One Antarctic ice shelf has quickly vanished, another is disappearing and glaciers are melting faster than anyone thought due to climate change, U.S. and British government researchers reported on Friday. They said the Wordie Ice Shelf, which had been disintegrating since the 1960s, is gone and the northern part of the Larsen Ice Shelf...
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Cell Renew in the Human Heart
By monitoring carbon 14 emitted from Cold War-era nuclear bomb tests, researchers found that heart muscle cells continue to divide throughout adulthood, shows a study appearing in the April 3 Science. The low-level cell renewal may eventually be exploited to treat damaged hearts, says study coauthor Jonas Frisén of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm....
Vegetarian diet might lead to eating disorder
Young vegetarians consuming plenty of fruits and vegetables are eating a healthy diet but they may also have an increased risk of spree eating and other unusual behaviors, researchers said. Despite its proven health benefits, a vegetarian diet might in fact be masking an underlying eating disorder. After examining the diets, weight and drug...
