An Ohio State professor conducts a study on mice to determine the effects of the sun on the brain, finding more sun can make you smarter.

Randy Nelson, professor of psychology and neuroscience, exposed two groups of mice to light - one group to 16 hours a day, representing summer and the other, to only eight hours, representing winter

An experimental treatment shows positive results for helping patients suffering from diabetes regain their ability to make insulin.

Such help would lessen the need for shots to regulate normal blood sugar levels

Swedish biotechnology firm Karo Bio announces it has begun phase I clinical trials of a drug for treating obesity.

Karo Bio released a statement claiming the substance, labeled KB2115, had reduced body weight in animals through increasing the body's energy consumption by stimulating the thyroid receptor, and it would now be tested for safety on healthy but overweight humans

Danielle George - All Headline News Staff Reporter

London (AHN)- Scientists believe they have uncovered why people with a gene for a blood disorder are immune to malaria

Danielle George - All Headline News Staff Reporter

New York, NY (AHN)- Three methods used when a baby is distressed during labor, have been proven to work