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'Professional allowances' and the price of generic drugs
Pharmacy chains in Ontario say they need the professional allowances that generic drug makers pay them to carry their products if they are to continue offering high-quality service. The Ontario...
Children of combat-deployed parents show increased worries, even after parent returns
Researchers have found that it is the number and lengths of repeated military deployments that cause higher levels of anxiety in children -- and that the anxiety persists even after...
Migraine sufferers: More difficulty tuning out visual stimuli?
When people feel the onset of a migraine headache, they may head to a dark, quiet room to rest. This instinct may be sound: A new study suggests that even...
Music therapy fails dyslexics
There is no link between a lack of musical ability and dyslexia. Moreover, attempts to treat dyslexia with music therapy are unwarranted, according to scientists in Belgium writing in the...
New treatment for social problems in autism? Oxytocin improves emotion recognition
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are developmental disorders usually diagnosed in childhood. Children with ASDs have impairments in social interactions and communication, and a tendency towards repetitive behaviours. A hallmark of...
Death, injury benefits a casualty of new war strategy, study says
A hole in public policy is shortchanging U.S. soldiers and civilian workers who become casualties of a new-age war strategy that leans heavily on private contractors, a new University of...
Study: Social influence playing role in surging autism diagnoses
Social influence plays a substantial role in the surging number of autism diagnoses, according to a study published in the American Journal of Sociology...
Climate deal fear as talks resume
The first round of UN climate talks since the bitter Copenhagen summit face divisions and mistrust on key issues.
Gadgets: Here come the iPad accessories...
As of this writing, everyone alive now has an iPad. OK, maybe not everyone but with the publicity this device has generated you would think this is the case.
Study identifies triggers for emotional eating
(PhysOrg.com) -- How many times have you, after a particularly hard day, reached for some chocolate or ice cream? It`s common for many people, but for those trying to lose...
A phone in the hand maps bird in the bush
(PhysOrg.com) -- Queenslanders are being encouraged to lend their iPhones to science, in a new initiative to uncover the behaviour of one of the states most elusive birds - the...
Audit Office Slams Weapons Lab Megalaser
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has lambasted the National Ignition Facility (NIF)—the most powerful...
Kids get illegal cigarettes too easily: coalition
More needs to be done to stop children and teens from smoking contraband cigarettes, a coalition of health-care groups in Ontario say.
New University of Washington survey explores attitudes of tea party supporters
(PhysOrg.com) -- The tea party movement has gotten much attention in recent months, but aside from decrying big government and excessive spending, who are the supporters and what else do...
Family gets in the way of work for materialistic individuals, study finds
The more materialistic individuals are, the more likely they are to view their family as an obstacle to work, according to a new study.
Marijuana club butts heads in Montreal
The Montreal borough of Lachine says it's doing everything in its power to discourage a medical marijuana supplier from operating in the area.
The Scarlet I: Infertility survivors lend voices to U of I prof's new book
Infertility and isolation are soul sisters, says University of Illinois professor Constance Hoenk Shapiro. As friends, siblings, and co-workers effortlessly become pregnant and deliver babies that become the center of...
Peter Cooper obituary
Psychologist and pioneer of focus groups in BritainPeter Cooper, who has died suddenly aged 73, was a psychologist who pioneered the use of the focus group in market research in the 1960s....
Different strokes for married folks?
"Love and marriage," sang philosopher Frank Sinatra, "is an institute you can't disparage." Especially, a new Tel Aviv University study suggests, when a happy marriage may help to prevent fatal...
According to a study, change in social roles of men and women may increase gender violence
Changes in social roles of men and women may cause the increase of gender violence. When sexist men feel their power threatened within their relationship, they may use violence as...
Privacy risks from geographic information
In today's world more geographic information is being collected about us, such as where we live, where the clinic we visited is located, and where we work. Web sites are...
BG Group hails success at Brazil field
READING, England, April 8 (UPI) -- British energy company BG Group and its partners announced Thursday success at an appraisal well in Brazil that tested the potential of the...
Digital divide changing but not for students torn by it (w/ Video)
When students enter college, they either have it or they don't. And which side of the digital divide they fall on may well shape their identities and what route they...
Interview: From genes to kilos
Nick Turner discusses his views on academia collaborating with the biotechnology industry in the UK.
Sensitive people may use their brains differently
(PhysOrg.com) -- An exploratory study has examined highly sensitive people and found the first evidence of neural differences between them and less sensitive people. Most studies have focused on the...
Rousing sleeping sickness research
An orally available drug for African sleeping sickness is on the horizon, say UK scientists
Girls at risk for depression may not process reward and loss properly
Young girls at high risk for depression, but who have not experienced any symptoms, show differences in neural response patterns when processing the possibility of receiving a reward or sustaining...
Beautiful Minds and Celebrity Roast | TV review
Tim Dowling is fascinated by a cosmic tale of a keen young astrophysicist, collapsing stars and little green menI dimly recall once coming across advice to the effect that a half-hour spent...