Study Links Syria Conflict to Drought Made Worse by Climate Change
Drawing one of the strongest links yet between global warming and human conflict, researchers said Monday that an extreme drought in Syria between 2006 and 2009 was most likely due…
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Drawing one of the strongest links yet between global warming and human conflict, researchers said Monday that an extreme drought in Syria between 2006 and 2009 was most likely due…
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BY LISA RAPAPORT Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:11pm EST (Reuters Health) – Phone support can help ease postpartum depression, a small study suggests, offering an option for mothers who are…
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The bacteria, C. difficile, is typically found in hospitals, but a study out Wednesday reports a substantial number of people contracted the bug who hadn’t been in a hospital, but…
Sea levels across the Northeast coast of the United States rose nearly 3.9 inches between 2009 and 2010, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Arizona…
I spend most Sunday afternoons hanging out with elementary and middle school kids, simplifying fractions, playing Connect Four and getting reacquainted with the basic rules of spelling. I recently learned…
I spend most Sunday afternoons hanging out with elementary and middle school kids, simplifying fractions, playing Connect Four and getting reacquainted with the basic rules of spelling. I recently learned…
Current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines recommend annual low-dose CT screening for adults age 55 to 80 who have smoked 30 pack-years (one pack a day for 30 years),…
A pedestrian is fatally struck by a motor vehicle every two hours on average in the U.S. But a new study suggests that it may be possible to cut down…
For some opponents of the HPV vaccination, the line of thinking goes like this: Give young women a shot to protect them from certain strands of the most common sexually…
About 2 percent of American children are allergic to peanuts, a figure that has more than quadrupled since 1997 for reasons that are not entirely clear. There have also been…
Money won’t necessarily make you happier — but a new study suggests your chosen profession might. – (via Michael Page).
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For those plagued with peanut allergies, protection may eventually come in the form of a patch worn on the skin, a new study suggests. Read the whole story at TODAY.com
AMHERST, Mass. — Word of the new policy spread through Facebook, text messages and emails, leaving consternation and fury in its wake. The state’s flagship campus had announced this month…
AMHERST, Mass. — Word of the new policy spread through Facebook, text messages and emails, leaving consternation and fury in its wake. The state’s flagship campus had announced this month…
Are fat people less likely to win on Jeopardy? Of course not. Yet people sill believe that the obese make less competent game show contestants, according to a research paper…
JAIPUR, India — Indian officials this week scrambled to cope with a rise in cases of the flu, which they say has sickened thousands of people and caused the deaths…
BANGKOK — The world’s best drug for treating malaria, a medicine that is the key to saving millions of lives in Africa and beyond, is losing its efficacy in a…
Long-married couples, if things have gotten a little dull in the bedroom over time, take heart. A new study says that after around 50 years of marriage, your sex life…
By now, many of us, beset by bad weather and declining motivation, are struggling to maintain our New Year’s exercise resolutions. But a timely new study offers encouragement, suggesting that…
The aquatic, dome-shaped creatures that are found clinging to rocky shores have set a new record previously held by spiders. “Until now we thought that spider silk was the strongest…
WASHINGTON — Doctors typically wait until smokers are ready to quit before prescribing pills to help them do it. But a new study has found that even for those who…
Conventional wisdom has it that hot flashes, bursts of intense warmth and sweating that afflict up to 80 percent of middle-aged women, last a few years. But they can actually…
Astronomers have long known that comets are cosmic snowballs with a soft interior and hard surface. But the exact composition of that surface — and how it forms — has…
NEW DELHI — For years, this sprawling city on the Yamuna River had the dirtiest air in the world, but few who lived here seemed conscious of the problem or…
People who die of Ebola probably remain infectious for at least a week after death, according to a new study. The findings underscore how important it is to safely handle…