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Jan 31, 2013

Organic Tomatoes Have More Vitamin C

Organically grown tomatoes are more nutritious in some ways than the conventionally grown variety, a new study from Brazil suggests. The results show that organically grown tomatoes, while smaller, have higher levels of vitamin C as well as more plant phenols, a class of compounds that act as antioxidants, than...

Jan 31, 2013

Genetics: The Study of Heredity

A chart shows the dominant and recessive traits inherited in successive generations of guinea pigs. (Image credit: Public domain)Genetics is the study of how heritable traits are transmitted from parents to offspring. Humans have long observed that traits tend to be similar in families. It wasn’t until the mid-nineteenth century...

Jan 31, 2013

Weight, Lack of Exercise Raise Risk of Colorectal Cancer

The heavier a person is and the less exercise he or she does, the greater the likelihood of developing a specific type of colorectal cancer, a new study finds. Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston analyzed data on weight and physical activity from questionnaires sent every two years...

Dec 31, 2012

Russia in a Froth? Beer Now Labeled as Alcohol

In a desperate effort to control runaway alcoholism, the government of Russia has officially declared beer is an alcoholic beverage. While this may sound obvious to many, beer and other beverages containing less than 10 percent alcohol were previously categorized as food, according to the British newspaper the Daily Telegraph....

Dec 31, 2012

Big Tobacco: Geneticists Create a Plant That Can't Stop Growing

In the comedy Little Shop of Horrors, a carnivorous plant named Audrey Jr. grew nonstop by feasting on unsuspecting human beings. In a somewhat more benign development, researchers in Germany have developed tobacco plants that also can't stop growing. Under normal conditions, the tobacco plant has a rather uninspiring lifespan....

Dec 31, 2012

Daddy's Sexism May Influence Daughter's Ambitions

NEW ORLEANS — Dads who have egalitarian ideas about gender — and who walk the talk by doing household chores themselves — have daughters with higher workplace ambitions than less egalitarian fathers do, new research finds. The research is correlational, so it doesn't prove that fathers' attitudes are the cause...

Dec 31, 2012

Car Crashes More Deadly for Obese Drivers

Obesity increases the risk of death during car crashes, a new study suggests. In the study, obese drivers — those with a body mass index (BMI) between 30 and 35 — were 20 percent more likely to die during a car crashcompared to normal-weight individuals. Morbidly obese individuals — those...

Dec 31, 2012

Erectile Dysfunction Raises Risk of Hospitalization for Heart Woes

The more severe a man's erectile dysfunction is, the greater his risk of being hospitalized for heart problems, a new Australian study finds. Among men in the study who had no history of heart disease, those with moderate erectile dysfunction (ED) were 23 percent more likely to be hospitalized for...

Nov 30, 2014

Zepp Golf Swing Analyzer: Sports Tracker Review

The Zepp sensor is a small, wearable device that clips onto the top of your golf glove, and tracks all of the components of your swing — including club speed, swing plane, hip rotation, tempo and backswing position. The device is an option for any golfers who want a few...

Nov 30, 2014

Tech that Checks Your Vital Signs Could Find What Docs Miss

The cause of a stroke can sometimes be a mystery. And people may suffer a stroke and never know it; for example, a person who goes to the hospital because they fainted may appear normal on every test, and have a heart that beats like a clock. That's partly because...

Nov 30, 2014

Raw Milk is Not Safe (Op-Ed)

This article was originally published on The Conversation. The publication contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Milk is a highly nutritious food, and an important source of amino acids and minerals such as phosphorus and calcium, which contributes to bone health. Historically, milk was prone...

Nov 30, 2014

Dystextia: Garbled Phone Text May Be Sign of a Stroke

A woman's garbled text message to her son had an underlying message: She was having a stroke. Her case, published last month in the journal BMJ Case Reports, is now the fourth reported incident in which garbled texting, similar to slurred speech, was a symptom of a stroke. Doctors are...

Nov 30, 2014

Jawbone UP Move Fitness Tracker Review

Jawbone's new UP Move fitness trackers will track your steps taken, distance traveled, calories burned and hours slept, and can motivate fitness newbies to see whether their daily activities translate into lax or rigorous workout routines. There are two ways to wear the UP Move, a circular device not much...

Nov 30, 2014

Weight Training Helps Keep Men's Waistline from Expanding

People who lift weights every day may accumulate less belly fat over the years, compared with people who spend the same amount of time doing aerobic exercises, according to a new study. The results come from a study among men. Combining weight training and aerobic activity, which is particularly beneficial...

Nov 30, 2014

Smartphone Use Reveals Brain's Plasticity

All that texting is changing your brain. A new study shows that the delicate, repetitive finger movements that people use on their smartphone's touch screen result in a change in the brain's sensory-processing area. The findings suggest that a common, daily activity such as smartphone use could teach scientists about...