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Panel: Boys should get HPV vaccine given to girls

ATLANTA (AP) — A vaccine against cervical cancer hasn't been all that popular for girls. It may be even a harder sell for boys now that it's been recommended for them too.A government advisory panel on Tuesday decided that the vaccine should also be given to boys, in part to help prevent the c

Oct. 26, 2011

Teen violence linked to heavy soda diet: study

Researchers in the United States said on Tuesday they had found a "shocking" association -- if only a statistical one -- between violence by teenagers and the amount of soda they drank.High-school students in inner-city Boston who consumed more than five cans of non-diet, fizzy soft drinks every wee

Oct. 25, 2011

Google’s Android passes Apple to become smartphone application leader

Google Inc.’s Android operating system passed Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iOS as the most popular software platform for application downloads as consumers bought more Android smartphones. The Google platform accounted for 44 percent of all app downloads in the second quarter, eclipsing Apple’s 31 percent sh

Oct. 25, 2011

Telescopes solve 2,000-year-old stellar mystery

This undated handout image provide by NASA, combines data from four different space telescopes to create a multi-wavelength view of all that remains of the oldest documented example of a supernova, called RCW 86. NASA announced the findings Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, and said the exploded star was obser

Oct. 25, 2011

Telescopes solve 2,000-year-old stellar mystery

Insomnia linked to higher heart attack risk

As if you didn't have enough to worry about during those sleepless nights, a Norwegian study out Monday suggests that people with insomnia face a 27 to 45 percent higher risk of heart attack.About one-third of people report having trouble sleeping and should see a doctor for help, urged the authors

Oct. 25, 2011

Jobs admired Zuckerberg for ‘not selling out’

Steve Jobs, who mentored Silicon Valley technology leaders in the months before he died, said he admired Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg for “not selling out.” “We talk about social networks in the plural, but I don’t see anybody other than Facebook out there,” Jobs told biographer Walter I

Oct. 24, 2011

Jobs admired Zuckerberg for ‘not selling out’

BPA in pregnant women might affect kids' behavior

CHICAGO (AP) — Exposure to BPA before birth could affect girls' behavior at age 3, according to the latest study on potential health effects of the widespread chemical.Preschool-aged girls whose mothers had relatively high urine levels of bisphenol-A during pregnancy scored worse but still wit

Oct. 24, 2011

GPS shoes for Alzheimer’s patients to hit US

The first shoes with built-in GPS devices -- to help track down dementia-suffering seniors who wander off and get lost -- are set to hit the US market this month, the manufacturer says.GTX Corp said the first batch of 3,000 pairs of shoes has been shipped to the footwear firm Aetrex Worldwide, two y

Oct. 24, 2011

No reports yet of debris from falling satellite

In this undated artist rendering provided by EADS Astrium the scientific satellite ROSAT is seen. On Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, between 1:45 UTC (3:45 CEST) and 2:15 UTC (4:15 CEST) ROSAT re-entered Earth's atmosphere. (AP-Yonhap News)BERLIN (AP) _ Scientists were trying to establish how and where a def

Oct. 23, 2011

No reports yet of debris from falling satellite

No link to cancer in large-scale mobile phone study

PARIS (AFP) - The largest study of its kind found no link between long-term use of mobile phones and increased risk of brain tumours, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) reported on Friday.Danish researchers found no evidence of enhanced risk among more than 350,000 mobile-phone subscribers whose heal

Oct. 21, 2011

No link to cancer in large-scale mobile phone study

Male-minded safety puts female drivers at risk: study

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Women are more likely to sustain injuries in an auto accident because safety features are designed more with men in mind, a study said Thursday.Combing through a decade of data about US motor vehicle accidents, three researchers found the odds of serious injury for female drivers

Oct. 21, 2011

Samsung trumps Apple in Q3 smartphone sales

(Yonhap News)Samsung Electronics Co. outpaced Apple Inc. in the global smartphone market by more than 10 million handsets during the third quarter of the year, industry data showed Friday.According to the data, Samsung Electronics sold about 27 million smartphones during the July-to-Sept. period, wh

Oct. 21, 2011

Samsung trumps Apple in Q3 smartphone sales

Satellite pieces may hit Earth on weekend

BERLIN (AP) -- Pieces of a retired German satellite hurtling toward the atmosphere may crash to earth this weekend, the German Aerospace Center said Thursday. Undated artist rendering provided by EADS Astrium shows the scientific satellite Rosat. The German Aerospace Center said the retired satellit

Oct. 21, 2011

Satellite pieces may hit Earth on weekend

Quest for cancer vaccine begins at Mayo Clinic

MINNEAPOLIS ― A few weeks ago, the Mayo Clinic made an intriguing announcement: One of its scientists had discovered a possible way to prevent ovarian and breast cancer with vaccines. And Mayo was ready to start testing them in people.Within days, word had spread around the globe. Hundreds of women

Oct. 20, 2011

Quest for cancer vaccine begins at Mayo Clinic

Health hints for takers of national college admission test

With less than a month left before the annual state-run test for college admissions, hundreds of thousands of students across the country must be extremely nervous. Maintaining good health is important for test-takers to work to the best of their ability in preparation for the exam on Nov. 10.Due to

Oct. 20, 2011

Health hints for takers of national college admission test

iPad helps elderly remember, socialize

WINTER GARDEN, Florida ― The newest arrival at Health Central Park nursing home is barely a year old, but it’s already making an impact with the elderly.The west Orange County, Florida, nursing home is using Apple iPad 2 tablets to jump-start residents’ memory, mobility and social skills that have d

Oct. 20, 2011

US researchers study bed bugs' resistance

US researchers have uncovered the genetic mechanism that bed bugs use to resist powerful insecticides, according to a study, leading to the hope of more effective ways to combat the pests.Bed bugs, which have been largely absent from the United States since the 1950s, have returned in force in the l

Oct. 20, 2011

Samsung denies decision on iPhone 4S suit

Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday said nothing had been decided over whether to file a preliminary injunction against Apple’s iPhone 4S in South Korea, amid intensifying speculation that a sales ban is likely.If implemented, such a ban would likely have a huge impact on the local handset market. T

Oct. 20, 2011

UK taxi driver becomes first mummy for 3,000 years

A former British taxi driver has become the first person in the world for 3,000 years to be mummified in the same way as the pharaohs. Channel Four viewers will see Alan Billis turned into a mummy over the space of a few months as his body is preserved using the techniques which the ancient Egyptian

Oct. 19, 2011

UK taxi driver becomes first mummy for 3,000 years

US woman shocked by $200,000 cell phone bill

MIAMI (AP) -- A Florida woman got a shock when she opened a recent mobile phone bill: she owed $201,000.It was no mistake.Celina Aarons has her two brothers on her plan. They are deaf and cannot speak, so the easiest way for them to communicate is by texting. Normally, that's not a problem. Aarons h

Oct. 19, 2011