Babies only hours old are able to differentiate between sounds from their native language and a foreign language, scientists have discovered. The study indicates that babies begin absorbing language while still in the womb, earlier than previously thought.
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University of Florida researchers have identified a patient in Haiti with a serious mosquito-borne illness that has never before been reported in the Caribbean nation.
Known as "Mayaro virus," it is closely related...
Research from the School of Family Life found that happily married couples have better health.
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New BYU research finds that people in happy marriages live less "in sickness" but enjoy more of life "in health."
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While the supposed benefits of moderate drinking have been widely reported in the media, many reports have failed to take into account other risk factors.
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The benefits of light alcohol consumption, as well as the risks...
A very low calorie diet can rapidly reverse type 2 diabetes in animal models, report scientists.
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In a new study, a Yale-led research team uncovers how a very low calorie diet can rapidly reverse type...
A new study examines the deep benefits of meditation and yoga.
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It's been debated for a long time, can yoga reverse DNA reactions? Mind-body interventions (MBIs) such as meditation, yoga and Tai Chi don't simply relax...
East Asians and Westerners view handshakes differently, new research finds.
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Westerners view handshaking more positively than do East Asians, researchers report in a new study. Western men also rate handshakes initiated by men and women differently,...
Every year as mosquito season arrives, so does West Nile virus, causing fever in thousands of people nationwide and life-threatening brain infections in an unlucky few. About half the people who survive that infection -- West Nile encephalitis --...
Babies often amaze their parents when they seemingly learn new skills overnight -- how to walk, for example. But their brains were probably prepping for those tasks long before their first steps occurred, according to researchers.
Researchers at Penn State...
Walking one-third of a mile longer from home to the nearest tobacco shop to buy cigarettes was associated with increased odds that smokers would quit the habit in an analysis of data in Finnish studies, according to an article...
One hour of physical activity per day could offset health risk of 8 hours of sitting. Image Credit: Flickr/Yuichi Sakuraba
The health risks associated with sitting for eight or more hours a day - whether at work, home or commuting...
