Archive for December 2012
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Scientist in the United States on December 23 offered a molecular-level explanation for how a Chinese herbal medicine used for more than 2,000 years tackles fever and eases malaria. The herb is an extract of
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Air pollution in Asia, which already kills at least 800,000 people each year, will likely lead to even higher death rates as the region's air quality worsens, an environmental group warned. Energy consumption and rising
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The number of drugs when mixed with grapefruit that can lead to serious health problems, including sudden death, has skyrocketed, warns a Canadian researcher who first discovered the toxic link. In an article in the
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The West Antarctic Ice Sheet, whose melt may be responsible for 10 percent of the sea-level rise caused by climate change, is warming twice as quickly as previously thought, a study said. A re-analysis of
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Patients with depression who fail to benefit from antidepressant drugs may do better if they are also treated with a type of "talking" psychotherapy called CBT, according to new research published. In the first large-scale
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Obesity rates among small children may finally be on the decline after more than tripling in the United States the past 30 years, a study out December 26 indicated. The study found that obesity rates
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Whether it is improving health or managing finances better, about 87 percent of Americans will make resolutions for 2013 and there are plenty of apps to help them achieve their goals. Nearly half of New
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Instagram on December 20 tried to calm a user rebellion by nixing a change that would have given the Facebook-owned mobile photo sharing service unfettered rights to people's pictures. "The concerns we heard about from
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The European Commission said on December 21 that South Korea's Samsung Electronics was abusing its dominant market position in certain technologies when it took out injunctions against fierce rival Apple. As the two giants fight
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Russian state-controlled telecoms operator Rostelecom said it would focus the bulk of its investments on broadband after calls from the government to build out the backbone of Russia's Internet infrastructure. The company said on December
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