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 Vampires, Zombies & Werewolves, Oh My! The Origins of Halloween Monsters Read More » Science of the Paranormal: Can You Trust Your Own Mind? Read More » Goblin Sharks and 'Skeletorus': 6 Scary Beasts to Haunt Your Halloween Read More » Low-Fat Diets Are Not Better for Weight Loss Low-fat diets are unlikely to result in greater weight loss than higher-fat diets that have the same amount of calories, a new study finds. The scientists found no difference in people's average weight loss when comparing low-fat and higher-fat diets. Reducing fat only led to greater weight loss when compared to not following any type of diet. Read More »Women's Risk of Early Death Linked to Reproductive Milestones Some factors related to a woman's reproductive health — such as the age at which she had her first period or the age at which she gave birth to her first child — may be related to her risk of dying early, a new study suggests. Still, "further studies are needed to confirm these findings and to identify the mechanisms that may link reproductive factors with risk of death," Merritt told Live Science. Read More »People with Type 2 Diabetes Fall into 3 Distinct Groups, Study Finds Type 2 diabetes doesn't affect every person who has it in exactly the same way, but now, a new study shows that people with Type 2 diabetes can be divided into a few distinct groups. The scientists found that there are actually three groups of people with Type 2 diabetes, each with a different set of problems associated with the disease. The findings show "there are statistically meaningful differences between patients," said Joel Dudley, the leader of the study and the director of biomedical informatics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. Read More »Halloween Asteroid Flies By Earth Today: Watch It Live Online Read More » Boo! Halloween Asteroid Looks Just Like a Creepy Skull Read More » Halloween in Space: A Vampire Astronaut and Nightmare in Orbit Read More » Always 'Z' Prepared: When Zombies Attack, Look for a Scout Read More » Fall Back? Why Daylight Saving Time Is So Confusing There is mixed research on whether daylight saving time causes an uptick in car accidents as a result of groggy drivers. More objective measures of timekeeping go way back: Ancient Egyptians divided the day into 12 hour-long segments, and used both astronomy and devices called water clocks to track the hours. Other ancient timekeeping methods included sundials and candle clocks, which worked like water clocks except by melting wax rather than by dripping water. Read More »Aftermath of Gargantuan Landslide Captured in Space Image Read More » Scared to Death: Can You Really Die of Fright? There's no question about it, the answer is yes, said Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. This response likely benefited early humans when they faced a menacing beast or aggressor, giving them the necessary adrenaline to either fight the attacker or flee the scene, Glatter said. The rush of adrenaline is an involuntary response controlled by the autonomic nervous system. Read More »Fitful Sleep Is Worse Than Staying Awake It's the first question anyone asks when someone has a new baby: Are you getting enough sleep? Several nights of interrupted sleep may be tougher to deal with than getting less sleep, new research suggests. "When your sleep is disrupted throughout the night, you don't have the opportunity to progress through the sleep stages to get the amount of slow-wave sleep that is key to the feeling of restoration," study lead author Patrick Finan, a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, said in a statement. Read More » | ||||
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