Imbalance gasses in gut cause bad breath: study

A high concentration of methane and hydrogen gasses in the gut is closely linked to bad breath, U.S. researchers have suggested. Doctors at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles conducted a large-scale study with some 800 participants to analyze their breath content. They found four patterns: normal breath content, high levels of methane, high concentrations of hydrogen, and high levels of both gases. Test subjects with a higher density of both methane and hydrogen were found to have bad brea

March 27, 2013

Chick born with four legs in U.S.

A Mississippi woman said a chick was born on her farm with four legs and the bird has "captured my heart."Annette Bragg of Pelahatchie said the chicken, which she named Lucy, hatched at 6 p.m. Sunday and she immediately noticed the bird had four legs, all of which were normal sized, WLBT-TV, Jackson, reported Tuesday.Bragg said Lucy, who is unable to walk because of the location of her legs, may have been meant to be a twin.Bragg said she has more than 100 chickens and Lucy is the most unusual o

March 27, 2013

Google takes on Swedish language watchdog

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Complaints from Google have led to the deletion of the word “ungoogleable” from a list of new Swedish words, the Language Council of Sweden says.The country‘s language watchdog has defined “ungoogleable” -- “ogooglebar” in Swedish -- as something that does not show up in results from any Internet search engine, but Google insisted the word, since it contains “Google,” should refer only to Google searches, the council reported.The council publishes an annual list of 10 new w

March 27, 2013

A simple, not-so-painful way to help save lives

The thought of donating stem cells might arise fear in many, conjuring up images of large needles. But if there was a relatively painless way to help someone in need, would you still hesitate to do it? Not many people know about “Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation,” a procedure to extract stem cells that gives a helping hand to those suffering from leukemia and other types of stem cell-related disease. There are two ways to transplant stem cells: the traditional method is called bone mar

March 26, 2013

Why that bar of chocolate makes you grumpy

New research suggests that foods high in sugar content do not boost your mood.　The study by researchers at Pennsylvania State University revealed that women who are concerned with diet and image tend to feel grumpier after eating unhealthy food.　Researchers including Dr. Kristin Heron provided 131 women with handheld computers, which frequently asked them about their mood and eating behavior. Their research focused on gathering data from participants in everyday life since other studies tracked

March 26, 2013

Good looking birds raise healthy babies

New research has found that the appearance of a female great tit (Parus major) affects the health conditions of its offspring.According to the study done by researchers at Palacky University in the Czech Republic, the bird’s representative features -- a black stripe across the breast and white patches on the cheeks -- correlate to a chick’s weight and immune strength at two weeks.In order to compare the weight and immune system of baby birds from mothers of different ornamentation, the research

March 26, 2013

Scientists describe two-headed shark

U.S. scientists have announced the first-ever discovery of a two-headed bull shark, confirming it was a single shark with two heads, not conjoined twins.Michigan State University researchers studying the specimen found in the uterus of an adult bull shark taken in the Gulf of Mexico April 7, 2011, said it was the first record of the phenomenon known as dicephalia ever seen in bull sharks although it has been seen before in other species of shark.“This is certainly one of those interesting and ra

March 26, 2013

Do cold sores lead to mental disorder?

Do cold sores lead to mental disorders?Scientists at Columbia University Medical Center claimed that the virus that causes cold sores might be associated with memory loss and mental diseases.In the study, performed in collaboration with the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, the researchers tested the mental function of 1,625 participants with aged 69 on average and living in New York.Participants who had high levels of infections such as herpes simplex virus in the blood were

March 26, 2013

‘Spiked dinosaurs copulated in unusual ways’

Dinosaurs with spikes may have copulated in unorthodox positions to avoid injuries, researchers suggested.Heinrich Mallison at the Museum of Natural History in Berlin used computer models of kentrosaurus to figure out how the spiked dinosaur would have mated, according to a report on Livescience.com.The model suggested that a male dinosaur would have risked serious injury to its reproductive organs if they tried to mount a female from behind, which is prevalent among most animals. Mallison sugge

March 25, 2013

World‘s lightest material created

Chinese scientists say they have developed the world‘s lightest material, lighter than air, which could play an important role in tackling pollution.The material -- dubbed graphene aerogel or carbon aerogel, and developed at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou -- weighs 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter, a sixth the weight of air, China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday.The material, derived from a gel with the liquid component replaced by a gas, is easy to manufacture and has strong

March 24, 2013

Apple aims for simpler look to iOS 7

　　　CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Software and hardware units at U.S. technology company Apple are now working more closely together, sources told The Wall Street Journal.　In the past, Jonathan Ive, the executive behind the sleek look of Apple‘s hardware, has had his own software development team create proxy operating systems that are used in the design phase of a new product.　The team developing the software that will end up in the product in stores, however, has been working on software without even k

March 24, 2013

Researchers looking to create human heart

Medical researchers in Spain say they are close to being able to grow human hearts for transplants outside the body.Doctors have already grown and transplanted a number of human organs, including windpipes, ears, tear ducts and an artery, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.Now, they want to recreate a heart. Researchers in Spain say although the country has the highest number of organ donors in the world, only about 10 percent of patients in need of a new heart get one.Dr. Francisco Fernand

March 24, 2013

Hackers used diverse methods

The latest nationwide hacking attack on Korea appears to have conspired via a wide assortment of methods, including the distribution of malicious spamware and seizing data servers. Network software at some of the hacking targets also was damaged after the culprits targeted the more vulnerable aspects of the software. The broadcasters, for instance, suffered damages to the boot sector of their operating systems, while the databases at banks such as Shinhan and Nonghyup malfunctioned because of at

March 21, 2013

Pediatric strabismus

Strabismus refers to the condition where, when a person is looking at an object, one eye looks directly at the object while the other eye is looking elsewhere. Pediatric strabismus is a common condition seen in approximately 2 percent of children. This can be a cosmetic problem, and may cause a developmental delay in normal visual function, and poor vision. Therefore, early diagnosis and treatment is important. Strabismus is divided into various forms depending on the expression type. Intermitte

March 21, 2013

Treating ADHD without drugs

From horseback riding to physical exercise, new therapies designed to balance the brain and better emotional conditions are raising hopes to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder without drugs. Chung Yoo-sook, a doctor at the department of neuropsychiatrics at Samsung Medical Center, plans to run a three-month clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a horseback riding program in treating ADHD children. Typical treatment methods for ADHD patients are mostly drug-based, using attentio

March 21, 2013