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Long journeys into deep space, including a mission to Mars, could expose astronauts to levels of cosmic radiation harmful to the brain and accelerate Alzheimer's disease, according to a US study.

People who say they are repulsed by gay people are often repressing their own same-sex attraction, a new study has found. People who say they are repulsed by gay people are often repressing their own same-sex attraction, a new study has found. A team of researchers in New York, Essex and California found evidence that homophobes are likely afraid of gay men and lesbians because they remind them of themselves. The research will be published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, ScienceDaily.com reported. ?Individuals who identify as straight but in psychological tests show a strong attraction to the same sex may be threatened by gays and lesbians because homosexuals remind them of similar tendencies within themselves,? said Netta Weinstein, a lecturer at the University of Essex and the study's lead author. ?In many cases these are people who are at war with themselves and they are turning this internal conflict outward,? added Richard Ryan, professor of psychology at the

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland (Reuters) - On the morning of January 27, employees at the St. Gallen headquarters of Wegelin, Switzerland's oldest private bank, were told to expect an important announcement from Konrad Hummler, Wegelin's leading partner. Other Wegelin branches across Switzerland, also alerted, tuned in to the company-wide address system.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whether or not trauma centers meet national safety standards says little about a patient's risk of dying or getting an infection while there, according to new research.

ROCHESTER, NY (Reuters) - With investors placing bets on whether Eastman Kodak will file for bankruptcy, there is not so much a sense of crisis as a feeling of resignation and fatigue among the residents in its hometown.

ROCHESTER, NY (Reuters) - With investors placing bets on whether Eastman Kodak <EK.N> will file for bankruptcy, there is not so much a sense of crisis as a feeling of resignation and fatigue among the residents in its hometown.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The family of a Yale University medical student found strangled in a laboratory on the eve of her wedding day has sued the school for negligence, saying it allowed an atmosphere of aggression toward women.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drugs used in the hope of slowing multiple sclerosis progression may help some patients, but at a very high cost, according to a study out Wednesday.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is actively preparing for the possibility that the United States could default as a deadline for raising the government's $14.3 trillion borrowing limit looms, a top Fed policymaker said on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Drugs used in the hope of slowing multiple sclerosis progression may help some patients, but at a very high cost, according to a study out Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is entering the next round of a nationwide boxing match over public pensions, with states approving changes to the funds, a leading municipal union challenging claims of yawning shortfalls and a research group advocating moderation.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is entering the next round of a nationwide boxing match over public pensions, with states approving changes to the funds, a leading municipal union challenging claims of yawning shortfalls and a research group advocating moderation.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. state and local governments will need to raise taxes by $1,398 per household every year for the next 30 years if they are to fully fund their pension systems, a study released on Wednesday said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Raj Rajaratnam could face huge criminal fines and penalties as part of his insider trading conviction, but the hedge fund founder could remain a rich man even if he is sent to prison for a long time.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Data that could save money and help doctors make smarter treatment decisions are often unavailable at the time new medicines hit the market, according to U.S. researchers.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors stung accused Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam with one more phone tap recording as his lawyers rested the defense case on Monday at his trial on insider trading charges.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and his family have invested $25 million in a $35 million fund managed by one of his former top executives who testified at Rajaratnam's insider trading trial, the jury heard on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and his family have invested $25 million in a $35 million fund managed by one of his former top executives who testified at Rajaratnam's insider trading trial, the jury heard on Thursday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When doctors step into their patients' shoes, their treatment decisions don't always line up with the advice they give in their clinics, a U.S. survey suggests.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Raj Rajaratnam's lawyers plan to call five witnesses to testify for the defense at his insider trading trial, including a former top executive at his hedge fund.