Men are guilt-deficient, while women suffer from destructive guilt largely imposed by society, suggests a recent Spanish study.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:46:40 GMT]
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The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the move will encourage young people to have sex.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:43:11 GMT]
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American film actress Glenn Close has joined a handful of celebrities to have their genome sequenced in the name of science.

[Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:56:36 GMT]
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By scanning your brain, scientists can tell what memory you are recalling.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:14:24 GMT]
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Getting a bit more calcium in your diet could help you live longer, new research suggests.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:04:46 GMT]
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Only half of patients at high risk of heart disease are given the right targets for cutting their cholesterol and millions may suffer heart attack or stroke due to doctors' poor advice, scientists said on Thursday.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:16:12 GMT]
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Women who gain weight too quickly during the first three months of pregnancy are more prone to develop pregnancy-related diabetes, new research shows.
[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:37:28 GMT]
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U.S. regulators said they have found no link between oral bisphosphonate osteoporosis medications such as Merck & Co Inc.'s Fosamax and certain thigh bone fractures.

[Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:56:15 GMT]
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A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests.
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:31:16 GMT]
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Investigators from the CDC successfully used a new tool for the first time ? the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:10:56 GMT]
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Congress is up against a hard deadline for passing health insurance reform legislation. Msnbc.com fact-checks this claim ? and more.

[Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:26:57 GMT]
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A government panel says too many women who want to avoid a second Cesarean-section for child birth are being denied the chance.

[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:30:32 GMT]
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More than 400 passengers were sickened by the norovirus on a Celebrity Cruise lines ship in mid-February. That outbreak of gastrointestinal illness is one of eight to hit cruise ships in 2010 ? with four in just one week, according to the CDC.

[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:38:36 GMT]
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Virginia's General Assembly is the first in the nation to approve legislation that bucks federal health care reforms by banning mandatory health insurance coverage.
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:18:15 GMT]
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Two former Ohio day care workers have been charged with a misdemeanor for slipping an over-the-counter dietary supplement into candy and giving it to their charges to help them sleep at nap time, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:30:04 GMT]
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The company responsible for a ballooning recall of processed foods continued to manufacture and distribute a flavor-enhancing ingredient for a month after tests confirmed it was made with contaminated equipment, according to a Food and Drug Administration report.
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:39:13 GMT]
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Like Alice down the rabbit hole, Olivia Watts sometimes sees people who look as if they have magnified heads or distorted bodies. The 6-year-old has a neurological condition known as ?Alice in Wonderland? syndrome.

[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:03:07 GMT]
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Men are more likely than women to be interested in sex, have sex and enjoy sex, according to new scientific research, which also found people who stay active and healthy enjoy longer sex lives.
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:49:16 GMT]
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Whether it's a grieving dog, a depressed horse or even a whale mysteriously beaching itself, there is a long history of animals behaving suicidally, behavior that can help explain human suicide, says newly published research.

[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:31:35 GMT]
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The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it approved Allergan's botulinum-based drug Botox to treat spasms of the elbow, wrist and fingers.
[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:59:13 GMT]
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The U.S. government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings ? those popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents can sling around their chests to carry their baby.
[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:29:33 GMT]
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Demographers say this year could be the "tipping point" when the number of babies born to minorities outnumbers that of babies born to whites.

[Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:50:34 GMT]
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British dog owners may be forced to microchip their pets and take out insurance, part of a proposed crackdown on the country's dangerous canines.
[Tue, 9 Mar 2010 23:02:48 GMT]
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