Jamelle Agbuis

The First Year Inventory, a 10-minute questionnaire filled out by parents after a child’s first birthday, shows promise in identifying children who are later diagnosed with autism or other developmental problems.

During the year to March 2012, the average price of apartments in Riga, the capital, dropped by 1.5%, according to Arco Real Estate (although during the latest quarterly, residential property prices were up by 1.54%).

"Everybody is analyzing policies...as if policies could make any real difference. What really matters is culture," said an Irish friend yesterday.

The cause and effect relationships between these mechanisms are easier to delineate than the cellular action of either carcinogens or their repellants. Researchers at Oregon State University have been hot on the trail of one particular carcinogen for some time now.

Eight year-old Britan and her 10-year-old brother, Carson, have been going to the same summer camp for the past two years. For an entire day, they laugh, play games, eat pizza - and then chat with scientists who literally hang on every word they say

Volkswagen Australia has launched the second-generation Passat CC four-door coupe with a starting price of $54,990 for the diesel. This time around the Germans have gone for a simpler naming convention by removing the Passat badge and sticking with just Volkswagen CC.

Green tea has always been cited to improve a number of health benefits through its consumption. A recent study targeted LDL, or "bad" cholesterol and brought forth evidence that green tea reduces those levels. The question of how much and whether or not green tea should serve as a medical alternative remains to be seen; however, the overall benefits of green tea are difficult to ignore.

"Cancer found in mummies is very rare," say professors Rosalie David and Michael Zimmerman from the University of Manchester.

Probiotic intake for overall good health has been underestimated by even the alternative health community. The fact is that gut bacteria greatly affects both overall physical and mental health.

Mountain Bike Australia today announced the team for the gravity and trials events for this year's UCI MTB and Trials World Championships in Austria.

History will be made in a search to discover the world's finest junior water polo club team. The inaugural 2013 World Youth Club Water Polo Challenge will take place 'Downunder' in Canberra, Australia's national capital from July 6th - 13th 2013.

Fresh from a break at home in Melbourne, Geoff Ogilvy is ready to try and turn his poor form in the Open Championship around.

Consumers are increasingly turning to the internet for information about food products, but a report released today says that traditional printed information is still more trusted than online sources, such as social media and smartphone applications.

A study released today by the Australian National University (ANU) has found that infants who are solely breast fed for the first six months may be more susceptible to nut allergies.

In a recent column for Women's eNews, Caryl Rivers and Rosalind Barnett--two feminist media critics--dismissed the now infamous article in The Atlantic about the tricky balancing act between work and family as a "sideline scuffle."

Volvo has lifted the lid on its next generation of vehicle safety systems designed to protect drivers from stray animals and red-light runners, and take full control of the car in congested city traffic.

You have something to say and can't wait to get it out in the blogosphere. Raka and Bitly have got together and done some data crunching to showcase just what is the best time of day to send those Tweets, and add to your Facebook, Google+ profiles for maximum results. It is worth a look and possibly a change of pushing practice!

China's consumer prices rose 2.2% in June from the year before, according to data published yesterday. That rate is a 29-month low. More importantly, it has some people excited that China's authorities have free reign to promote growth through more stimulus. They can spend, spend, spend without fear of igniting socially destabilising inflation in consumer prices.

A tell-tale sign that we're at the logical frontier of monetary policy in a fiat money system is that central bank rate cuts no longer produce stock market rallies. For example, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) cut interest rates for the second time in a month last week. And stocks? Nothing.

Having the appendix removed does not affect a woman's chance of having a baby, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Dundee.

"Cancer found in mummies is very rare," say professors Rosalie David and Michael Zimmerman from the University of Manchester. Their investigation of hundreds of Egyptian mummies found only one case of cancer.

For many, improperly prepared grains can cause a variety of health issues ranging from digestive upset to serious malabsorption and deficiency.

Very few topics elicit more controversy and differing points of view than those pertaining to dietary ratios of carbohydrates, proteins and fats and how they pertain to optimal health.

A study finds that people who ate a high-protein breakfast with dessert had better long-term results then others on a low-calorie diet. But is this diet healthy?

In Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, the average price of dwellings was up 10.4% on the year ending in Q2 2011, to €1,033 per square metre (sq. m.) (up 4.9% inflation-adjusted), according to the Statistical Office of Estonia.

Canada's housing market remains strong, despite moderate economic growth in the first quarter of 2012. But the housing market is expected to slow during the rest of 2012.

An alliance of groups who advocate for freedom and privacy have joined to push U.S. lawmakers into acknowledging so-called digital rights of all Americans by signing a new Declaration of Internet Freedom.

The Miami man who chewed the face off another man back in May was high on marijuana, not "bath salts." This is the claim now being made by the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Department, anyway, which is conveniently targeting marijuana at a time when many American states continue to advance decriminalization legislation.

According to the reports released late on Friday, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co (BMY) is planning to buy Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc (AMLN), a biotechnology company, for nearly about 5.3 billion dollars cash price.