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Garlic may be bad for your breath, but it's good for your baby, according to a new study. This study is the first to identify two compounds derived from garlic -- diallyl sulfide and ajoene -- that significantly reduce t...

New research indicates that extroverted and introverted children respond differently to environmental cues, such as plate size, when it comes to portion control.

People have produced distilled water since ancient times via distillation -- the process of boiling water in a still, then collecting the condensed steam. Impurities get left behind when the water evaporates.

Sepsis, the body's response to severe infections, kills more people than breast cancer, prostate cancer and HIV/AIDS combined. On average, 30 percent of those diagnosed with sepsis die.

Researchers find that misfolded proteins form branched structures, which may have implications for Alzheimer's and other aggregation diseases.

A study finds men regret missing opportunities to have sex, while women feel remorse for having casual, meaningless sex.

Using a pioneering visualization method, researchers made movies of a complex and vital cellular machine called the carboxysome being assembled inside living cells. They observed that bacteria build these internal compar...

Researchers have discovered that, during recent years, several interventions have been introduced aiming to decrease the otitis media burden -- and they've been successful. The researchers found there was a downward tren...

Researchers have found that infants who carry a gene associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer's disease tend to have differences in brain development compared to infants who do not carry the gene. The findings do ...

A new study shows that decreased estrogen levels after menopause are largely unrelated to changes in cognitive ability and mood. It did find, however, a possible link between levels of another hormone -- progesterone -- ...

Four cardiovascular societies provide overview designed to "set the stage" for targeted discussions about technologies' dissemination.

How is the bond between people in love maintained? Scientists have discovered a biological mechanism that could explain the attraction between loving couples: If oxytocin is administered to men and if they are shown pict...

Retroviruses are important pathogens capable of crossing species barriers to infect new hosts, but knowledge of their evolutionary history is limited. By mapping endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), retroviruses whose genes h...

For the past 10 years, U.S. clinicians have been performing unnecessary Pap tests for cervical cancer screening in certain groups of women, according to a researcher.

Barriers to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescents in the U.S. range from financial concerns and parental attitudes to social influences and concerns about the vaccination's effect on sexual behavior, a...

Researchers have successfully targeted T lymphocytes - which play a central role in the body's immune response - with another type of white blood cell engineered to synthesize and deliver bits of non-coding RNA or microR...

Using chest pain characteristics (CPCs) specific to women in the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI, heart attack) in the emergency department does not seem to be supported by the findings of a study rec...

Fewer people plan to travel to visit friends and family this year for Thanksgiving than last year.

The wonders of 3D printing have thrilled entrepreneurs, government officials and the business community. But a few skeptics have warned that there's a dark side to 3D printing -- particularly the ease with which people c...

SpaceX's biggest test will happen Monday with its first geostationary transfer mission. The updated Falcon 9 rocket will launch a commercial satellite into geostationary transfer orbit at 80,000 kilometers, or 49,709.7 m...

People who are genetically predisposed to Alzheimer's disease may have differences in their brains that can be detected as early as infancy, a new study suggests.

A small team at NASA's Ames Research Center has set out to "boldly grow where no man has grown before" - and they're doing it with the help of thousands of children, a robot, and a few specially customized GoPro cameras....