Those who worship a higher power often do so in different ways. Whether they are active in their religious community, or prefer to simply pray or meditate, new research out of Temple University…

According to trials, a new obesity drug, Tesofensine can produce weight loss twice that of currently approved obesity drugs. Increased obesity prevalence worldwide, in both developed and developing…

Approximately 180,000 new cases of lung cancer are diagnosed each year in the United States and about 40 percent of those diagnosed will undergo surgery as part of their treatment.   Every…

Anyone with a nose knows the rotten-egg odor of hydrogen sulfide - the polite term is 'gas' when it is generated by bacteria living in the human colon. An international team of scientists has…

The Amazon rainforest is a puzzle of ecology.   Despite concerns about climate change, rainforests are thriving, even in the face of drought.   In a new Science study conducted in the…

Scientists in Cambridge, UK, using a mouse with a human chromosome in its cells, discovered that gene expression, contrary to what was previously thought, is mostly controlled by regulatory DNA…

SYDNEY, Australia, October 23 /PRNewswire/ -- A new global research report on insurance -- the world's largest industry(1) -- underscores the importance of tackling climate change despite the…

Phones can do almost anything these days - photos, music, television - but safely protecting biometric data is something new.   Ileana Buhan, a PhD student at the University of Twente, has been…

The leading cause of death in all cancer patients continues to be the resistance of tumor cells to chemotherapy, a form of treatment in which chemicals are used to kill cells.   A study by UC…

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, October 22 /PRNewswire/ -- - The Foundation Trusts of Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College Hospital within UK's National Health Service select OmniSupplier(R) cabinet…