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Researchers: Societal control of sugar essential to ease public health burden

Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of UCSF researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million ...

Health created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (9) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Researchers search for culprit behind dry eyes, mouths and more

Researchers want to find the main culprit behind the dry, irritated eyes, mouth, throat, skin, nose and more afflicting 1-3 percent of the population.

Medical research created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Everyone's a little bit racist, but it may not be your fault, study suggests

Everyone's a little bit racist, posits the song from the musical Avenue Q. But it may not be your fault, according to research in the latest edition of the British Journal of Social Psychology. In looking for the culprit as to ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genes linked to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder

Broad sweeps of the human genome have exposed genetic mutations that boost the risk of the devastating yet baffling diseases of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to two studies published Sunday.

Genetics created Sep 18, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

EU offers 2.1 mln euros to research new killer E.coli

The EU is to invest 2.2 million euros in research on the new killer E.coli strain which infected almost 4,000 people and left 51 dead across Europe and caused massive losses to vegetable farmers.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers discover key to making cancer-killing peptides

Researchers from Aalto University have found the mechanism of action for cancer-cell-killing peptides. This breakthrough is expected to lead to better medication, in particular better treatments for leukemia, ...

Cancer created May 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Four Loko effect

The popular, formerly caffeinated, fruity alcoholic beverage, Four Loko, has been blamed for the spike in alcohol-related hospitalizations, especially throughout college campuses.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New understanding of chronic otitis media may inform future treatment

In most children with chronic otitis media, biofilms laden with Haemophilus influenzae cling to the adenoids, while among a similar population suffering from obstructive sleep apnea, that pathogen is usually absent, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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