Happiness, anger and heart defects
Mothers of babies born with serious heart defects are no less happy six months after birth than mothers of healthy babies.
View ArticleFast or slow prostate cancer?
Some types of prostate cancer progress so slowly that the patient never requires treatment. The challenge now is to find out which patients need treatment and
View ArticleLonger heartbeats could shorten lives
Hearts with longer intervals between each ventricular contraction and relaxation face an increased risk of death. But probably only if you are male.
View ArticleThe obese and physically handicapped are as happy with their looks as the fit...
People learn to accept their bodies, even if they are far from the ideal body portrayed in commercials and glossy magazines.
View ArticleTalking can help heal crash victims
Patients admitted to casualty wards are less prone to develop post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depression if followed up with nurse-led therapeutic
View ArticleTreating lumbar pain physically and mentally
Removing the fear of acute aches and changing ways we move can reduce sick leaves resulting from lower back problems.
View ArticleGuts match the surface area of a studio apartment
Our gut feeling can go down the drain when it comes to guessing the size of some of our innards.
View ArticleHow important is the nose?
New experiments show how important the human nose is to our appearance.
View ArticleYoung Somali girls want modern circumcision
Attitudes toward traditional circumcision are changing in Somalia, but new forms may be replacing the old.
View ArticleScientists clash: Is there an exercise hormone?
Norwegian researchers claimed that the so-called exercise hormone irisin is merely a myth. Now the discoverers of irisin are fighting back, writing that they
View ArticleFacial mites reveal where you come from
Facial mites have always been with us. A new study uses them to find out who we are, and where we come from.
View ArticleResearchers are looking for young impotent men
Can acupuncture have as a potent an effect as Viagra and Cialis? Norwegian researchers want to know. First they have to get hold of some young men with erectile
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