It may look like an ordinary cheese sandwich - but it could contain the vital ingredient that helps you successfully negotiate that pay rise.
Scientists have found that people with high levels of the brain chemical serotonin are more likely to succeed in delicate negotiations affecting their own interests. Serotonin is manufactured in the body from the amino acid, tryptophan, which is present in several foods - and cheese is a particularly good source.
AFPFri, 27 Jun 2008 12:56 UTC
An inter-ministerial panel in Romania ruled Friday that an 11-year-old girl who became pregnant after allegedly being raped by her uncle can have an abortion.
"The committee has decided that a voluntary termination of the pregnancy can be carried out," said health ministry official and panel member Vlad Iliescu.
An abortion was allowed under Romanian law because the girl was a victim of sexual abuse, Iliescu said, adding that she faced "major risks to her mental health" if the pregnancy continued.
NEW YORK - Health officials are trying to persuade doctors to offer HIV tests to nearly every patient in a New York City community hit harder than most by AIDS.
For a long time, I've put the blame for the mass hysteria of the anti-tobacco movement on misguided zealots - loony and uninformed health nuts, clean air Nazis, and various other "do what we say is good for you - or else" types. But now, I'm starting to believe that the anti-smoking movement is being bolstered by my old adversary, Big Pharma.
Many women are left unhappy in the aftermath of casual sexual encounters, a survey has revealed. Just under half of women who answered the internet poll, published in the journal Human Nature, said they felt it had been a bad idea.
Four out of five men, in contrast, said they were happy with a brief fling. The academic leading the research said it showed that there was no evolutionary advantage for women in one night stands.
CNNThu, 26 Jun 2008 14:15 UTC
Romanian authorities plan to decide Friday whether to allow an 11-year-old girl to have an abortion after she was raped by her teenage uncle, the Romanian Ministry of Health said Thursday.
The girl is now 20 weeks pregnant -- too far along to have an abortion in Romania -- and her parents have said they'll take her to Britain for an abortion if the Romanian authorities deny her one at home, a spokeswoman at the health ministry said.
It is illegal to have an abortion in Romania after 14 weeks unless the pregnancy poses problems for the mother's health, said the spokeswoman, who asked not to be named. Abortions are legal in Britain up to 24 weeks.
Some 25% of the total AIDS patients who were taking protection drugs in Ethiopia have pulled-out of the national antiretroviral treatment program (ART), the National HIV/AIDS prevention and control office said.
Office representative, Desalegn Tesfay in a round-table held in Addis Ababa said that among the total 156,360 adult Aids patients who were embraced under the ART program 40,282 of them have pulled out for various reasons.
Gun-related homicide among young men rose sharply in the United States in recent years even though the nation's overall homicide rate remained flat, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Between 1999 and 2005, homicide involving firearms increased 31 percent among black men ages 25 to 44 and 12 percent among white men of the same age. The study is published in Online First edition of the Journal of Urban Health.
"The recent flatness of the U.S. homicide rate obscures the large increases in firearm death among males ages 25-44, especially black males," said Susan Baker, MPH, co-author of the study and a professor with the Bloomberg School's Center for Injury Research and Policy.
Five of the Bahraini sextuplets who were born last Sunday have died, the Dubai Newspaper Gulf News reported on Thursday.
The sixth baby is currently in a critical condition in a neo-natal intensive care unit at a clinic in the country's capital, Manama.
The sextuplets, three boys and three girls, weighing between 460 and 650 grams, were delivered prematurely after 24 weeks of pregnancy by caesarean section, with 35 minutes between the first and last baby.
Oregano doesn't only give a pizza its typical taste. Researchers at Bonn University and the ETH Zuerich have discovered that this spice also contains a substance which, amongst other qualities, appears to help cure inflammations. The researchers administered its active ingredient - known as beta-caryophyllin (E-BCP) - to mice with inflamed paws. In seven out of ten cases there was a subsequent improvement in the symptoms. E-BCP might possibly be of use against disorders such as osteoporosis and arteriosclerosis. The study has appeared on Monday, 23rd June in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
