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- Acute stress in pregnancy can pass on schizophrenia: study
- PARIS AFP — Pregant women subjected to traumatising stress are more likely to give birth to children who develop schizophrenia, according to a study published Thursday. "The kind of stress in question are those that would be experienced in a natural disaster such as an earthquake or hurricane, a...
- Research articles 2008-08-20
- Hormone that controls hunger and appetite also linked to reduced fertility.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-28 March 2008-Yale University: Hormone that controls hunger and appetite also linked to reduced fertilityC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28032008 New Haven, Conn. -- Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that in-utero exposure to the hormone grhelin,...
- Research articles 2008-03-28
- Cloned meat, dairy get nod
- Natural products industry reactsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule Jan. 15 stating that meat and milk from healthy cloned animals and their offspring posed no risk to human health, and do not need to be labeled. However, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has asked for a...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Europe voices ethical doubts over 'Frankenfood'
- BRUSSELS AFP — A European report voicing ethical misgivings over cloned animal products on Thursday fuelled a growing debate in the EU on "frankenfood", despite approvals granted this week by US food authorities. "Considering the current level of suffering and health problems of surrogate dams mothers and animal clones,...
- Research articles 2008-01-17
- US regulators set to approve cloned meat, milk: report
- NEW YORK AFP — The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to declare milk and meat from cloned animals and their offspring safe to eat as early as next week, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The federal agency decision would come after more than six years of...
- Research articles 2008-01-04
- No need for dad: Female shark reproduces without sex
- BELFAST AFP — A female hammerhead shark that gave birth without sex has put the bite into conventional wisdom about reproduction among large vertebrates, according to research published Wednesday. The shark's offspring has no paternal DNA, bemused experts from Northern Ireland and the United States report. The discovery...
- Research articles 2007-05-22
- Japanese couple pleads for surrogacy laws
- TOKYO AFP — A Japanese couple who had twins through an American surrogate appealed Wednesday for the nation to recognise the practice after a court decision led them to decide to raise their children as US citizens. Japanese laws do not specifically stipulate the legal status of children born...
- Research articles 2007-04-11
- What the?
- The problem with compressing an entire news story into a cutline was illustrated Wednesday in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's "The Nation In Brief" column. The Associated Press photo shows representatives of the Great Ape Trust holding two trumpeter swans, and the caption ended with this baffling statement: "A group of apes...
- Research articles 2007-04-09
- SIBLING SYMBIOSIS IN NESTLING BIRDS
- Gonzaga: Once more, brothers in arms. Bertoldo: I'll live and die so. Philip Massinger, Maid of Honor (1632) IF THE TITLE of this perspective were "Sibling rivalry in nestling birds," readers could hardly be faulted for expecting a traversal of welltrodden ground. We have come to think of conflict among...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- Gandalf, Superman and Madonna coming soon to British playgrounds
- LONDON AFP — Britney, Tiger, Gandalf and Madonna will soon join the more usual Peters and Janes in Britain's playgrounds, while Harry Potter may also drop in, according to a new survey of babies' names. Other newly-fashionable choices include Snoop, after the US rap star, who may end up hanging...
- Research articles 2006-11-17
- Snakes alive -- green boa gives birth to red babies
- PARIS AFP — An emerald tree boa, an endangered tropical snake famous for its brilliant green colouring, has given birth for the first time in France, a zoo at Romaneche-Thorins, in the centre of the country, has said. The 10 offspring, born at the Touroparc zoological park on Monday, are...
- Research articles 2006-10-27
- Purdue Researcher: Parents, Kids Focus Less on Faults When Busy.
- Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 7 AScribe Newswire -- While busy, active lives often are accepted as a reality of modern times, a Purdue researcher has found that same factor might play a role in fostering a positive relationship between aging parents...
- Research articles 2006-06-07
- Puppy fat will dog a child into adulthood: study
- PARIS AFP — Parents who believe that puppy fat (US: baby fat) on a child will disappear may be dooming their offspring to adult obesity, says a study published online by the British Medical Journal. Researchers tracked 5,863 children in South London between the ages of 11-12 and 16-17....
- Research articles 2006-05-04
- Britain's Blair calls for respect then admits smacking kids
- LONDON AFP — British Prime Minister Tony Blair spent Tuesday promoting respect in British society by tackling problem parents and their unruly offspring -- and then admitted to smacking his older children. Blair's admission came during a BBC television face-the-public session on his "respect agenda" measures, intended to tackle...
- Research articles 2006-01-10
- HOW'S YOUR POLITICAL I.Q.?
- 1. Jack Carter, son of former President Jimmy Carter, recently announced for the U.S. Senate from Nevada. Who was the last presidential offspring to run for the Senate?2. Who was the last presidential offspring to be elected to the Senate?3. Who was the last presidential offspring to be elected a...
- Research articles 2005-10-24
- According to Reuters, gay and lesbian organizations are in an uproar. It seems that male penguins in the zoo of Bremerhaven, Germany, have been attempting to mate with one another and to hatch offspring out of stones.(While We're At It)(Brief Article)
- According to Reuters, gay and lesbian organizations are in an uproar. It seems that male penguins in the zoo of Bremerhaven, Germany, have been attempting to mate with one another and to hatch offspring out of stones. The zoo has imported some female penguins from Scandinavia. ...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- "Nessie's offspring" attacks Aussie trout farm, reward offered for capture
- SYDNEY AFP — An Australian trout farm announced a 1,000 dollar (790 US) rewardfor the capture of a giant eel baptized "Nessie's offspring" that has suddenly appeared in breeding ponds and begun eating up the fish. Gary Wales from Tommy Finn's Trout Farm near the southeastern city of Melbourne...
- Research articles 2005-02-21
- Short and sweet
- The Smart car is the offspring of an improbable marriage of Swatch, the Swiss fashion design company and Mercedes Benz. Measuring only 98 inches long about half the length of a Ford Taurus, the smile-catching two-passenger run-about is often seen zipping around Europe plastered with advertising or outrageous paint jobs....
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Broad perspective: Parents see obese children as normal weight
- PARIS AFP — Many parents have no idea that their child could be overweight, according to a study which found that offspring who are chronically fat are typically viewed by their mother and father as being of normal weight. In a survey that involved 277 British children, researchers found...
- Research articles 2004-11-25
- Genetic engineering's fishy results
- Public debate over genetically modified organisms GMOs has largely focused around their benefits and drawbacks to human beings (see "Food Fight," cover story, July/August 2003), but a recent study conducted at Purdue University is likely to lead the discussion in a different direction: environmental safety. Male Japanese medaka fish, genetically...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
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