Slumber Longer to Get Slimmer: Study Links Sleep Time to Weight Loss

Oct 5th 2010 – 12:45 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Oct. 5) -- Logging adequate sleep might be a key component of losing unneeded fat, rather than valuable lean body mass. A small study on 10 overweight or obese adults, published in this week's...

Docs on the Clock: Would Weekend Shifts Boost Health Care?

Oct 4th 2010 – 3:40 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Oct. 4) -- If Americans are serious about improving health care, they may need to ask for some serious lifestyle changes from their medical providers: Docs might need to sacrifice the standard...

Ecstasy Makes a Comeback, Via Canada

Oct 4th 2010 – 12:34 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Oct. 4) -- Ecstasy was so hot in the 1990s. And now the rave-favorite drug is making a major comeback, as Canadian purveyors ship loads of the euphoria-enhancing substance across the U.S....

Survey on America's Sexual Habits: We're Getting Friskier

Oct 4th 2010 – 11:12 AM |AOL News

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(Oct. 4) -- From teenagers to senior citizens, Americans across the country are getting frisky. They also say that they're getting more experimental and that plenty of them are faking orgasms. Those...

Coffee Could Help Prevent Parkinson's in Quarter of the World's Population

Oct 1st 2010 – 2:50 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Oct. 1) -- Your daily cup(s) of coffee might be helping to stave off Parkinson's disease. Assuming, that is, you're also lucky enough to have the right genetic makeup. At a meeting of the World...

Twin Study Finds PTSD Is as Real as It Gets

Oct 1st 2010 – 1:38 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Oct. 1) -- It's something thousands of veterans, not to mention Americans from all walks of life, will already tell you: Post-traumatic stress is a legitimate disorder, and trauma is the culprit....

What's Behind the Rise in Military Suicides?

Sep 30th 2010 – 3:11 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

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(Sept. 30) -- After four apparent suicides in a single weekend, troops and their families are reeling -- but they need to be braced for more. That was the warning from Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of...

Menstrual Blood Stem Cells Could Repair Stroke Damage to the Brain

Sep 30th 2010 – 1:20 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Sept. 30) -- Stem cells derived from menstrual blood are hitting the laboratory, with researchers speculating that a woman's period might be a boon for recovering stroke patients. A collaboration...

Science: Bottle-Fed Babies Guzzle Themselves Obese

Sep 30th 2010 – 11:17 AM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Sept. 30) -- Does your bottle-fed baby just love to lay down with a plastic teat firmly entrenched between her little lips? Do her cherubic cheeks swell with infant formula that gushes freely into...

Study: Liars Feel Urge to Wash Deceitful Body Parts

Sep 29th 2010 – 3:38 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Sept. 29) -- Liars: keep your supplies of mouthwash and hand sanitizer fully stocked. Lying spurs the guilty parties to want to clean their "dirty" body parts, according to researchers at the...

Tofu Glue: Coming Soon to a Furniture Store Near You?

Sep 29th 2010 – 12:46 PM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Sept. 29) -- From "ick" to IKEA? That appears to be the trajectory of tofu's latest remarkable transition from niche food product to mainstream miracle-compound. Researchers are developing a...

Dueling Toward Divorce: Study Links Couples' Fighting Styles to Breakups

Sep 29th 2010 – 11:27 AM |AOL News Surge Desk

(Sept. 29) -- Are you a scrapper or a sweet talker? Do you avoid conflict or embrace it? A new, long-term study concludes that how you fight with your mate might offer valuable insight into your risk...

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