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Your Sex Is What Your Mom Eats

New research by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford provides the first evidence that a child’s sex is associated with the mother’s diet. The study shows a clear link between higher energy intake around the time of conception and the birth of sons. Continue reading ›

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Scent Of Love Dating Agency

Forget speed dating or blind dates. When it comes to meeting the man of your dreams, the answer could lie no further than the end of your nose.

A dating website claims the key to a finding a perfect match lies in body odour, with women preferring men who smell very differently to themselves, and vice versa. Continue reading ›

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The DNA Of Beautiful Baby Blue Eyes

Danish geneticists say everyone with blue eyes is not just related, but descended from one person, CBS News correspondent Sheila MacVicar reports. Continue reading ›

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Does Bigger Breasts At 20 Mean Diabetes?

There may be a new anatomic risk factor for diabetes: breast size.

Researchers from University of Toronto and Harvard Medical School who analyzed data from more than 92,000 American nurses found the larger a woman’s cup size when she was 20, the greater her risk of developing Type 2 diabetes over the 10-year study period. Continue reading ›

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Violence Is A Natural High

New research on mice shows the brain processes aggressive behavior as it does other rewards. Mice sought violence, in fact, picking fights for no apparent reason other than the rewarding feeling.

The mouse brain is thought to be analogous to the human brain in this study, which could shed light on our fascination with brutal sports as well as our own penchant for the classic bar brawl.

In fact, the researcher say, humans seem to crave violence just like they do sex, food or drugs. Continue reading ›

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Preemptive Breast Cancer Solution?

 

Two women who watched their mother and sister die from breast cancer have spoken about their decision to have their breasts removed as a preventative measure.

Mandi McSwiggan and Susan Chappin made the decision after their mother Kathleen, their sister Angela and finally their eldest sister, Christine Creasey, were all diagnosed with breast cancer.

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