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Washington: The FDA may set up a “behind the counter” system letting more drugs, which presently need a recommendation to be sold without one.

In a perceive set to be released in today’s Federal Register, the agency declared a Nov. 14 hearing to explore "the public health benefit of drugs being available without a prescription but only after intervention by a pharmacist."

Washington, October 4 : Scientists have found that threat of punishment for social norm violations activates specific areas of brain’s prefrontal cortex.

The researchers say that the areas they have identified are known to be involved in control of decision-making related to fairness and evaluation of punishing stimuli.

Washington, Oct 4 : Consuming flavonol-rich foods like apples and onions reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer, a new study conducted by a group of international researchers has revealed.

Previously, the most consistent inverse association was found between flavonols, especially quercetin in apples and lung cancer.

While found in many plants, flavonols are found in high concentrations in apples, onions, tea, berries, kale, and broccoli. Quercetin is most plentiful in apples and onions.

Washington, Oct 4 : NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed and Earth like planet forming 424 light-years away in a star system called HD 113766.

Agency astronomers have discovered a huge belt of warm dust – enough to build a Mars-size planet or larger – swirling around a distant star that is just slightly more massive than our Sun.