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Read More »Obama’s War on Alzheimer’s: Will We Be Able to Treat the Disease by 2025?
PET image of Alzheimer's patient Government declarations of war on drugs or disease often end in losing battles. [More]
Read More »If It Looks Like a Compliment, and Sounds Like a Compliment…Is It Really a Compliment?
Two weeks ago I was at Science Online 2012, the annual conference for science bloggers and writers in Raleigh, NC. While there, I attended the session on Blogging Science While Female (a more detailed summary of the session can be found here ). At the session, many of the women in the room expressed discouragement at how many comments they have received that, while seemingly complimentary, somehow still felt wrong
Read More »Club drug ketamine cures depression instantly: How?
Some antidepressants take weeks to adjust brain's neurotransmitters while ketamine can within hours
Read More »25 drunkest countries in the world
Countries that consumed the most alcohol per capita, according to 2011 report
Read More »How To Claw Back Privacy Under Google’s New Policy
The step-by-step guide to using Google's best offerings, but spreading your online eggs into more than just one big basket out in Mountain View, California. Google has a new universal privacy policy taking effect March 1.
Read More »No Big Fukushima Health Impact Seen, UN Official Says
* March 11 Fukushima disaster triggered radiation crisis * But evacuations helped reduce any health impact [More]
Read More »Video: "Brazilian Blowout" maker concedes health risks
The maker of a popular line of Brazilian Blowout hair straightening products settled a lawsuit that it misled consumers about the presence of formaldehyde in the products. Bill Whitaker reports on the latest details.
Read More »Follow-Up: MasterCard Is Killing U.S. Credit Card Magnetic Strips, While Pushing NFC Tech
MasterCard has revealed it's finally pushing the EMV system (aka chip-and-PIN) across its U.S. credit card infrastructure. Developed well over 15 years ago, the technology is ubiquitous in Europe to the extent some card readers have issues with visiting American tourists' old-fashioned plastic.
Read More »South Africa recalls 1.35 million defective condoms after giveaway
Condoms given away to thousands found to leak, burst during sex
Read More »"Parasitic twin" found in Peru toddler’s stomach
Doctors found Isbac Pacunda's would-be twin's bones in his stomach, to remove in surgery this week
Read More »Study: Statins work as well for women as men
Research reviewed 18 trials, found drugs decreased risk of heart disease, stroke and death about 20 percent in men and women
Read More »Video: Statins good for women too, study shows
New research indicates the cholesterol drugs known as statins are just as effective for women as men in treating heart disease. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Holly Phillips discusses the new study and what it means for women
Read More »Tech Trends to Watch, from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show
CES 2012: Intel to Power Smart Phones, Create Ultrabook-Tablet Hybrid Devices [More]
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