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Early exposure to cow's milk has benefits: study | Reuters
Posted by admin 74 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)Gates Foundation gives $1.5 bln for women's health | Reuters
Posted by admin 92 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledged $1.5 billion on Monday in a joint push with the United Nations to improve the health of women and children, while launching a lobbying effort to get governments and other non-profit groups on board.
More Sleep Could Improve Athletics, Academics : NPR
Posted by admin 93 days ago (http://www.npr.org)
New research adds to a growing body of evidence showing the perks of a good night's sleep.
A study from researchers at Stanford University finds that extra hours of sleep at night can help improve football players' performance on drills such as the 40-yard dash and the 20-yard shuttle.
A study from researchers at Stanford University finds that extra hours of sleep at night can help improve football players' performance on drills such as the 40-yard dash and the 20-yard shuttle.
BBC News - WHO swine flu experts 'linked' with drug companies
Posted by admin 96 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Key scientists behind World Health Organization advice on stockpiling of pandemic flu drugs had financial ties with companies which stood to profit, an investigation has found.
The British Medical Journal says the scientists had openly declared these interests in other publications yet WHO made no mention of the links.
It comes as a report from the Council of Europe criticised the lack of t
The British Medical Journal says the scientists had openly declared these interests in other publications yet WHO made no mention of the links.
It comes as a report from the Council of Europe criticised the lack of t
Extra mutations help flu evade drug | Reuters
Posted by admin 96 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
Two extra mutations set the stage for the seasonal influenza virus to evolve into a form that now resists three of the four drugs designed to fight it, researchers reported on Thursday.
Caffeine addicts get no real perk from morning cup | Reuters
Posted by admin 98 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
Caffeine addiction is such a downer that regular coffee drinkers may get no real pick-me-up from their morning cup, according to a study by British scientists.
Bristol University researchers found that drinkers develop a tolerance to both the anxiety-producing and the stimulating effects of caffeine, meaning that it only brings them back to baseline levels of alertness, not above them.
Bristol University researchers found that drinkers develop a tolerance to both the anxiety-producing and the stimulating effects of caffeine, meaning that it only brings them back to baseline levels of alertness, not above them.
Labor inductions may be boosting rate of earlier births | Reuters
Posted by admin 99 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
The rate of induced labor among U.S. pregnant women nearly doubled between 1992 and 2003 -- a trend that seems to have pushed more births to the earlier end of full-term, a new study finds.
The 4 Stages of Fear, Attacked-by-a-Mountain-Lion Edition
Posted by admin 102 days ago (http://discovermagazine.com)
Fight and flight are part of the brain's automatic system for dealing with life-threatening situations—but there's more to the story.
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