WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A growing debate about mammograms' real value -- or lack thereof -- for women in their 40s has engulfed much of the U.S. medical community.
PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 5 (UPI) -- NASA's Spirit probe has targeted a promising spot to begin exploring the Martian surface, mission scientists said Monday in Pasadena, Calif.
A series by UPI examining the potential human impact on the phenomenon of global climate change. This week: Raging wildfires across evergreen forests might generate jitters about the effect on climate change but the biggest effect from fires occurs during
Vegetable compound may cure cancer ... Study: Enzyme can degrade mad cow prion ... Allergy docs' new med: 'Eau De Shrimp' ... SARS case confirmed in China
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A daily dose of broccoli, cabbage, turnips and mustard greens can keep most cancers away, but Texas researchers are also using them to cure cancer.
, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- North Carolina researchers have shown that an enzyme can fully degrade the prion -- or protein particle -- believed responsible for mad cow disease.
LONDON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Ground-up shrimp shells stirred into a nasal spray are being tested in England as a treatment for allergies and hay fever, Sky News reported Monday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- The first of two NASA robotic rovers launched last June on a mission to search for evidence of water on Mars landed safely Saturday night after surviving a dangerous plunge through the planet's atmosphere.
WAGENINGEN, Netherlands, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Dutch researchers said Friday they have found traces of bacteria that can cause serious illness in newborns in powdered infant formula.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Jan. 2 (UPI) -- What began five years ago with the launch of an unmanned rocket carrying a desk-sized satellite into orbit culminates Friday when an attempt to snare particles from a comet takes place on the far side of the sun.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Researchers in Sweden say they have uncovered evidence CT scans may damage toddlers' brains, the BBC reported Thursday.
TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- Planet-sized tension is afflicting Arizona State University scientists as two spacecraft loaded with ASU-designed equipment streak closer and closer to Mars.
