Health news

Soccer players Luka Modrić and Stipe Pletikosa recovering in Selce

Soccer players Luka Modrić and Stipe Pletikosa are, at the moment, successfully recovering at Terme Selce Health and Sports Centre, located on Croatian coast.

Croatian hotels and destinations nominated for World Travel Award

World Travel Awards, one of the most renowned tourist organizations in the world, has announced the nominees for the best European hotels and tourist destinations in 2009.

Croatia among top destinations

Five southeastern European countries are ranked among top 28 destinations for the Europeans, according to a Eurobarometer report

Walking, Biking to Work Pays Off

Active commuters are slimmer and fitter, study finds

Pregnant women may still face judgment and obstacles to getting jobs

Pregnant women may still face judgment and obstacles to getting jobs, shows two recent studies by George Mason University and Rice University professors

Prenatal omega-3 may aid babies' brain development

Expectant mothers who eat enough omega-3 fats late in pregnancy may give their babies a brain-power boost, a new study suggests

Treating SSRI-Resistant Depression

When your antidepressant medication does not work, should you switch to a different medication from the same class or should you try an antidepressant medication that has a different mechanism of action?

Will botox be the aspirin of 21st century?

The journal Medical Hypotheses, an Elsevier publication, has announced the winner of the 2007 David Horrobin Prize for medical theory

To bet or not to bet: How the brain learns to estimate risk

Researchers from EPFL and Caltech have made an important neurobiological discovery of how humans learn to predict risk

A Screening Strategy Using Zebrafish Targets Genes That Protect Against Hearing Loss

A small striped fish is helping scientists understand what makes people susceptible to a common form of hearing loss, although, in this case, it’s not the fish’s ears that are of interest