Study: Dialysis 3 times weekly might not be enough

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A major study challenges the way diabetics and others with failing kidneys have been treated for half a century, finding that three-times-a-week dialysis to cleanse the blood of toxins may not be enough.Deaths, heart attacks and hospitalizations were much higher on the day after

Sept. 29, 2011

Study: Dads less likely to die of heart problems

Fatherhood may be a kick in the old testosterone, but it may also help keep a man alive. New research suggests that dads are a little less likely to die of heart-related problems than childless men are.The study -- by the AARP, the government and several universities - is the largest ever on male fe

Sept. 29, 2011

Scores got sick, 1 died trying to kill bedbugs

ATLANTA (AP) -- Bedbugs don’t make you sick. But the poisons used to kill them can.A government study released Thursday found that dozens of Americans have fallen ill from the insecticides, and a North Carolina woman died after using 18 cans of chemical fogger to attack the tiny blood suckers.Becaus

Sept. 29, 2011

Build resistance to flu-type illnesses

Everyone must have had a cold.And flu is one of the most common acute diseases, which can easily strike a whole family at once. However, not many people can tell how to prevent flu-type illnesses easily. Influenza, or flu, is a respiratory infection caused by a variety of viruses. They are composed

Sept. 29, 2011

Eating just the right amount

Have you ever kept eating even when you are full?Overeating can cause not only weight gain but also gastroesophageal reflux, which can damage the internal organs. Prof. Kim Jong-gab of Konkuk University Institute of Body Culture Study said people nowadays are more likely to overeat than in the past.

Sept. 29, 2011

Korea to open world’s 11th super science computing hub

South Korea will soon open a super science data computing hub capable of processing more than 20 petabytes of information, joining a select group of 10 countries that operate such a facility, the science ministry said Thursday.The new Global Science Experimental Data Hub Center (GSDC) will begin ser

Sept. 29, 2011

China tells police to use social media

China has ordered police nationwide to make more use of social networking sites to ensure greater openness and "dispel misunderstandings", the state Xinhua news agency said Tuesday.Huang Ming, vice-minister of public security, delivered the message at a conference on Monday aimed at helping law enfo

Sept. 29, 2011

Samsung, Microsoft expand smartphone partnership

NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft and Samsung Electronics have agreed to cross-license each other's patent portfolios, with Microsoft getting royalties for the mobile phones and tablets Samsung sells that run the Android operating system.Microsoft Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that they

Sept. 28, 2011

Samsung hints at all-out war against new iPhone

Samsung Electronics Co. will seek a global sales ban on the upcoming iPhone as part of an all-out war against Apple Inc., a high-ranking company official said Wednesday, signaling a shift in its position on the deepening legal row.Samsung, which is embroiled in some 20 patent lawsuits with Apple aro

Sept. 28, 2011

SK Telecom to offer 7 phones for 4G service

SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile operator, said Wednesday that it will offer seven smartphones and one tablet PC that use its fourth-generation network this year, to meet surging demand for video and other data-guzzling services. By December, SK Telecom aims to lure 500,000 subscribers f

Sept. 28, 2011

Scientists confirm cytotoxicity of nanoparticles

A group of South Korean scientists has identified the negative effects of magnetic nanoparticles on human cells, a finding that urges the development of new nanoparticles that are safe to humans, the science ministry said Wednesday.According to the study, led by Chae Kwon-seok and Jang Yong-min, bot

Sept. 28, 2011

Dads less likely to die of heart problems

Fatherhood may be a kick in the old testosterone, but it may also help keep a man alive. New research suggests that dads are a little less likely to die of heart-related problems than childless men are.The study — by the AARP, the government and several universities — is the largest ever

Sept. 27, 2011

Coffee linked with lower depression risk in women

 

Sept. 27, 2011

Doctor in Brazil sends patient to morgue a bit too soon

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - A Brazilian woman in her 60s being treated in hospital for pneumonia was given up for dead by her attending physician, and sent to the morgue too soon, O Globo newspaper reported Sunday.The doctor felt no vital signs, ran tests and pronounced her dead. She was sent to the morg

Sept. 26, 2011