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CERN boosting Large Hadron Collider energy output in search of Higgs boson

The Large Hadron Collider already holds the title of the world's most powerful particle accelerator, but researchers at CERN are gearing up to boost the LHC's energy output even further in hopes of catching a glimpse of ... Read >

Diabetes a Growing Threat With No Single Dietary Answer

Diabetes has been in the news lately a lot, especially with the controversial news that deep-fried donut burger hawker Paula Deen kept her diagnosis quiet until she was tapped to promote a diabetes drug. Talk show host Bill ... Read >

Depression Drug, Suicide Link Reexamined

Teenagers are often more prone to experiencing signs and symptoms of depression, and the use of anti-depressants in this particular population has been the subject of much debate and study. And while several drugs on the market are ... Read >

It seems that the Crazy Cat Lady may have a medical explanation

We love our cats but there are some people who love them maybe just bit too much and seem to collect them like other people collect stamps or bottle caps the only problem is that at some ... Read >

T-Cells, our body’s warrior in the war against cancer [Video]

Our bodies are pretty incredible and for the most they are amazingly resilient, able to bounce back from most injuries and illnesses it finds itself subjected to, but even with all those abilities to recover there are ... Read >

Weight-Loss Drug in France May Have Killed 1,300, Study Says

Over the 33 years it was available on the market before the drug Mediator was withdrawn, somewhere between one and two thousand patients may have died from cardiovascular side effects. A new study co-authored by the National Institute of ... Read >

Popular Cancer Drug Being Used To Reverse Alzheimer’s In Mice

Researchers in the United States have been treating Mice with the popular cancer drug bexarotene and have found positive results in reversing Alzheimer's in mice. According to the research group mice injected with bexarotene became "rapidly smarter" while ... Read >

Zebra Have Stripes Because Of Pesky Horseflies

Those silly stripes on Zebra's aren't just for decoration, a new study suggests that they evolved out of the necessity to scare off pesky horseflies. One group of researchers believes that the stripes make it harder for predators ... Read >

Chronic Pain More Common in Obese Patients, Study Indicates

Aside from increased risk of diabetes, heart disease and your sister constantly asking if you tried that Jillian Michaels workout DVD yet, it seems obese patients have another potential consideration- more frequently feeling chronic pain. A vast study ... Read >

Prostate Cancer, Heart Disease Link Probed

A new study out of the Division of Urology at Duke Cancer Institute indicates that coronary artery disease- the most common cause of sudden death- may pose another risk to sufferers. In the past, results from studies examining the ... Read >

Scientists gets further evidence that Mars once had oceans

Mars, our neighbor, once the dreams of science fiction writers and astronomers, one of which only wrote about the live that could have lived on Mars, and still might; while the other seeks to prove that there might ... Read >

Oldest Living Thing Discovered by Scientists, Is Relatively Ordinary

DNA sequencing has located the oldest living thing on Earth, and scientists say that is... some seagrass. Very anticlimactic, yes, but the discovery seems to have unearthed a plant that is far older than the previous oldest living ... Read >

Carina Nebula: New Photo Reveals Hidden Secrets of Majestica Nebula

Astronomers have combined hundreds of images to provide most dramatic and detailed picture ever seen of the Carina Nebula, a massive star formation located about 7,500 light-years from Earth. While the nebula itself is pretty stunning under normal ... Read >