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FDA Aims to Study How People Perceive Food Label Information by Tracking Eye Movement 27 Aug 2013 | 07:45 pm
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to know how we read food labels so it better understands how consumers glean information from them. The FDA submitted its request to do studies involvin...
New Screening Procedure Could Help in the Fight Against Ovarian Cancer 27 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
A simple blood test combined with an ultrasound could help doctors catch ovarian cancer much sooner, while it is still treatable, a new report has stated. The report also states that the new screening...
Women Seek Help for Alcoholism Much Earlier than Men: Study 27 Aug 2013 | 06:07 pm
Women seek help for their alcohol dependence five years earlier than men do, a new study from the University of Florida has found. The study used information from 274 men and 257 women in substance ab...
Coffee Drinking Linked To Lower Risk Of Prostate Cancer 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
If you love drinking coffee, then you might find yourself avoiding prostate cancer in the process. A recent study by Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center discovered that males who drink at...
Breastfeeding Mothers Safe To Take Medicine, Says American Pediatrics 27 Aug 2013 | 09:45 am
Good news for moms who are currently breast feeding their babies: A report approved by the US Food and Drug Administration has given them the go signal to take any medication without fear of affecting...
New App Allows you to Donate Power to HIV Research 26 Aug 2013 | 07:43 pm
A new Android app gives users the opportunity to participate in HIV research by donating unused Android device power. The app is called Boinc (for Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) a...
Cerebrovascular Medication Could be Used to Treat Addiction 26 Aug 2013 | 06:57 pm
Ibudilast, which is mainly used to treat cerebrovascular disorders, may be used in the treatment of alcohol dependence. The company that makes the drug, MediciNova, announced that National Institute o...
Emergency Room Visits Connected to ADHD Drugs Rise 26 Aug 2013 | 06:38 pm
The number of emergency room visits per year that are directly tied to stimulant drugs like Adderall, Ritalin and others has skyrocketed in the past few years, quadrupling from 2005 to 2011. Among peo...
DNA From John Lennon’s Tooth Planned As Source Of Beatles Clone 24 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Imagine all the people, living for today… as clones? A dentist by the name of Michael Zuk announced his plans to start a project to clone Beatles member John Lennon. His DNA source: The singer’s tooth...
Psychologist Wants to See Cybersex recognized as an Addiction 23 Aug 2013 | 08:04 pm
Psychologist Suzanne Phillips says despite increasing evidence that cybersex addiction is as real and damaging a disorder as other types of addiction, it is still not included in the the recently publ...
