Alcohol consumption is attributed to one in every 25 deaths all across the world, according to a study from the Toronto-based Center for Addiction and Mental Health. The scientists came to the conclusion that effects of drinking are as harmful

Scientists have found that the exposure to toxic chemicals that are present in cosmetic products, shower curtains, vinyl flooring and children's toys, can put pregnant women to an increased risk of delivering a baby with a low birth weight.

Children can be cured of the most common form of leukemia without undergoing radiation therapy that can cause brain damage, U.S. researchers from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have reported earlier this week.

Balding people may be offered a new cure for hair loss - injections of Botox. The toxic chemicals are commonly used to smooth out fine lines and wrinkles, but doctors have discovered that they can regrow hair as well.

Psychiatrists at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital have found that women have a harder time than men looking at babies with facial birth defects and are more likely than men to reject unattractive-looking babies. Researchers, who were studying perception

Researchers have compared an Allosauroidea tooth found in deposits in Riodeva, Teruel, with other similar samples. The palaeontologists have concluded that this is the largest tooth of a carnivorous dinosaur to have been found to date in Spain.

An artificial underground cave, the largest in Israel, has been exposed in the Jordan Valley in the course of a new survey. Archeologists reckon that this cave was originally a large quarry during the Roman and Byzantine era. Various engravings

Paleontologists have discovered one of the oldest modern ungulates related to the elephant order.

New investigations have shown that rather than simply being a provincial Roman town, Caistor may represent the development of a major settlement from the Iron Age until the 9th century AD. Crucially, however, the site was ultimately superseded by medieval

Historical collections that include everything ever written in a dozen American and British newspapers since they started are now available electronically. Researchers have now carried out the first comprehensive study that makes use of this resource in order to track

Much of medicine might be thought of, crudely, as the - to influence their actions and alter their mechanisms to obtain beneficial results. Use of chemicals is the predominant methodology, but it's not the only path forward, as is illustrated

Researchers here investigate the effects of a mouse longevity gene, and see that it promotes a better functioning and in old age: " is a that controls the tissue availability of . ... deletion of PAPPA in mice leads to

For a field to move efficiently towards its end goal, there has to be some money-making application for early results and partial advances. Here's a look at early applications of work towards artificial bioengineered organs: "Our artificial organ systems are

Being able to target very specific cell populations by their distinctive surface chemistry is : "It is now possible to engineer tiny containers the size of a virus to deliver drugs and other materials with almost 100 percent efficiency to

This release gives some insight into how we might manipulate and repair in the near future: "During their development in the , a kind of ' school', every T-cell is fitted out with its own personal . The diversity of

Even though federal welfare-reform legislation calls for case workers to screen for domestic violence and most states have agreed to implement this requirement, just 9 percent of women applying for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families were screened for domestic violence.

A number of finalists for the deanship of the School of Law have been identified by the search committee and will begin visiting the university for interviews and public presentations over the next several weeks.

Northwest Environmental Forum participants are concerned that working forests in Washington are being converted to other uses ranging from pasture land to housing developments.

New data show that gains begun in 2005 have steadily increased, say researchers at the West Coast Poverty Center, located at the University of Washington.

Voters without considerable political acumen simply average what they hear and read, and people at Washington caucuses will be no exception, says John Gastil.