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- Drug shows promise for Huntington’s disease
- Liberals just happen
- Neuroscientists discover brain area responsible for fear of losing money
- Study reveals new details on the dangers of third-hand smoke
- New CATCH rule to determine need for CT scans in children with minor head injury
- New CATCH rule to determine need for CT scans in children with minor head injury
- Incidence of Cerebral Palsy on Rise in United States
- Incidence of Cerebral Palsy on Rise in United States
- TV Drama Can be More Persuasive Than News Program, Study Finds
- TV Drama Can be More Persuasive Than News Program, Study Finds
- Underdogs Have More Motivation? Not So Fast, Study Says
- Underdogs Have More Motivation? Not So Fast, Study Says
- The private sale of drugs in public hospitals
- The private sale of drugs in public hospitals
- Soft intelligence for hard decisions: Soft metrics improve homeland security and other critical decisions
An early stage clinical trial of the experimental drug dimebon (latrepirdine) in people with Huntington’s disease appears to be safe and may improve cognition. That is the conclusion of a study published today in the Archives of Neurology.
Over at salon.com, a certain Scott Christian has penned a bit of pseudo-psychology entitled ” Republicans Don’t Just Happen, They’re Born That Way “. Christian’s piece begins by referencing one of the most ridiculous articles I’ve ever wasted my time…
Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology and their colleagues have tied the human aversion to losing money to a specific structure in the brain-the amygdala.
Nicotine in third-hand smoke, the residue from tobacco smoke that clings to virtually all surfaces long after a cigarette has been extinguished, reacts with the common indoor air pollutant nitrous acid to produce dangerous carcinogens. This new potential health hazard…
A new tool may help standardize the use of computed tomography (CT scans) in children with minor head injury and help reduce the number of scans, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
A new tool may help standardize the use of computed tomography (CT scans) in children with minor head injury and help reduce the number of scans, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
(PhysOrg.com) — Cerebral palsy (CP) has increased in infants born prematurely in the United States, according to data presented by researchers from Loyola University Health System (LUHS). These findings were reported at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for…
(PhysOrg.com) — Cerebral palsy (CP) has increased in infants born prematurely in the United States, according to data presented by researchers from Loyola University Health System (LUHS). These findings were reported at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for…
(PhysOrg.com) — A fictional television drama may be more effective in persuading young women to use birth control than a news-format program on the same issue, according to a new study.
(PhysOrg.com) — A fictional television drama may be more effective in persuading young women to use birth control than a news-format program on the same issue, according to a new study.
(PhysOrg.com) — Members of a group or team will work harder when they’re competing against a group with lower status than when pitted against a more highly ranked group, according to a new study.
(PhysOrg.com) — Members of a group or team will work harder when they’re competing against a group with lower status than when pitted against a more highly ranked group, according to a new study.
Governments are under increasing pressure to provide access to expensive new drugs. Canadian patients who want access to drugs that are not publicly insured are seeking to pay for these drugs within public hospitals, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian…
Governments are under increasing pressure to provide access to expensive new drugs. Canadian patients who want access to drugs that are not publicly insured are seeking to pay for these drugs within public hospitals, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian…
An approach to decision making based on soft metrics could allow problems to be solved where no definitive “yes-no” answer is possible in fields as diverse as health care, defense, economics, engineering, public utilities and science.