Yawning Actually Helps You Keep Awake
... films, students were told to inhale and exhale in one of four ways: strictly orally; strictly nasally; orally while wearing a nose plug; or just breathe normally. The results showed that 50 per cent of people told to breathe normally or through their mouths yawned while watching other people yawn, whi...FDA Extends GRAS Approval Listex to All Food Products
...ll Food Products . In the fight against Listeria, one of the most dangerous food pathogens, US food proc..., the disease caused by Listeria monocytogenes, is one of the most severe food borne infections, with a mortality rate of 30%. It can take weeks after expo...Too Much of Videogames Hampers Study Time in Children
...ctivities," NewScientist.com quoted Hope Cummings, one of two researchers who carried out the study, as s... average of 58 minutes per day during the week and one hour 37 minutes on weekends playing videogames, compared with girls who played for 44 minutes per da...Chilean Lake Disappears, Thanks to Global Warming
...l director of Chiles National Forest Service. No one knows what happened.' 'This is the first time ou...,250 miles) south of the capital, Santiago. 'On one side of the Bernardo glacier one can see a large hole or gap, and we believe that's where the water ...... goes down, as compared to beneficiaries with just one disorder. This pattern was clear both for person...reatment system instead of increasing treatment in one settingsuch as the community-based settingand hoping they come there, said Clark. Psychiatric dis...Dengue Surge in Singapore, Man Prosecuted for Breeding Mosquitoes
...breeding mosquitoes. The area is dubbed the number one dengue hotspot in the nation, reporting close to 4...ncy cases, so instead of having immediate surgery, one may have to push the date back until this whole outbreak is over." Mr Khaw said the main problem i...Chemical Injections for Fat Removal
...ed in this study might give us the tools to design one method to remodel fat and another to tackle obesity and metabolic syndrome, Baker said. It is very exciting....Cognitive Test Takers and Score Variation
...e high internal variation, classification based on one assessment could be way off the mark. Salthouse ...many potential levels of performance instead of as one stable short-term level. He proposes the use of a measurement burst procedure that bases understandi...Harnessing Immune System Power Heralds Next Era of Cancer Treatment
...mune system research has enormous potential and is one of the top cancer research projects in Canada. We eagerly anticipate the results," says Dr. Michael Wosnick, executive director of the NCIC. Besides continuing the development of vaccines specifically for breast cancer, the research will involve ex...Combination of Bronchoscopic Techniques is Very Effective for Lung Lesions
...mly assigned to undergo bronchoscopic diagnosis by one of three techniques: EBUS alone, ENB alone, or ENB and EBUS in combination. The diagnostic yieldthe percentage of correct diagnosesof each was then analyzed. If these minimally invasive techniques proved inconclusive, a surgical biopsy, the gold-st...Smashing Times for Stressed Spaniards
...he NH Hoteles chain hatched to kill two birds with one stone: Lay the groundwork for extensive renovation of its establishment on Alcala boulevard while allowing eight stressed out city residents to let off steam. "That's got to be worth 15 years' therapy," says jobless Jorge afterwards. The unemploy...In China, Online Gamers Raking in the Cash
...are quite lucrative. "In just five hours playing one time... I made 2,000 yuan (260 dollars)." Often ...ing your World of Warcraft level raised from level one to 70, the highest, costs 450 dollars -- more than an average worker in Beijing can earn in a month....Nutrition Education Has Proved to Be Futile
...ng to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation study. Not one of the 8,854 ads reviewed promoted fruits or vegetables. The study results come amid reports that the government will fork out over a billion dollars this year to help insure that Americans eat properly. One would just have to take a look at the fi...Patients Find Healthy Vein in Old Austrian Mine
...em. After a bumpy 20-minute ride, they arrive in one of four stations at the "Heilstollen," or "health ... But Bad Gastein organisers say patients are given one day without inhaling radon in between two days of treatment, and say the gas is out of the patients'...Survey Finds Wide HIV Ignorance in the UK
...IV as they have holes that let HIV in. More than one in ten young people believed that kissing spreads ...ght that sweat can also spread the disease. Only one in three people who were surveyed were assured about receiving good sex education at school. Nick ...Anchoring Lives Aboard Warship: Nimitz
...separate dental department that has five dentists, one of whom is Mohammed Kamil, an Indian-American Lieutenant Commander, who was at home for the first time in his life, after leaving the shores when he was 12 years old. This medical department delivers high-quality health care to all individuals on boa...Macrobiotic Diet Made Courtney Love Gain 50 Pounds, Not Lose!
...robiotic diet and adopted a strict no carbohydrate one instead. She also put a lock on her refrigerator t... fixed on it. My daughter Frances has her carbs in one drawer. I don't know where it is. I drink shakes and exercise my [butt] off. Isopure, no carbs two ...Organic Tomatoes may Be Healthier for Your Heart Than Traditionally Grown Ones
...just because organic tomatoes have higher level of one antioxidants, they cannot be claimed to be better than conventionally grown counter parts. "Tomato ketchup has higher levels of lycopene, a strong antioxidant, than tomatoes. So if you wanted lots of lycopene you should eat ketchup, Krebs said....People With Higher IQs are More Patient in Financial Matters
...according to the results of the Bonn study. On the one hand, they can be more successful, due to their cognitive abilities, than their less intelligent contemporaries. On the other hand, they are generally more tolerant of risk and more patient -- two character traits which research shows contribute addi...Pfizer Says Nigerian Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Drug Case
...in 1997 and the drug swiftly became established as one of the most prescribed antibiotics in the US market....