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Health Care Gives Way to Economy and Jobs
Obama did not mention health care until more than half an hour in — a sign of how imperiled the Democrats’ bill has become.
Emotional signals cross cultures
People are able to recognise negative sounds such as expressions of disgust across cultures, say scientists.
No Help Wanted: Shopping Tactics Different For Men
Men are less likely than women to want help from other people while shopping, a new study says.
Facebook or MySpace, youths' use reflect face-to-face interactions
Though parents often have concerns about letting their teens use social media Web sites like Facebook and MySpace, a new study suggests that well-adapted youth with positive friendships will use...
Men feel less guilt
Although changing social and cultural contexts mean guilt has less power today than it once did, a new study has shown that in the West this emotion is 'significantly higher'...
Elementary school women teachers transfer their fear of doing math to girls
Female elementary school teachers who are anxious about math pass on to female students the stereotype that boys, not girls, are good at math. Girls who endorse this belief then...
Everybody laughs, everybody cries: Researchers identify universal emotions
Here's a piece of research that might leave you tickled: laughter is a universal language, according to new research. The study, conducted with people from Britain and Namibia, suggests that...
The global health system: Lessons for a stronger institutional framework
This week PLoS Medicine publishes the last in a four-part series of policy papers examining the ways in which global health institutions and arrangements are changing and evolving...
Sweet future: Fluctuating blood glucose levels may affect decision making
Would you choose to receive a small amount of money today or a larger sum next month? We know that it is worth it to wait longer for a larger...
Dog meat could come off Chinese menus
Dog and cat meat -- age-old delicacies in China -- could be off the menu in the food-loving nation under its first law against animal abuse, state press said Tuesday.
Russia loses science powerhouse standing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Political turmoil, a brain drain of scientists and waning interest have transformed Russia from a nation that launched the first satellite into an increasingly minor player in...
Psychologists develop tools to predict cognitive impairment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Psychologists Charles Brainerd and Valerie Reyna are looking for ways to identify people at risk for developing cognitive impairment - early on, when chances for successful intervention are...
Music Biz's File-Sharing Dilemma
Music Moguls Have Week to Decide Whether to Challenge Judicial Decision in Jammie Thomas-Rasset Case
Scripps research team finds stress hormone key to alcohol dependence
LA JOLLA, CA -- January 25, 2010 -- A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has found that a specific stress hormone, the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF),...
Play, Then Eat: Shift May Bring Gains at School
A simple scheduling switch -- moving recess before lunch -- may improve children's eating habits and behavior in school.
Cases: An Ill Father, a Life-or-Death Decision
A father was sick, again, and a choice was suddenly thrust on his daughter.
Books: Abusing Not Only Children, but Also Science
In “The Trauma Myth,” the psychologist Susan A. Clancy documented interviews that trauma did not set in for victims of childhood abuse until they were adults.
Female athletes injured more than male athletes
Female athletes experience dramatically higher rates of specific musculoskeletal injuries and medical conditions compared to male athletes. That's because many training programs developed for female athletes are built on research...
Stimulus Brings Broadband to Rural Areas
Agriculture Department Handing Out $310 Million Monday; Overall Stimulus Included $7.2B for Connectivity
Smooth and integrated movement patterns can help individuals with back pain
Many people with back pain do not know what is causing it and they do not receive effective treatment, but learning to move in a more integrated way makes a...
Computers do better than humans at measuring some radiology images
Scientists have automated the measurement of a vital part of the knee in images with a computer program that performs much faster and just as reliably as humans who interpret...
A remedy for Mississippi's health blues
The political hurdle could be high for a Delta doctor looking for low-cost rural healthcare solutions in an unlikely place: Iran. ...
Bill Gates says innovation can leverage change
(AP) -- The needs of the poor are greater than the money available to help them, but that's not enough to discourage Bill Gates in his work as co-chair...
Brains, minds, morality | Andrew Brown
Do we have any obligation to keep alive people whose brains no longer work properly?The easiest way to change a mind forever is to destroy bits of the brain. It's not very...
Inuit preschoolers often go hungry: McGill study
Seventy per cent of Inuit preschoolers in Nunavut live in homes where there isn't enough food, a situation with implications for children's development, says a McGill University researcher.
Older brains make good use of 'useless' information
A new study has found promising evidence that the older brain's weakened ability to filter out irrelevant information may actually give aging adults a memory advantage over their younger counterparts.
Ask the non-experts about autism detection in infants
In a research project about early autism detection in infants, psychologists are working with non-expert coders to observe and provide data during experiments. The project shows that non-experts can effectively...
Researcher: Money makes people happy, especially if they're paid by the hour
(PhysOrg.com) -- Income has a greater impact on the happiness of people paid by the hour than people paid by salary.