It has long been speculated as to the cause of different gestation periods in mammals. Scientists have now suggested that this could be due to different placenta sizes as well as structure.
Research shows that the placenta which is vital in exchange of nutrients between mother and child and removing waste is a determining factor in the period of gestation.
Through a comprehensive analysis of 109 species of mammals, it was discovered that the gestation period decreased with the increase in complexity and degree of folds in a placenta. This was attributed …

There was a shake up in the age hierarchy after the oldest recognised person on earth, Eugenie Blanchard hailing from the French West Indies died at 114 .
The new queen of the hill is perfectly sane and not over the hill. American Eunice Sanborn of Texas now has bragging rights as the oldest person on earth and also said to the surprise of all and sundry that actually she was Blanchard’s senior by a year, putting her age at 115.
When told by a site that keeps track of living centenarians …

Results for Prop 19 were negative, with disappointed MJ diggers saying that drug dealers had deliberately sabotaged the legalization bid so that they continue to make a killing with underhand pot dealings. Others said that a more feasible explanation was that the demographic of elderly voters and senior citizens had tilted the vote in favour of a thumbs down to the legalization of marijuana.
Nancy Pelosi after her win stayed mute on the link drawn between MJ and gambling. The vote proves that however liberal California may be, the laws are …

Madonna is set to launch the global gym chain called Hard Candy Fitness . The global gyms are a collaborative venture between the fighting fit Material Girl and New Evolution Ventures . The first one is to be opened at an upscale Mexico City locate at the end of November. Hard Candy will boast of yoga studios, dance, saunas, biking sessions and steam rooms. The added attraction is the juice bar.
Even if you are not hotstepping it to a Hard Candy fitness gym, you can feed into the …

The government is seeking to reassure the public that the full-body scanners being availed at airports for security checks are safe, despite their use of radiation to examine one for bombs or weapons past their clothing.
The Transport security Administration said that the radiation exposed during one scan was equivalent to that which a person flying for three minutes at 30,000 feet would be exposed to. It went on to state that that amount was significantly lower than what one is exposed to during a single dental X-Ray.
Officials from the Food …

Two more pain killing drugs have been recalled from the market. According to the reports, Darvon
and Darvocet, two high selling pain killing pills of Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals have been recalled in the
United States. Reports state, the company officials have stopped all sorts of publicity and marketing of
these drugs after FDA reports claimed propoxyphene, an important compound of the pills have the risks
of causing some serious heart ailments.
It has been reported, propoxyphene can affect the heart of any people and cause rhythm abnormalities
of heart. As the side-effect of the component is quite …

Four manufacturers of alcoholic energy drinks popular among college students were issued with warning letters from the Food and Drug Administration, terming the caffeine added to their beverages as an unsafe food additive.
According to Margaret Humbug, the FDA Commissioner, evidence has shown that the consumption of drinks that have a combination of caffeine and alcohol leads to alcohol poisoning, car accidents and assaults.
The letters give a 15-day period for the companies to reply and explain their strategy on withdrawing their products from the market or defend their products as harmless.
These …

The problems of heart attacks and strokes could be a thing of the past should what doctors have discovered is given a chance, a new drug that has good cholesterol high and lowering bad cholesterol to extremely levels.
The drug experiments have been taking part for the big part in the last decade by the doctors who have been in the labs in Boston.
The doctors are yet to start celebrating and making it available to the public. More research and testing is being done to proof that the drugs effect on …

Stem cell research has this year made ground-breaking discoveries on the positive treatment of conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
This medical advancement called, cellular programming, induces human cells to transform into the type of cells which are created by human embryos.
They are harvested by the embryos grown in labs as they have the potential to grow into any type of cell within the body.
According to scientists, these stem cells can even become repair tissue which can be used in the treatment of a wide range of diseases. In addition, this …

Energy drinks may be widely consumed but a study has shown that they are potentially very risky to one’s health. According to a study led by John Higgins at the University of Texas Medical School, an energy drink could be giving you much more caffeine than a cup of coffee.
This is because a typical energy drink contains up to a quarter cup of sugar and more caffeine than a strong cup of coffee.
Moreover, the mixing of that caffeine with other ingredients such as alcohol is potentially very deadly.
The study, which …