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Could a simple memory workout make you smarter? An intriguing new study by researchers at the University of Michigan suggests it can — a finding that adds a wrinkle to the prevailing notion that IQ is largely fixed by genes. [...] |
Friday is June 17, a day teeming with significance. On this day in 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. In 1972, five guys were arrested for breaking into the Watergate complex. This year, it [...] |
Take a tip from the Canadians. In a new report, the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment recommends five actions that can help parents reduce the most common sources of toxic exposure in their kids. These are simple and [...] |
Americans aren't living as long as they should, given the relatively sophisticated and expensive health care system in this country. That's what the latest report from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington shows. While [...] |
Father's Day, which was invented by a woman, used to be a day when the member of the family who was least often home was celebrated with a gift or card he didn't really want, which was bought with money [...] |
A new study sheds light on why the anesthetic and "club drug" ketamine can relieve depression rapidly — in hours, instead of weeks or months. The findings may help provide new targets for developing antidepressants and increase researchers' understanding of [...] |
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Schoolyard bullies may be more likely to perpetrate physical or sexual abuse against their wives or partners when they grow up, according to a recent study in the Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine. The study found that people who reported [...] |
What happens to your brain as it slips into unconsciousness? A new technique allows researchers to view real-time 3-D images of a patient undergoing anesthesia using the drug propofol, and the findings show that consciousness isn't suddenly switched off, but [...] |
When it comes to preventing pregnancy, the burden falls largely on women. But that responsibility could soon shift, according to new research from Columbia University that raises the tantalizing prospect of a male birth control pill. The key to a [...] |
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