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Jan 15, 2010 2:16 PM CST

New Find Adds Centuries to Age of Bible

Artifact from 1000 BC shakes up timetable

(Newser) - The discovery last year of Hebrew writing on a piece of pottery from the 10th century BC may mean the Bible is hundreds of years older than previously thought, researchers say. Similarities in language and content indicate that portions of the Hebrew Bible were written before the commonly accepted date...

Mental Health Problems
Jump Among Young

STUDY SAYS

Jan 11, 2010 11:50 AM CST

Mental Health Problems Jump Among Young

Researchers think influence of pop culture is to blame for anxiety, etc.

(Newser) - Today's high school and college students are five times more likely to suffer from mental health issues than their counterparts who lived during the Great Depression. A study of responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory administered between 1938 and 2007 shows a fivefold increase in categories like anxiety and...

Kids With Autism Don't
Need Special Diet: Docs

Jan 4, 2010 3:37 PM CST

Kids With Autism Don't Need Special Diet: Docs

Report calls for more research, brings relief to some parents

(Newser) - Children with autism are not particularly prone to digestive issues, and special diets have no effect on the condition, new research shows. Digestive problems do affect kids with autism, but a specific malady called “leaky gut” or “autistic enterocolitis,” says a report out today. The findings refute...

Breastfeeding
May Protect
Mom's Heart

STUDY SAYS

Dec 22, 2009 2:22 PM CST

Breastfeeding May Protect Mom's Heart

Lactation linked to decreased risk of heart ailments later on

(Newser) - Mothers who breastfeed their children can expect a personal benefit down the road: A new study has found they are five times less likely than women who don't breastfeed to develop calcification in their major arteries—build-up whose presence "might lead to symptomatic heart disease," one of the...

Pregnancy Boosts
Awareness of Bad Vibes

study says

Dec 22, 2009 12:03 PM CST

Pregnancy Boosts Awareness of Bad Vibes

Researchers say finding fits with protective evolutionary adaptation

(Newser) - Women get wiser to the emotional states of upset and angry people around them as their pregnancies progress, perhaps as a way for mothers-to-be to recognize threats. A study asked women to identify the emotions of people in a set of photographs in their first trimester and again near the...

Pregnant Obese Women
Told to Gain No Weight

Dec 15, 2009 11:10 AM CST

Pregnant Obese Women Told to Gain No Weight

New study will try to eliminate extra pounds for healthier mom and baby

(Newser) - The changing tides of pregnancy and weight research have yielded a novel program that hopes to produce healthy moms and babies: the no-weight gain pregnancy for obese women. A 4-year study will provide expectant mothers with dietary support to keep extra pounds to zero, or at least under 3% of...

Green Buying Leads
to Bad Behavior

STUDY SAYS

Dec 8, 2009 12:52 PM CST

Green Buying Leads to Bad Behavior

After earning 'moral credits,' subjects more likely to cheat, steal

(Newser) - The satisfaction people get from purchasing environmentally friendly products is apt to lead to other selfish, even morally repugnant decisions later, writes Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow on Slate . It's not just the complacency that comes from thinking you've done your part for the planet, however insignificant. It's something researchers call "moral...

AIDS Linked to Ancient Tiger

Dec 7, 2009 9:08 AM CST

AIDS Linked to Ancient Tiger

Feline DNA found in virus

(Newser) - Researchers have found a strand of feline DNA in the AIDS virus, leading them to believe that the virus was incubated in a tiger thousands or millions of years ago. They speculate that the tiger may have bitten a monkey, setting in motion the viral evolution that would ultimately lead...

Loneliness Is Communicable

STUDY SAYS

Dec 1, 2009 12:13 PM CST

Loneliness Is Communicable

Feel bad, friends feel bad—but only for 3 degrees of separation

(Newser) - Lonelyhearts of the world unite—your malaise may not be the fault of your particular situation, but rather that of contagious ill-feeling. A new study finds that loneliness is infectious—lonely neighbors that interact regularly with those next-door pass on increased loneliness. So “you can use your friends to...

Chinese Gene Mapping
Links Dialects, Disease

Nov 30, 2009 3:40 PM CST

Chinese Gene Mapping Links Dialects, Disease

Study of 8,200 Chinese from north and south shows .3% variation

(Newser) - A massive gene study of ethnic Chinese in the north and south of the country has revealed key divergences that correspond to dialect groups and could account for some hereditary diseases. The study of 8,200 people from 10 provinces and Singapore found significant variation in .3% of the genome,...

New Erectile Dysfunction
Cure: Shockwaves

Nov 24, 2009 1:45 PM CST

New Erectile Dysfunction Cure: Shockwaves

Researchers say it could provide a longer-term fix

(Newser) - Sure, Viagra works, but you’ve got to keep taking it. In the quest for a more permanent solution, Israeli scientists have hit upon an unusual idea: shockwaves. The application of low-energy waves to the penis helped men for at least 3 months. The treatment is intended for those whose...

Txting Sunscreen
Rmnders Werx :)

STUDY SAYS

Nov 23, 2009 2:40 PM CST

Txting Sunscreen Rmnders Werx :)

Digital prodding pays off with increased usage: researchers

(Newser) - Just 20% of adults use sunscreen regularly, a distressing number for skin cancer specialists. But far more can receive text messages, and people who receive a daily text message instructing them to slap on the Coppertone are surprisingly likely to pay attention. More than half followed through when they received...

Transcendental Meditation Slashes Heart Attack Risk

STUDY SAYS

Nov 18, 2009 1:17 PM CST

Transcendental Meditation Slashes Heart Attack Risk

Listen to Maharishi, cut risk of heart disease ills 50%

(Newser) - Transcendental Meditation's tangible—and significant—health benefits have been confirmed by another pair of heart-disease-related studies. In one, a nine-year look at black Americans with heart disease, those who practiced TM had a 50% lower risk of heart attack, stroke, and death compared to a control group using traditional preventative...

Due Soon: Three-Parent Babies?

Nov 13, 2009 9:08 AM CST

Due Soon: Three-Parent Babies?

Scientists create one embryo from eggs of two women

(Newser) - Moving one step closer to creating three-parent babies, scientists successfully fertilized a single egg made from those of two women. Though the Japanese team did not try to implant the embryo, there is hope the technique could one day be used to correct genetic problems or ease infertility: IVF is...

Today's Hot
Dieting Tool:
Breast Feeding

Nov 12, 2009 3:03 PM CST

Today's Hot Dieting Tool: Breast Feeding

Study shows breastfeeding women slim faster

(Newser) - It's not the most PC thing to admit, but more and more moms are jumping on the breast-feeding wagon for the love of their...waist, reports Catherine Saint Louis for the New York Times. "For those incredibly shrinking women, the time they nurse is precious not only for its...

Retire, Feel
8 Years
Younger

STUDY SAYS

Nov 9, 2009 3:28 PM CST

Retire, Feel 8 Years Younger

Freedom melts away maladies—if you're French

(Newser) - Retirement is great medicine, new research shows. A study of French workers for 7 years before and after they punched the time clock for the last time indicates health increases dramatically after retirement. Reports of poor health drop from 19.2% in the year before retirement to 14.3% the...

Informal Pics Capture Real You: Study

Nov 9, 2009 2:14 PM CST

Informal Pics Capture Real You: Study

'Spontaneous' photos reveal personality better than posed shots

(Newser) - The way you pose for photos telegraphs your personality and can even change the way other people interpret it. Photo subjects were rated on 10 personality traits through self-description and interviews with friends, and researchers then let study participants loose. Though self-esteem and extraversion come across easily, traits like likeability...

On Calif. Coast, Great Whites Lurk Closer Than You Think

shark alert

Nov 4, 2009 11:48 AM CST

On Calif. Coast, Great Whites Lurk Closer Than You Think

Turns out they winter off beaches, in 'Frisco Bay

(Newser) - The great white shark population in the eastern Pacific Ocean has a more regimented migratory schedule than previously thought—and one which brings the predators much closer to shore than was previously believed. Researchers in California tracked 179 great whites over 10 years, using acoustic tags and satellite info. Rather...

Biased?
Harvard
Wants to Know

Nov 1, 2009 5:57 AM CST

Biased? Harvard Wants to Know

Web test tries to suss out implicit prejudice via picture exercise

(Newser) - Do you have a subconscious love of gays—or hatred of white people? There's an app for that. Actually, it's a website that's part of a study by Harvard, the University of Virginia, and the University of Washington. “Project Implicit” gathers personal information, then puts you through a 15-minute...

Men Prefer
'Normal' Weight Women

eye of the beholder

Oct 29, 2009 11:08 AM CDT

Men Prefer 'Normal' Weight Women

Pictures of faces give info about subjects' health, too

(Newser) - Celebrity culture and body image issues aside, women of “normal” weight are by far the most attractive to the opposite sex. College-age men asked to rate headshots of their counterparts judged women in the normal weight range more attractive. “This sends a strong message to all the girls...