Autumn season hair care

Human hair usually has a growth cycle. It is made up of three periods: growth season; catagen season and telogen season.The growth phase of hair is about three years, catagen phase is about three weeks and then there is a pause for about three months. This is continually repeated. In contrast to ani

Oct. 13, 2011

Obese population growing in Korea, with estimated 70,000 serious cases

Being fat used to represent wealth in the old days, when life was hard.But nowadays, it has emerged as a social issue for a very different reason: it is not healthy. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, about 31.3 percent of adults are likely to become overweight once in their lifetime a

Oct. 13, 2011

Pancreatic cancer 4th most deadly

Death of Apple founder Jobs, Steinman highlights cancer with few treatmentsPancreatic cancer is notoriously lethal ― there are almost as many deaths from it each year as there are new cases. The deaths this week of Apple founder Steve Jobs and Nobel laureate Ralph Steinman have brought more attentio

Oct. 13, 2011

Deadly Black Death bug hasn't changed, but we have

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists have cracked the genetic code of the Black Death, one of history's worst plagues, and found that its modern day bacterial descendants haven't changed much over 600 years.Luckily, we have.The evolution of society and medicine _ and our own bodies _ has far outpaced

Oct. 13, 2011

Samsung replaces smartphone feature to bypass Dutch ban

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's No. 2 mobile phone maker, said Wednesday that it has replaced a feature in its Galaxy smartphones to avoid a sales ban in the Netherlands.The company, which is locked in a series of legal battles with Apple Inc. over mobile patents and design, faced a sales ban i

Oct. 12, 2011

Breast cancer pinkwashing questioned

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) ― The country is awash in pink for breast cancer awareness month, and some women are sick of it.While no one is questioning the need to fight the deadly disease, some breast cancer activists are starting to ask whether one of the most successful charity campaigns in rec

Oct. 12, 2011

BlackBerry woes caused by 'core switch failure'

LONDON (AP) — Email and messaging glitches that have plagued BlackBerry users around the world for a second day were caused by a core switch failure, the smartphone's maker said Tuesday.Research in Motion Ltd. said the disruptions — which affected users from Europe to Latin America &mdas

Oct. 12, 2011

Mega beats Mimi for world's biggest virus

PARIS (AFP) - A virus found in the sea off Chile is the biggest in the world, harbouring more than 1,000 genes, surprised scientists reported on Monday.The genome of Megavirus chilensis is 6.5 percent bigger than the DNA code of the previous virus record-holder, Mimivirus, isolated in 2003.Viruses d

Oct. 11, 2011

Siberian region 'confirms Yeti exists'

MOSCOW (AFP) - A Russian region in Siberia on Monday confidently proclaimed that its mountains are home to yetis after finding "indisputable proof" of the existence of the hairy beasts in an expedition.The local administration of the Kemerovo region in the south of Siberia said in a statement on its

Oct. 11, 2011

New study sees little need for vitamins, cites risks

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- There is no need for most people to take vitamin supplements and some may even be linked to a higher risk of dying in older women, according to a study published Monday in the United States. (MCT)Iron stood out among supplements as a particular concern, while calcium appeared to

Oct. 11, 2011

After long wait, Facebook releases iPad app

NEW YORK (AP) -- One of the enduring questions of the technology world: “When will iPad users get their very own Facebook app?”That question was answered Monday as Facebook released an updated version of its iPhone application, one that's also designed to fill out the iPad's larger screen.The lack o

Oct. 11, 2011

Sperm donors father ‘families’ in U.S., Canada

Concerns raised about lax rules on use of donated sperm in North AmericaMONTREAL (AFP) ― In a scenario straight from science fiction, experts are increasingly concerned about lax rules for sperm donors in the U.S. and Canada where some men have anonymously fathered dozens of children.Unlike in some

Oct. 10, 2011