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Music Lessons During Childhood may Speed Up Brain Development in Kids

February 15, 2013

A new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience reveals that giving music lessons to young children before they turn seven may help speed up their brain development. According to the study, conducted by researchers at Concordia University and McGill […]

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Brain Cancer: Could Cellphones Be a Possible Cause For It?

February 15, 2013

The existence of more than 7 billion cellphones in use around the world leaves us with one question that lingers in our heads. How harmful are the radiofrequency emissions to our health? So-called observational studies, which have looked at large […]

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Alcohol Abusers’ Depression Often Related to Drinking: Study

February 15, 2013

According to a study in the March issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs for problem drinkers, bouts of depressive symptoms are often the direct result of their heavy alcohol intake. Experts have long known that heavy […]

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Artificial Sweetener and Table Sugar may Not Increase Fatty Liver Disease: Study

February 14, 2013

In humans, consumption of both high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and sucrose (table sugar) does not increase fat – a leading cause of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The findings also added to an already well-established body of science that […]

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Study Says Fewer Men Leads to More Babies in Poor Areas

February 14, 2013

In poor communities, women who outnumber men are likelier to have babies at a younger age, shows study. The findings are a useful tool for understanding unwanted teen pregnancies, its authors believe. Researchers at Britain’s University of Portsmouth compared birth […]

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Chocolates Bust Bad Mood

February 13, 2013

Chocolates contain a number of compounds that bust your bad mood and infuse energy, say researchers. It explains how a bar of chocolate contains hundreds of compounds, many with beneficial properties. For instance, it improve your mood, and not just […]

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No Link Between Work Stress and Cancers: Research

February 12, 2013

Work-related stress is highly unlikely to be a cause for the development of colorectal, lung, breast or prostate cancers, say researchers. Around 90 percent of cancers are linked to environmental exposures, and while some exposures are well recognised (such as […]

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Genetically engineered virus kills cancer: Study

February 12, 2013

A genetically-engineered virus tested in 30 terminally-ill liver cancer patients significantly prolonged their lives, killing tumours and inhibiting the growth of new ones, scientists reported on Sunday. Sixteen patients given a high dose of the therapy survived for 14.1 months […]

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Drug That Treats Low-grade Ovarian Cancer Developed

February 11, 2013

Researchers have provided the first evidence of a drug that shows a relatively high response rate for low-grade ovarian cancer patients. In the first-targeted therapy clinical trial for low-grade serous ovarian cancer, eight out of 52 (15 percent) patients had […]

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Common Cold And Flu Related Myths Busted

February 8, 2013

Flu and other viruses are wreaking havoc on people’s busy lives. Many people are wondering if some cold myths are true in desperate hope to keep viruses at bay. Dr. Andrew Bonwit, pediatric infectious disease expert at Loyola University Health […]

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