HOUSTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. college students say they are using genetic engineering to create beer with resveratrol, a substance in grapes shown to reduce cancer and heart disease.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Influenza and its potential complication pneumonia are the third leading cause of death in New York City, but preventable with a flu shot, officials said.
HOUSTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Work, relationships and even personal hygiene can suffer when people cannot control time spent in online virtual worlds, a U.S. researcher says.
DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say the reason a baking apple pie can bring back memories is because the part of the brain involved with scents also deals with memories.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Coronary heart disease symptoms in women presented in the context of a stressful event are identified as psychogenic, or "in her head," U.S. researchers say.
TORONTO, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A high daily dose of a vitamin K supplement did not protect against age-related bone mineral density decline, Canadian researchers said.
DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Teenage boys who abuse girlfriends often describe growing up with troubled family lives, failing at school and witnessing violence, U.S. researchers said.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Men and women differ in Internet behavior, such as frequency of Web surfing, online community membership and reading habits, U.S. researchers said.
MONTREAL, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. and Canadian researchers say voters respond to Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama's abstract notions of hope, change and judgment.
CHICAGO, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest that the higher rates of hypertension and cardiovascular disease among African-Americans are due to low birth weights and slavery.
RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- African-American seniors who have trouble falling asleep are at higher risk of having memory problems, U.S. researchers said.
URBANA, Ill., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers suggest a walk in the park improves the focus in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Using brain imaging and chocolate milkshakes, U.S. scientists say people with weakened brain "reward circuitry" are at increased risk of weight gain.
ATLANTA, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- U.S. teens are being injured or killed by riding on the outside of a moving vehicle -- an activity known as car surfing, federal health officials said.
LAKEVILLE, Conn., Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Nearly 200 flu shot clinics are scheduled to take place at or near polling sites in 30 states and Washington, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation officials said.
LONDON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- People with autism-related disorders are less likely to make irrational decisions and are less influenced by gut instincts, British researchers said.
LONDON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Britain's All-Party Parliamentary Group on Pneumococcal Disease Prevention officials say pneumococcal disease must be recognized as a global health issue.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Researchers say they found a possible link between the 2007 pet food contamination and the recent adulteration of milk protein in China.
KELOWNA, British Columbia, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Ontario, Canada's bid to ban indoor tanning facilities for teenagers is being criticized as counterproductive by a professional organization.
PROVO, Utah, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Religious teenagers' faith makes them half as likely to use marijuana and religiosity also buffers them from smoking and drinking, U.S. researcher say.
