U.S. researchers found that sleep-deprived people have a bigger possibility of choosing unhealthy food for their meals, which could lead to obesity.Lead author Stephanie Greer, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, and his team conducted a study on 23 healthy adults to see how poor sleep affects food choices.In the study, researchers divided participants into two groups, with one restricted to have only four hours sleep and the other allowed to have nine hours of sleep fo

June 15, 2012

We can get bruises from bumping into objects without knowing, getting hit by objects or falling over. Black bruises are formed when the blood vessels beneath the skin are damaged. When the blood pigment is absorbed the bruise becomes blue.Bruises and swelling are more obvious in areas with particularly thin skin. Women tend to bruise more easily than men because women have thinner layers of skin, their tissues are more delicate and they are more likely to get thrombocytopenia ― a lack of platele

June 14, 2012

BALTIMORE _ An estimated 3.5 million cancer patients around the globe are in severe pain from their disease, but many get no relief.In poor countries the cost is considered too high for drugs like morphine when such opioids are often stolen, abused or not taken according to instruction.But some Johns Hopkins University scientists have been working on a solution for those patients, as well as some in the United States, that uses a flexible button-sized disc implanted under the skin that releases

June 14, 2012

The summer heat has gripped the nation early, pushing the mercury above 29 degrees Celsius around the country. Premature hot weather often causes illnesses. Here are some tips to keep you healthy in the summer. Take extra care when working outdoors: heat cramps prevail when you lose salt after sweating too much. Spasms can last for 2-3 minutes on the arms, legs and abdomen. Massage the body parts and take saline water. In case of heat exhaustion, which can occur when working in the heat for more

June 14, 2012

(123rf)A long-lasting "tropical" lake of liquid methane on Saturn's moon Titan may be replenished by underground wells of hydrocarbons, U.S. astronomers report.While the Cassini spacecraft confirmed the presence of such lakes in Titan's polar regions in 2004, it had been unknown whether similar bodies could survive in the moon's marginally warmer lower latitudes -- its "tropics" -- without evapora

June 14, 2012

June 14, 2012

Global Green Growth Institute and Brookings Institution, a U.S.-based think tank, are collaborating to help developing countries access key technologies that could boost their economic growth in an environmentally-friendly way. GGGI executive director Richard Samans said the two organizations aimed to create a “pillar” for international technology cooperation between developed and developing markets.“We are in the midst of identifying specific technology options or mechanisms, maybe more toward

June 13, 2012

Kim Nan-hyung, 31, was surprised to find out how frequently she uses the “Kibot,” a robot for kids introduced by mobile carrier KT, for her 20-month-old daughter every day.“Because I have a full-time job, I play the animations or songs on the device for my daughter when I’m busily getting ready to go to work or while I cook dinner with her next to me,” she said. “I also turn on the Kibot to sing my baby Seo-jin to sleep and she now knows it’s time to go to bed when I show her the moving pictures

June 13, 2012

Executive board member Reckmann says biosimilars have great potentialA board member of global chemical and pharmaceutical giant Merck KGaA said Tuesday that the company will continue to show support for Korea’s fast growing biotechnology industry, especially toward a special class of medicines called “biosimilars.”“Korea has built up a country strategy where a clear target is to be one of the leaders in biotechnology products worldwide (through exports of these drugs),” said Bernd Reckmann, a ge

June 13, 2012

The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday that it would seek to penalize doctors who go on strike against diagnosis-related group pricing system.The strike, due to start July 1, is against the government’s policy to slash health insurance expenditure and is expected to cause chaos in the national medical industry. “It is a shame that some of the facts have been distorted. The DRG-pricing system has been supported by about 80 percent of medical institutions nationwide and its effectivenes

June 13, 2012

(123rf)Can a computer game predict the future of mankind?A person who have been playing a “Civilization II” computer game for 10 years says the world of 3991 A.D. is “a hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation,” according to news reports.Reddit user Lycerius, who uploaded the post, said he has been playing the old game on and off for 10 years, and thought it might be interesting to see how f

June 13, 2012