By Melinda Smith Washington 18 July 2007 We are going to find out about two studies on breast cancer. One studied whether a diet very high in fiber and low in fat could reduce the risk of recurring breast cancer. Another study focused on women with a...
And it's time again for StoryCorps, we've been hearing from this oral history project as it crisscrosses the country. In New York city, it's gathering interviews with families and friends who lost loved ones at the World Trade Center. StoryCorps w...
Renee Montagne: This is Morning Edition from NPR News, I'm Renee Montagne. John Ydstie: And I'm John Ydstie. A new study in the Journal of the America Medical Association comes to a conclusion that has surprised even the researchers who conducted it...
By Melinda Smith Washington 17 July 2007 Antibiotics are designed to fight a multitude of bacterial infections. But some infections -- such as those in the urinary tract -- have become resistant to many antibiotics. VOA's Melinda Smith reports on a r...
Somewhere on the right frontier between science and sleep and a hunk of cheddar cheese, we found our next guest. My name is Nigel White, I'm Secretary of the British Cheese Board. The misperception has being that eating cheese before you go to bed gi...
The business report starts with the economic effects of a smoking ban. Those effects might not be what you'd expect. Harvard University looked into the effect of a statewide smoking ban in bars and restaurants in Massachusetts. NPR's Chris Arnold rep...
Studies that will be released today show that fish, birds and mammals in New England have significant amounts of mercury in their bodies. The studies find the toxic metal in some unexpected habitats and they suggest that power plants in the Midwest a...
By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 09 July 2007 The World Health Organization reports there are at least 130,000 new cases every year of malignant melanoma, the most fatal type of skin cancer, and more than two million cases of other types of skin can...
By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 22 June 2007 Studies show that women with a strong family history of breast cancer -- meaning their mothers, sisters, aunts or grandmothers had the disease -- have a higher risk of getting breast cancer, too. But a...
By Jessica Berman Washington 24 May 2007 Scientists have always thought that babies learn language by hearing them, but a new study provides evidence that infants as young as four months can distinguish between different languages being spoken by usi...