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Study: Spending cuts can increase deaths LONDON, (UPI) -- Levels of social spending in Europe are strongly linked with risks of death from heart attacks and alcohol-induced illness, British researchers say. David Stuckler of the University of Oxford and his colleagues say there is currently a...

Economy may affect arthritis treatment JYVASKYLA, Finland, (UPI) -- Researchers from Finland and other countries say a country's economy may predict the arthritis therapy patients receive. Study leader Dr. Tuulikki Sokka of Jyvaskyla Central Hospital in Jyvaskyla, Finland, report rheumatoid...

Study: Folate may aid spinal cord healing MADISON, Wis., (UPI) -- A U.S. National Institutes of Health-funded laboratory study suggests the B vitamin folate can promote healing in damaged rat spinal cord tissue. The investigation, led by University of Wisconsin-Madison Dr. Bermans Iskandar, an...

Scientists study the brain as it grows GOTTINGEN, Germany, (UPI) -- German scientists say they've determined that a baby's brain is particularly flexible and easily changes because it must function while it grows. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in...

Chinese parents don't want kids on Web BEIJING, (UPI) -- An overwhelming majority of parents in China worry children's Internet surfing could hurt their schoolwork, a study reveals. The three-year study found 80 percent of parents said they believe Internet use could worsen students'...

Study: Human impact on oceans 'profound' WOODS HOLE, Mass., (UPI) -- A U.S. study says human activities around the world are having a "profound impact" that is "fundamentally" altering the world's oceans. A marine geochemist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, in a report in the...

Voters want attractive, mature candidates PRINCETON, N.J., (UPI) -- It may not be what the U.S. founding fathers had in mind but U.S. and British researchers found voters are heavily influenced by a politician's appearance. Christopher Olivola of University College London and Alexander Todorov...

Ancient ocean may have covered 1/3 of Mars BOULDER, Colo., (UPI) -- A NASA-funded study suggests a vast ocean likely covered one-third of the surface of Mars about 3.5 billion years ago. University of Colorado at Boulder scientists said their study is the first to combine an analysis of...

Lower cholesterol increases lifespan MINNEAPOLIS, (UPI) -- People with decreased low-density lipoprotein, the "bad," cholesterol can count on an increased life expectancy, U.S. researchers said. Principal investigator Dr. Henry Buchwald, a bariatric surgeon at the University of Minnesota...

Night shift never gets enough sleep SAN ANTONIO, (UPI) -- Employees who start work between 8 p.m. and midnight had consistently poorer performance at work -- probably due to a lack of sleep, U.S. researchers found. Lead author Angela Bowen, research assistant at the Sleep and Performance...

Earth is not exactly getting its youth back, but a new study has determined that the collision from which the Earth and moon were formed may have occurred much later than previously thought, making our planet and moon younger than scientists had commonly believed. The Earth and the moon were...

Study: Modest men seen as less likable NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., (UPI) -- Researchers in New Jersey said their study indicates people find modest men less likable than women displaying the same trait. The Rutgers University researchers said in the journal Psychology of Men & Masculinity that they...

U.S. cigarettes highest in carcinogens ATLANTA, (UPI) -- Some U.S. cigarette brands expose people to higher amounts of cancer-causing tobacco-specific nitrosamines than some foreign cigarettes, officials said. The study involved 126 people from Australia, Canada, Britain and the United States...

Study shows 'gaydar' may be real LEIDEN, Netherlands, (UPI) -- "Gaydar," the supposed innate ability of gay people to identify other gays even in a crowd, may actually exist, Dutch researchers say. Dutch scientists said gay men and women in a study proved to be more detail-oriented and...

Study: Today's students have less empathy BOSTON, (UPI) -- Today's college generation lacks empathy compared with their counterparts of 20 and 30 years ago, a study has found. Using a measure of empathy in a review of 72 studies of 14,000 U.S. college students between 1979 and 2009, today's...

WOMEN'S ASS SIZE STUDY There is a new study about women and how they feel about their asses; the results were pretty interesting: 30% of women think their ass is too fat............ 10% of women think their ass is too skinny...... The remaining 60% say they don't care, they love him...

Marijuana helps in battle against cancer: study WASHINGTON (AFP) - The main chemical in marijuana appears to aid in the destruction of brain cancer cells, offering hope for future anti-cancer therapies, researchers in Spain wrote in a study released Thursday. The authors from the...

Women's a** size study There is a new study about women and how they feel about their asses, the results were pretty interesting: 30% of women think their *** is too fat............ 10% of women think their *** is too skinny...... The remaining 60% say they don't care, they love him...

Golf & Exercise -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stand proud you noble swingers of clubs and losers of balls..... A recent study found the average golfer walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found golfers drink, on average, 22 gallons...