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With a reduced-calorie diet, monkeys were less likely to die of an age-related disease -- cancer, heart disease or diabetes, reports a study in the journal Science.
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The World Health Organization will recommend that nations curtail efforts to confirm swine flu cases and assume the H1N1 virus is the culprit. Meanwhile, resistance to antiviral drug Tamiflu is seen. >>
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The 6-year-old, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, doesn't fare well after a change in her environment, and the stress of caring for her takes a severe toll on her family. >>
Dr. Francis Collins is named to run the vast research agency. He guided the U.S. drive to map the human genetic code and wrote a book linking God and science. >>
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He found that patients who think positively tended to live longer and have fewer side effects. His belief eventually was accepted by mainstream medicine. >>
The National Institutes of Health's guidelines also settle a big question over the use of old stem cell lines. >>
The second man on the moon, at 79, says his life is 'busier than it's ever been.' He has a new book, 'Magnificent Desolation,' is Twittering and advocates the colonization of Mars. >>
The Spirit rover is stuck in the Red Planet's fluffy soil, so engineers at JPL have re-created the scene in a sandbox to figure out how to get it free. >>
Myanmar fossils may mean human roots in Asia / Crucial sea grass meadows found to be declining / Multiple genetic variations linked to schizophrenia / Deep-brain stimulators help some cerebral palsy p >>
The average weight and size of sheep on a remote island have been falling in small but steady increments since 1985. Milder winters mean smaller animals but a larger herd. >>
The Pacific Ocean warming can be broken down into two distinct patterns, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers say. The finding could help improve North Atlantic Hurricane predictions. >>
An orbiter will spend the next year cruising 31 miles above the lunar surface, looking for the best place to land and build Earth's first off-world colony. >>
For those who haven't had a heart attack, drug treatment and lifestyle changes are as effective as bypass surgery and angioplasty in reducing the risk of death, researchers find. >>
Sophisticated units for storing wild grains are about 11,300 years old, researchers report. >>
As oceans absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, scientists say, fish ears may get bigger. It's unknown whether that will be bad or good for the fish. >>
In a study, one of 14 patients with troubling lab results on routine blood and screening tests were not notified. >>
The virus is also spreading rapidly through the Southern Hemisphere. A French company announces large-scale production of a vaccine. >>
The discovery, reported in the journal Nature, suggests that the first humans to occupy Europe had a fairly sophisticated culture. The instrument was excavated from a cave in Germany. >>
A defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization apparatus cuts fatalities by 29% in patients with mild heart failure, study shows. It is already approved for implant in those with severe heart disease. >>
Researchers connect the condition, called an increased PR interval, to a substantially higher risk of erratic heartbeats and need for a pacemaker, as well as risk of death. >>
Researchers link a chemical in children's urine to appendicitis. Emergency rooms could test for it, preventing unnecessary surgery and increasing the chance of removing the appendix before it bursts. >>
The larger the bird, the more complex the molting process, which may hinder flying, researchers find. >>
Digs in El Salvador reveal the first direct evidence that the tuber was intensively cultivated in large quantities. >>
Bigger water droplets should fall faster than small ones, but that isn't always the case. Understanding why could help researchers improve weather forecasting. >>
The CDC says about half of the workers caught the virus while on the job. The finding suggests that hospitals and workers are not taking sufficient preventive measures. >>
The agency warns consumers to stop using the zinc-based cold products immediately. The products are Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Gel, Cold Remedy Nasal Swabs and Cold Remedy Swabs, Kids Size. >>
The Ug99 fungus, called stem rust, could wipe out more than 80% of the world's wheat as it spreads from Africa, scientists fear. The race is on to breed resistant plants before it reaches the U.S. >>
Love and money, work and play, mood and math scores. They're just a few things related to a night's rest. >>
The agency is set to launch spacecraft that will update topographical maps of the surface and will probe deep into a crater to search for water. >>
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Cosmologist Wendy Freedman of the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena explains her work on the Hubble constant, used to measure the universe's expansion. She was named a recipient of the Gruber Prize. >>
The spread of the swine flu virus -- H1N1 -- is the first global influenza epidemic in 41 years. But the World Health Organization says the pandemic is only 'moderate in severity.' >>
But scientists have encountered problems along the way, so doses of an H1N1 vaccine will not be available before fall, experts say. >>
The anti-nausea drug metoclopramide, used more on pregnant women in Europe and Israel, appears to have a statistically insignificant effect on fetuses. >>
Nationwide research finds that citalopram is no more effective than a placebo and that its side effects are twice as bad. About a third of autistic kids take the drug, known as Celexa in the U.S. >>
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