Washington, May 16 (ANI): University of Missouri researchers have found that simvastatin, a generic type of statin previously sold under the brand name "Zocor," hindered the positive effects of exercise for obese and overweight adults.

Washington, May 15 (ANI): A recent research at the University of Missouri has discovered that an individual can indeed successfully try to be happier, especially when cheery music aids the process.

Washington, May 15 (ANI): A new University of Missouri study has found that testosterone levels during group competition are modulated depending on the relationships among the competitors and may be related to the formation of alliances in warfare.

Washington, May 2 (ANI): An Indian origin researcher and his colleagues at the University of Missouri have found a unique connection between binge drinking and the risk for developing alcoholic liver disease and a variety of other health problems.

Washington, May 2 (ANI): The fossil specimen of an ape skeleton, which was unearthed in Spain in 2002, has been assigned to a new genus and species, Pierolapithecus catalaunicus.

Washington, May 1(ANI): A new study has suggested that experiencing connections, regularities, and coherence in their environment may lead people to feel a greater sense of meaning in life.

Washington, May 1(ANI): Economic changes have the greatest impact on reducing family size, and thus slowing population growth, compared to other factors, according to a recent study by a University of Missouri anthropologist.

Washington, April 19 (ANI): A technique developed by a University of Missouri team, including two Indian origin engineers, may make food contamination testing more rapid and accurate.

Washington, April 9 (ANI): Husbands and wives are happier when they share household and child-raising responsibilities, a University of Missouri researcher has found.

Washington, April 9 (ANI): Certain genetic traits may predispose people to being more or less motivated to exercise and remain active, a new research from the University of Missouri has suggested.

Washington, Apr 4 (ANI): Researchers at University of Missouri have developed a new form of radiation therapy that successfully puts cancer into remission in mice.

London, Mar. 22 (ANI): Men may have natural aversion to adultery with friends' wives, University of Missouri researchers have suggested.

Washington, Mar. 21 (ANI): Sheryl Crow is staging an intimate gig in her native Missouri, to raise funds for a friend, who is suffering from cancer.

Washington, Mar. 6 (ANI): As newspaper sales continue to decline, many news organizations are searching for ways to improve readership and revenues from their online presences.

New York, Mar 3 (ANI): Now, another Republican has sparked a row saying pregnancies by rape are rare because a woman's body is traumatized by the violence.

Washington, February 14 (ANI): Married people have better mental and physical health than their unmarried peers and are less likely to develop chronic conditions than their widowed or divorced counterparts, according to a new study.

London, Feb. 13 (ANI): A law student in the US has made a novel design for a drone-proof city.

Washington, January 27 (ANI): A person's profile on Facebook may reveal signs of mental illness that might not necessarily emerge in a session with a psychiatrist, a new study has suggested.

Washington, January 24 (ANI): Certain exercises that benefit obese men may not have the same positive results for obese women, according to a new study conducted at the University of Missouri.

Washington, Jan 9 (ANI): Hand-held scanners, or tricorders, of the 'Star Trek' movies and television series are one step closer to reality now, as an engineering team from the University of Missouri has invented a compact source of X-rays and other forms of radiation.

London, Dec. 28 (ANI): American soul singer Fontella Bass has died of complications following a heart attack she suffered 3 weeks ago, in the city where she was born, St Louis, Missouri. She was 72.

Washington, December 18 (ANI): A study conducted in India has concluded that the death of a father can have long-term effects on a child's later success in life and can be particularly harmful if the father passes away during a child's late childhood or early adolescence.

Washington, December 14 (ANI): A University of Missouri doctoral student and her colleagues have recently identified three new species of slow loris (Nycticebus sp.).

Washington, December 7 (ANI): Many health experts have supported the idea that for healthy metabolisms individuals should consume small meals multiple times a day.

London, Dec. 1 (ANI): A couple from Missouri have claimed their share in a whopping 587.5 million dollars Powerball lottery jackpot.