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  Less Sleep Linked to Cancer 

Less than 7 hours a night tied to 47% hike in cancer risk

Reuters Reuters Nov 18, 08 2:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Sleep and exercise may play an important role in cancer risk, according to a new US study. Researchers confirmed earlier studies that exercise appears to protect against cancer—but discovered that physically active women who slept less than seven hours a night had a 47% higher risk of developing cancer. How sleep and disease are connected is unknown. More »

More about:  cancer • exercise • sleep • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • CDC • immune system • National Institutes of Health • American Association for Cancer Research.

 Half of US Docs 
 Prescribe Placebos 

Many physicians believe in psychological impact of prescriptions

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Oct 24, 08 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Half of US doctors admit prescribing drugs to patients just for the placebo effect—to make them think they are taking something beneficial, reports the Chicago Tribune. As many as 56% prescribed antibiotics, painkillers, vitamins, and sedatives in cases where they didn't expect them to have any benefit physically, but thought the pills might have a positive psychological impact, according to a survey. "Frankly, I was astonished," said a bioethics expert. More »

More about:  medicine • American Medical Association • antibiotics • bioethics • National Institutes of Health • placebos

'Number Sense' Predicts Math Success: Study

Ability to guess group size linked to algebra, calculus skill

Washington Post Washington Post Sep 8, 08 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The skill of estimating group size at a glance is directly linked to success in higher forms of math like algebra and calculus, reports the Washington Post . A new study found that students with better “number sense”—the ability to quickly and accurately guess numbers in a group—do better at language-based types of math as well. More »

More about:  Duke University • mathematics • Johns Hopkins University • National Institutes of Health • cognitive science • algebra

FBI Tries to Dispel Anthrax Probe Doubts

But acknowledges 'spore on a grassy knoll' sentiment

Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun Aug 19, 08 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FBI revealed unprecedented details about its investigation of army scientist Bruce Ivins yesterday in a move to counter skepticism in the scientific community. The agency laid out how it brought together top scientists from the public and private sector to trace samples of the deadly anthrax of 2001 to Ivins, who killed himself before being indicted, the Baltimore Sun reports. Ivins' attorney again disputed the government account. More »

More about:  FBI • Defense Department • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • anthrax • genetic testing • Bruce Ivins • National Institutes of Health

Teen Pregnancy on Rise
for 1st Time in 15 Years

Jump has health chiefs worried

CNN CNN Jul 11, 08 5:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The teen pregnancy rate increased in 2006 for the first time since 1991, reports CNN. Officials from the National Institutes of Health aren't sure if the 2.8% increase in the number of teen moms is a blip or the start of a trend, but the figures are a "red flag that something has gone wrong," one expert told Bloomberg. More »

More about:  pregnancy • public health • teen pregnancy • teenager • National Institutes of Health

Animal-Rights Violence Has Schools Turning to Courts

Battle pits free-speech rights against safety

Newsweek Newsweek Feb 28, 08 3:48 PM CST
(Newser) - In recent months, animal-rights activists have strapped a firebomb under a UCLA professor’s car and flooded another’s home in a campaign to intimidate the school into ending experiments on primates. A judge has issued several restraining orders as the university tries to protect researchers, Newsweek reports, while protesters think their right to free speech is being attacked. More »

More about:  protests • animal rights • PETA • UCLA • National Institutes of Health • UC Santa Cruz • University of Utah • Animal Liberation Front

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