Study: Daily sex produces better sperm
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 30 (UPI) -- Daily sex -- or ejaculating daily -- for seven days improves men's sperm quality by reducing the amount of DNA damage, an Australian researcher found.
Statins may guard against Alzheimer's
GRONINGEN, Netherlands, June 23 (UPI) -- Statins may protect nerve cells against damage known to occur in the brain of Alzheimer's disease patients, Dutch researchers suggest.
Medvedev: Russia prepared for nuclear cuts
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 20 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says his country is fully prepared to whittle down its arsenal of nuclear weapons.
Girl claims tattoo artist went too far
COURTRAI, Belgium, June 17 (UPI) -- A Belgian man is demanding damages from a tattoo parlor after his daughter allegedly went in, asked for three stars on her face and wound up with 56 tattoos.
Neanderthal fossil found in North Sea
LEIDEN, Netherlands, June 15 (UPI) -- Researchers in the Netherlands say they have confirmed a skull fragment dredged from the North Sea was that of a young adult male Neanderthal.
Protein may predict cancer drug resistance
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, June 11 (UPI) -- Dutch and U.S. medical researchers have discovered a protein profile that may predict whether a breast cancer patient will be resistant to tamoxifen therapy.
Wilders scores big in Dutch EU vote
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 5 (UPI) -- Geert Wilders, the Dutch anti-immigrant maverick, apparently led his party to a surprising runnerup slot in the Netherlands' European elections, officials say.
ESA technology monitors remote facilities
NOORDWIJK, Netherlands, June 2 (UPI) -- European Space Agency technology used to monitor satellites also is being used in a system that can remotely monitor offshore oil and gas facilities.
EU officials urged to cut dairy production
BRUSSELS, May 25 (UPI) -- Union officials in France say the European Union should alter its current dairy policy and cut production of industry goods to eliminate a global surplus.
Flemish gov't backs Volvo loan guarantees
GENT, Belgium, May 25 (UPI) -- The Flemish regional government says it will financially support the Belgian operations of the Swedish automaker Volvo.
Precautions only way to contain H1N1 flu
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, May 19 (UPI) -- With no vaccine for the H1N1 flu, the only way to contain the virus is to get people around the world to take precautionary measures, a Dutch researcher said.
Traffic light food labeling effective
WOOLLOOMOOLOO, Australia, May 12 (UPI) -- A traffic light food label that uses red, amber or green dots to rate a food's salt, sugar and saturated fat content is effective, Australian researchers said.
Probiotics may guard against obesity
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, May 8 (UPI) -- Women given probiotics -- good bacteria -- in the first trimester of their pregnancy had less belly fat one year after giving birth, Finnish researchers said.
Students no more fit despite more gym
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, May 8 (UPI) -- Scheduling more physical education time in school does not mean children will become more fit, say researchers in Britain.
Albumin in urine linked to blood clots
GRONINGEN, Netherlands, May 6 (UPI) -- Dutch researchers have linked elevated levels of the protein albumin in urine to increased blood clot risk.
New method of gene therapy is developed
FLANDERS, Belgium, May 5 (UPI) -- Flemish scientists say they have developed an improved and safer technique to deliver genes into the body's cells during genetic therapy.
Court ups Serb's sentence to 17 years
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, May 5 (UPI) -- A U.N. tribunal in the Netherlands sentenced former Serb army officer Veselin Sljivancanin to 17 years in prison for war crimes in Croatia in 1991.
H1N1 transmission puzzles scientists
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, May 4 (UPI) -- The transmission of the H1N1 virus remains a mystery, scientists say as they try to discover why it spreads easily and was fatal in Mexico but not elsewhere.
Study: A little wine adds years to life
WAGENINGEN, Netherlands, May 1 (UPI) -- A Dutch study has found that middle-aged men who drink about half a glass of wine a day live five years longer on average than alcohol abstainers.
Dutch WWII collaborator dies in Germany
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, May 1 (UPI) -- Hans Bikker, a Dutch collaborator with the Nazis who lived in Germany for decades after escaping from prison, has died in the Netherlands, officials said.
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