to healthier diet
People who munch on snacks between meals tend to have healthier diets than those who stick to eating only at regular mealtimes, a new study finds.
Read More »Pizza is a vegetable? Congress says yes
Congress wants to keep pizza and french fries on school lunch lines, fighting back against an Obama administration proposal to make school lunches healthier.
Read More »Breast cancer study ties chemo to foggy thinking
Study gives support to breast cancer patients who complain of "chemo brain"
Read More »Prostate cancer tied to birth-control pills, but why?
New research shows high rates of prostate cancer in nations where women rely on oral contraceptives
Read More »"Twilight" Soundtrack Saga: Why There Will Be No "White Wedding" For Bella And Edward
The retail music landscape may be walking dead, but the carefully curated soundtracks to the Twilight franchise are alive and well, thanks to music supervisor Alex Patsavas "marriage" of story and song, featured in the upcoming Breaking Dawn--Part 1. Darkness may have washed over the retail music landscape (RIP, Tower Records ; Fare thee well, Virgin Megastore ), but hordes of teenagers dressed in black and clutching hardcover books nonetheless descended upon Hot Topic stores in malls across America last weekend for a nationally synchronized CD listening party. On November 5th , Twi-hards, those obsessive, dedicated fans of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series and the blockbuster movies it spawned, gathered to listen to the soundtrack to Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn--Part 1, just as they had in 2008 , 2009 , and 2010 .
Read More »Formerly conjoined twins prepare to go home
Angelina and Angelica Sabuco recovering successfully two weeks after their operation
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