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Does size matter? Web survey seeks hard data E-mail
by Stephen Withers   
Wednesday, 09 May 2007
The Australian Centre for Sex, Health & Society at LaTrobe University is running a web-based survey to help investigate the relationship between men's body image and perceived penis size.

 
Artificial butter flavorings produced in popcorn factories linked with lung cancer E-mail
by William Atkins   
Tuesday, 08 May 2007
Diacetyl gives popcorn a buttery taste. The U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has indicated that diacetyl may be hazardous to human health when used in popcorn that contains artificial butter flavoring, such as microwaveable popcorn.

 
Everything in moderation: does that go for green tea, too? E-mail
by William Atkins   
Monday, 07 May 2007
Even though reports have been spreading on the health benefits of green tea, a report by researchers at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, states that polyphenols in green tea could have adverse effects.

 
Pha-4 gene helps worms live longer with low-calorie diets--will it help us? E-mail
by William Atkins   
Thursday, 03 May 2007
U.S. researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, California) have found a gene—specifically, pha-4—which helps to regulate the process by which drastically low-calorie diets can extend life spans.

 
Vision could be restored with bionic eyes E-mail
by William Atkins   
Thursday, 03 May 2007
Researchers at the Harvard Medical School are looking into implanting electrodes within the brain to restore eyesight. Forget about having “Bette Davis eyes” (sung by Kim Carnes), you could have “Steve Austin eyes” (played by “The Six Million Dollar Man” Lee Majors).

 
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