As top officials from the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized countries gather in Germany for their summit meeting today, the main United Nations agency dealing with AIDS urged them to show continued leadership on the issue.
Most Americans and others are not taking enough vitamin D, a fact that may put them at significant risk for developing cancer, according to a landmark study conducted by Creighton University School of Medicine.
As baby boomers age and women with young children return to the work force, families are increasingly turning to paid workers to care for children and elderly parents and grandparents. Yet those direct care and child care workers receive low wages, change jobs often, lack health insurance, and live in low-income families at a greater rate than all female workers, according to a new policy brief by the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
When is a lie not a lie? The question of how people lie and how to detect lies is of great interest to both scientists and the public. Deceptive behaviour involves risktaking, understanding the perspectives of others, their intentions and goals, as well as assessing and adjusting information on the basis of their reactions.
Risk is a ubiquitous component of the natural world and human life. Although some amount of risk-taking behaviour is desirable and essential for human survival and advancement, excessive risk-taking may underlie pathological conditions such as drug-abuse and compulsive gambling.
Findings suggesting that some major aspects of our personalities are determined by structural differences in our brains are being presented at the 2007 OHBM annual conference.
News that scientists have derived cells that behave like stem cells from the skin of a mouse is a major scientific breakthrough that underscores the need to continue human embryonic stem cell research, The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) said.
Eating smart, not eating less, may be the key to losing weight. A year-long clinical trial by Penn State researchers shows that diets focusing on foods that are low in calorie density can promote healthy weight loss while helping people to control hunger.
The Canadian Cancer Society is recommending a specific amount of Vitamin D supplementation for Canadians to consider taking. This first-time recommendation is based on the growing body of evidence about the link between Vitamin D and reducing risk for colorectal, breast and prostate cancers.
There is no good reason to deny insurers access to genetic information, argues a Professor of Ethics in a debate published in this week?s BMJ.