Many illnesses humans suffer today may be due to our ancestors’ lack of choice in the mating game.
Originally from BBC News
Ancient inbreeding caused illness
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Memory Training Helps Kids with ADHD
A computer program that improves one type of memory appears to help kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), new study findings suggest.
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Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s, Heart Disease Similar
People who have high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes or who smoke in midlife have a much higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease later on, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
Originally from Reuters
Bird Flu Likely Jumped Between Humans Last Year
A fatally ill Thai girl probably spread deadly bird flu to her relatives last year in what would mark the first documented case of human-to-human transmission of the feared virus, medical investigators said on Monday.
Originally from Reuters
Alzheimer damage ‘reversed’
Scientists have reversed the damage caused to the brain by Alzheimer’s disease during tests on mice.
Originally from BBC News
Woman Gives Birth to Giant Baby
A woman in northeastern Brazil has given birth to what one doctor called a “giant baby,” a boy weighing 16.7 pounds.
Peanuts rich in ‘good chemicals’
Peanuts are rich in cancer-preventing chemicals, researchers have found.
Originally from BBC News
Homes Need Carbon Monoxide Detectors, CDC Says
More than 15,000 Americans get sick from carbon monoxide every year and the odorless, toxic gas kills 480 people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.
Originally from Reuters
Why some people entice mosquitoes
Scientists believe they have discovered the reason why mosquitoes find some of us more tasty than others.
Originally from BBC News
Folic Acid May Prevent High Blood Pressure
Folic acid supplements, widely used by women to prevent birth defects, also may fight hypertension in women, perhaps because they relax blood vessels, researchers said on Tuesday.
Originally from Reuters
Raising HDL May Limit Heart Disease Progression
For people with low levels of “good” (HDL) cholesterol and coronary disease, treatment aimed at increasing HDL levels is worthwhile, researchers report.
Originally from Reuters
Migraine linked to heart defect
Doctors are starting a trial to examine whether there is a link between migraines and a heart defect.
Originally from BBC News
Exposure of Pregnant Mother To Pollution Increases Child’s Cancer Risk
Exposure to environmental pollution while in the womb might increase a child’s risk of cancer, a study suggests.
Originally from BBC News
Eye Test Can Diagnose ADD
A simple eye test can diagnose attention deficit hyperactive disorder in children, scientists say.
Originally from BBC News
Children get burned and scalded in the kitchen
Everyone knows to be careful about the temperature of bath water for young children, but surveys have found that parents are less careful in the kitchen, and more children are scalded in the kitchen than in the bathroom.