Scientists at the University of California, USA, discovered the gene responsible for the length of sleep. The discovery was made thanks to the help of a mom and daughter, who stay alert and function well having only six hours of sleep a night. Full story

The smell of freshly cut grass can relieve stress, according to Australian scientists. They discovered that substances released from cut grass affect the amygdala and the hippocampus, brain regions responsible for different responses to stressful situations. Those substances make people feel relaxed and happy. Researchers have integrated scentful chemicals from cut grass into ... Full story

А woman looks familiar to you, but you can't remember her name or where you saw her? According to a new University of California study, the memory about it exists – you simply have no access to it. Using advanced brain imaging methods, the scientists found that a person’s brain activity at the moment of remembering an ... Full story

Showers are becoming more popular, and some people definitely prefer them to taking baths. Yet recent findings have shown that showering can damage your health. Many showerheads being dirty, they spray us with water teeming with bacteria. That may be the reason behind the growing number of lung infections recorded during the last years. Bacteria-infected showerheads had ... Full story

Scientists warn that eating out of time, especially during the night, is a potent factor leading to gaining extra weight. Those who are in the habit of eating late at night or get up during the night and go foraging in the kitchen run a higher risk of becoming overweight and damaging their health. The International Journal ... Full story

According to BBC, more and more Britons are getting obsessed with healthy eating, worrying health professionals. Past few years have seen a multiple rise in the number of people suffering from orthorexia (abnormal focus on eating healthy foods). It’s interesting that orthorexic people tend to go into extremes when choosing foods to eat. And then ... Full story

Over-the-counter painkillers taken by millions of people around the world can become addictive within just three days, according to scientists. The drugs in question include Nurofen and Solpadeine and contain one of the opiates – codeine. They are routinely used to ease headaches, period pain and backaches. The UK authorities have officially announced about thousands of Britons ... Full story

Many temptations of the modern life are robbing us of the precious sleeping time. After studying sleep duration among middle-aged men and women, epidemiologist Diane Lauderdale and her colleagues from the University of Chicago reported that we sleep less than we should, and even… less than we think. Spending on average 7.5 hours in ... Full story

Scottish scientists believe that red wine contains antioxidants and thus protects from exposure to strong inflammatory agents. Such statement was made by specialists from the Glasgow Biomedical Research Center. Full story

It is universal knowledge that obese people are very prone to developing asthma, and that goes for women especially. But now it seems that one of the most relevant factors here is abdominal obesity, or having a too large waist. Full story

A while ago scientific studies suspected tanning beds to be 'probable carcinogens'; unfortunately, further research proves that they are conducive to developing skin cancer. Full story

US scientists report the invention of a vaginal gel that is supposed to protect women from the possibility of a HIV infection during a sexual intercourse. Women are to introduce the vaginal gel in before they engage in sex; Full story

As Tamiflu is being widely used to beat down swine flu infection, scientists are getting more concerned about its possible side effects. Full story

Scientists from the University of Chicago, Illinois, USA, held a special experiment on 11 healthy middle-age men and women who were leading an unhealthy lifestyle. The results of the experiment were examined and the scientists concluded that the lack of sleep increases the risk of developing diabetes. Full story

Beach sand is a den of various bacteria and fungi which may easily get on unfortunate tourists. This statement was made by the researchers from the University of North Carolina after they analyzed the sand from freshwater and saltwater beaches across America. Full story

Periodically cutting down on calories is better protection from breast cancer than regular dieting. The fact was discovered by scientists from Hormel Institute, an independent research branch of the University of Minnesota. Full story

The health benefits of chocolate remain very much questionable, and it looks as though they haven’t been thoroughly studied yet. Full story

Until lately the master cells that stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells have been regarded as invincible to chemotherapy. Although the cancer treatment technology was developing, there was surprisingly little headway in targeting those master cells in many kinds of cancer. Full story

Men are at greater risk of angina. This statement was made by British cardiologists after they examined a few thousand of patients in England and Scotland. Full story

Scientists from the Tokyo University of Science managed to grow a fully functional tooth in place of a removed one. Full story