Study Examines Lifestyle Factors and Ovarian Cancer

Study Examines Lifestyle Factors and Ovarian Cancer
Are smokers and coffee drinkers at a greater risk for ovarian cancer? Harvard Medical School researchers looked for links. Their results, published this week in Cancer, come with caveats.

Barnacles Go To Great Lengths To Mate
Compelled to mate, yet firmly attached to the rock, barnacles have evolved the longest penis of any animal for their size -- up to 8 times their body length -- so they can find and fertilize distant neighbors. Biologists have shown that barnacles appear to have acquired the capacity to change the size and shape of their penises to closely match local wave conditions.

Prostate Cancer Patients Pick Treatments That May Worsen Quality of Life
A new study suggests many men may be unwittingly choosing prostate cancer treatments that worsen problems they already have.

Worried About Family Or Friends Falling? New Guideline Identifies Those Most At Risk
A new guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology finds certain neurology patients are at a high risk of accidental falls and should be regularly screened to help prevent the high number of fall-related injuries and deaths in the United States each year.

Mummy Lice Found In Peru May Give New Clues About Human Migration
Lice from 1,000-year-old mummies in Peru may unravel important clues about a different sort of passage: the migration patterns of America's earliest humans, a new study suggests. DNA sequencing found the strain of lice to be genetically the same as the form of body lice that spawns several deadly diseases, including typhus, which was blamed for the loss of Napoleon's grand army and millions of other soldiers, one of the researchers said.