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11.10.2013 16:03
Researchers from the University of
Pennsylvania have found that "Early to
bed, early to rise" doesn't only make
people "healthy, wealthy and wise" but
also keeps them from putting on extra
weight.
In the study on the largest sample of
healthy adults under controlled
laboratory conditions till...
11.10.2013 15:56
Talking cigarette packets could become the
latest trend to encourage smokers to quit.
Scottish researchers have created talking
packaging to warn addicts of the risks to
their health.
The idea was inspired by tobacco companies
who have been making packaging more
attractive for consumers.
The...
11.10.2013 15:53
The blood clot preventer Eliquis, sold by
Pfizer Inc and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co,
proved as effective as widely used
warfarin in treating a dangerous condition
known as venous thromboembolism and
caused far less bleeding, according to data
from a large clinical trial.
The Pfizer and Bristol-Myers...
11.10.2013 15:51
LONDON - Young children and certain other
people with the AIDS virus should be started
on medicines as soon as they are diagnosed,
the World Health Organization says in new
guidelines that also recommend earlier
treatment for adults.
The advice will have the most impact in
Africa, where nearly 70...
11.10.2013 15:34
The Nobel Committee said it was in
honour of the OPCW's "extensive work
to eliminate chemical weapons".
The OPCW, based in The Hague, was
established to enforce the 1997 Chemical
Weapons Convention.
OPCW director general Ahmet Uzumcu
said the award was a "great honour" and
would spur it on in its...
11.10.2013 15:27
Voiced by Only Fools And Horses star
David Jason, Danger Mouse was the
flagship of Cosgrove Hall Films, based in
a quirky studio in the Manchester suburb
of Chorlton-cum-Hardy.
Vibrant, surreal and deliciously silly, an
astonishing 21 million viewers tuned in
to watch it in 1983, a record for...
27.09.2013 21:32
FILE - In this July 24, 2013, file
photo, Shayanna Jenkins, fiancee of
former New England Patriots NFL
football player Aaron Hernandez,
arrives at hearing for Hernandez at
Attleboro District Courtroom in
Attleboro, Mass. A Massachusetts
prosecutor said Friday, Sept. 27, 2013,
that a grand jury...
27.09.2013 21:25
I made a brief appearance on
HuffPostLive on Wednesday, to talk
about kuru, a human form of mad
cow disease' that is transmitted by
eating infected nervous tissue. It was
for a segment of the broadcast
featuring cast members of We Are
What We Are , a new film about a
family of cannibals, one of...
27.09.2013 21:22
On 6 August 2012, the most
technically advanced geochemistry
laboratory ever sent to the surface of
another planet arrived at Mars. The
audacity of the landing, which
involved using a hovering 'sky-crane'
to lower the car-sized Mars rover to
the ground, captured the world's
attention.
After 100...
20.09.2013 16:08
When President Vladimir Putin recently
banned “homosexual propaganda” in
Russia, he joined sides in a new global
culture war: a struggle to stop the
march of gay rights abroad even as
advocates wave rainbow flags in
America. Now, as the Sochi 2014
Winter Olympics approach, both sides
are bracing...