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Early life stress 'changes' genes

"A study in mice has hinted at the impact that early life trauma and stress can have on genes, and how they can result in behavioural problems. Stressed mice produced hormones that "changed" their genes, affecting their behaviour throughout their lives. " This has to be a...

Confessions of a running addict

" t appears I'm in denial. There I was, smug at how much running I do, gloating that Government diktats on healthy living don't apply to me. But apparently I'm no better than a heroin addict. Scientists...

Iraqi protest at media censorship

" About 200 Iraqi journalists, writers and publishers have protested in Baghdad at what they say is growing state interference in their work. The protest follows the introduction of new rules for censoring books,...

New Study: Obesity linked to same-sex parent

According to a study on 226 families by Plymouth's Peninsula Medical School, obesity of children is often linked to same-sex parent. Daughters were said to be 10 times more likely to be obese in case of obese...

Moderates Muslims drove Extremist muslims of the streets - UK

" The Muslim community turned on extremists in their midst yesterday, telling them they were 'sick and tired' of their behavior. The angry confrontation came in Luton, where anti-Islamic protesters brandished England flags last Sunday, before clashing with police. The...

Three-year UK Government study into bad classroom behaviour

According to a major review by Sir Alan Steer Schools will be encouraged to return to traditional methods such as detentions etc along with orders to remove caps and confiscate mobile phones. Under New Labour some years ago good behaviour was to be financially rewarded...

Feck Off! Deemed to Be Acceptable in the Uk

Magners Irish Cider received a number of complaints relating to an advert in which a man tells bees to "feck off", members of the public were concerned that young children could be badly influenced by seeing this...

UK City Bans Swearing On The Street

A British city has posted a series of rules around its high street banning swearing. In addition, the campaign is seeking to curb public vomiting, uringating and fighting, using common British slang. Such sights are common in city centres across the UK, particularly around...

Serial Complainer Found Not Guilty

UPDATE Tuesday, November 25, 2008A DISABLED man who had been threatened by youths then used racially derogatory words while speaking to the police has been found not guilty of making offensive phone calls. " John Spare, 59, who is profoundly deaf, used derogatory terms to...

Bones Inside Croc Are Those of Lost Crocodile Man

BONES recovered from a crocodile in Australia match the DNA of missing Scot, Arthur Booker, who went missing last month. "The'>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article5169530.ece"]The human remains...

SMS tackle HIV in South Africa

Growth in the Mobile phone subscription is astonishing. The growth is particularly led by emerging economies like China and India. People are opting for the top-end phones with high processing power and storage available in desktop computers just few years back. Mobile...

Boys trail girls 'at age of five'

There have been many studies done to try to determine why girls seem to progress so much quicker in Western education systems. A new study in the UK shows that girls have already established a an edge over boys in education by age 5."Girls already have a well-established...

MIDEAST: HEBRON TUNNEL, HAMAS PROTESTS, THREATENS PNA

"MIDEAST: HEBRON TUNNEL, HAMAS PROTESTS, THREATENS PNA (ANSAmed) - GAZA, OCTOBER 15 - There is a risk that the cooperation underway on the West Bank between Palestinian and Israeli security forces will spark a revolt by the Palestinian people against the PNA of Abu Mazen...

Antisocial Behaviour Link to Stress Hormone Cortisol

SCIENTISTS at Cambridge University have presented a paper which shows that adolescent boys diagnosed with a history severe antisocial behaviour are deficient in the stress hormone emotion regulator, cortisol.  In a normal person there is a surge of this hormone in times...

Antisocial behaviour hormone link

cambridge university  team came with an intersting research, which is going to break some previous notions regarding the antisocial behaviour. study says that antisocial bahaviour is more related to...

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