Teaching parents to switch channels from violent shows to educational TV can improve preschoolers' behavior, even without getting them to watch less, a study found.
2013/2/19 |
A total of 150 scientific studies have shown that bisphenol A (BPA), a controversial component of plastic bottles and canned food linings, may be used in quantities too small to negatively affect human health.
2013/2/17 |
Alzheimer's disease cases in the U.S. will nearly triple in the next 40 years, according to new projections Wednesday that suggest there will be nearly 14 million sufferers by 2050.
2013/2/8 |
Kaohsiung City in southern Taiwan has the highest concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) of Taiwan's six municipalities, the Taiwan Healthy Air Action Alliance said yesterday.
2013/2/1 , 1 Comment |
Obese children, adolescent girls in particular, are more likely to be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) than normal-weight youth — with extreme obesity tied to a three to fourfold higher risk of MS. 2013/2/1 |
![]() | In a feat never before achieved, a Taiwanese research team has successfully cloned two miniature pigs after three years of experiment, the National Science Council (NSC) announced yesterday. 2013/1/31 , 1 Comment |
![]() | The first U.S. soldier to survive after losing all four limbs in the Iraq war has received a double-arm transplant by a Taiwanese-American doctor.
2013/1/30 |
U.S. consumers are being offered a cornucopia of smartphone apps to track or manage health, but only a small number of people are using them, according to a survey released Monday.
2013/1/29 |
PepsiCo subsidiary Gatorade said Friday it was removing an ingredient from its popular citrus-flavored sports drink that has a second life as a fire retardant.
2013/1/27 |
![]() | It has been called the world's oldest recorded disease, an evil that humans have known for more than 3,500 years, as papyri from ancient Egypt testify.
2013/1/26 |





