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Smartphone can test for HIV, syphilis: study US researchers have found a way to turn a common smartphone into a quick and easy device to conduct field tests for HIV and syphilis.

05 February 2015 13:49

Snakes 70 million years older than thought: study A new look at four fossils has revealed that snakes' earliest known ancestor lived as many as 70 million years earlier than thought.

28 January 2015 12:38

Working too hard can drive you to booze: study It's true: working too hard can drive you to drink, said researchers who warned of the health risks of such dual excess.

14 January 2015 13:05

Facebook 'likes' reveal your true personality A computer program that analyzes your Facebook "likes" may be a better judge of your personality than your closest friends and family.

13 January 2015 14:10

Birth control shot may boost HIV risk: study Women who use a specific type of injectable birth control have a slightly higher risk of HIV infection than those who take the pill.

09 January 2015 12:41

New clues in quest for HIV cure: researchers Scientists seeking a cure for AIDS said they had found important clues about how HIV manages to skirt detection after being suppressed by drugs.

08 January 2015 10:49

'Small screens' prevent kids from sleeping: US study Children who have access to tablets or smartphones in their bedrooms get less sleep than children who do not have the devices with them at night.

05 January 2015 12:04

Not all obese people prone to poor health: study US scientists encouraged 20 obese people to eat extra fast food for several months, and found that about a quarter stayed in good health.

03 January 2015 13:13

Top Japan lab dismisses ground-breaking stem cell study Japan's top research institute hammered the final nail in the coffin of what was once billed as a ground-breaking stem cell study.

26 December 2014 14:39

Genes linked to developmental disorders British scientists said they had discovered 12 genes linked to developmental disorders in children that can cause heart defects, seizures and intellectual disability.

25 December 2014 11:31

Birds can sense a coming storm and flee: study Birds appear to be able to sense a coming storm and fly away before it hits, according to research out on golden-winged warblers in the United States.

19 December 2014 11:30

Obesity clips up to 8 years off your life, says study Obesity and extreme obesity can reduce life expectancy by up to eight years and deprive people of as much as 19 years of good health.

05 December 2014 14:16

E-cigarettes have 10 times carcinogens: Japan researchers E-cigarettes contain up to 10 times the amount of cancer-causing agents as regular tobacco, Japanese scientists said.

27 November 2014 14:14

DNA may survive trip to suborbital space and back DNA molecules attached to the outside of a rocket may be able survive a trip to suborbital space and back into the Earth's atmosphere at extremely high temperatures.

27 November 2014 13:06

Overweight linked to 500,000 cancer cases per year Overweight and obesity is now causing nearly half a million new cancer cases in adults every year, roughly 3.6 percent of the world's total.

26 November 2014 14:02

Benefits of regular vitamin D tests remain unproven: study Experts said regular tests for vitamin D levels are not proven to be beneficial or harmful.

25 November 2014 15:17

Study finds HIV drugs could help stop vision loss Drugs used to treat the HIV virus and AIDS could be used to fight against vision loss, a US university study said.

21 November 2014 13:14

Tags on fish may act as 'dinner bell' for seals: study Sound-emitting tags fitted to fish to track their survival may, paradoxically, be alerting predator seals to their whereabouts.

19 November 2014 14:29

Small volcanoes could slow global warming: study Small volcanic eruptions could be slowing global warming by spewing sulfur aerosols that reach the upper atmosphere and reflect sunlight away from the Earth.

19 November 2014 11:30

Obesity costs more than $8 bn in lost US productivity: study Obesity among workers in the United States is costing the nation $8.65 billion a year in lost productivity, according to a study released.

15 November 2014 12:56

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