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18 June 2013
Aspirin appears to fight cancer by slowing DNA damage
Aspirin is known to lower the risk for some cancers and a new study offers a possible explanation - aspirin slows the accumulation of DNA mutations in abnormal cells...
18 June 2013
Testosterone for memory gets thumbs-up from Aussie researchers
Postmenopausal women showed improvements in verbal learning and memory after receiving treatment with testosterone gel, according to the results from a new study...
17 June 2013
Scientists question effectiveness of green coffee bean weight-loss
Chlorogenic acid, the major ingredient in "miracle" weight-loss green coffee bean dietary supplements, doesn't prevent weight gain in laboratory mice...
14 June 2013
Popular sleep meds could make PTSD and anxiety worse
Sleep researchers have identified how the brain consolidates emotional memories during sleep and found that widely-used sleeping pills heighten the recollection of, and response to, negative memories...
12 June 2013
Hot flashes before menopause unexpectedly common
A surprising new survey has revealed that more than half of middle-aged women who still have regular menstrual cycles have hot flashes...
11 June 2013
Facebook a mirror for narcissists
Facebook is a mirror and Twitter is a megaphone, according to a new study exploring how social media reflect and amplify narcissism...
9 June 2013
Cheerful women are not associated with leadership, say business researchers
If you thought a happy disposition, negotiation skills, and networking strengths were the most important attributes for a business career you'd be wrong...
6 June 2013
Stress making middle-aged women ill
Swedish scientists say that in nearly half of all the cases studied, long-term stress suffered by women leads to some form of physical complaint...
5 June 2013
Online dating makes for happier marriages
Around half of the marriages between 2005 and 2012 began online, according to new research, which also found that couples who met online have happier, longer marriages...
4 June 2013
Promiscuous women rejected as friends
Young women judge promiscuous females more negatively than more chaste women and view them as unsuitable for friendship, finds a study from Cornell University...
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