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Increasing the number of insured patients is not tied to higher ICU usage in Massachusetts Better, earlier care may mean fewer ICU admissions; implications for US as national health care reform begins PHILADELPHIA- A multi-institution ...
Read the releaseOxytocin leads to monogamy Researchers at the Bonn University Medical Center: Hormone stimulates the brain reward system when viewing the partner How is the bond between people in love maintained? Scientists at the Bonn University Medical Center have ...
Read the releaseStudy examines barriers to human papillomavirus vaccination among teens Barriers to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among adolescents in the U.S. range from financial concerns and parental attitudes to social influences and concerns about the vaccination's ...
Read the releaseFindings not supportive of women-specific chest pain symptoms in heart attack diagnosis CHICAGO – Using chest pain characteristics (CPCs) specific to women in the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI, heart attack) in the emergency department ...
Read the releaseChildhood exercise may stave off some bad effects of maternal obesity Prenatal exposure to high-fat diets mitigated in offspring Rats whose mothers were fed a high-fat diet during pregnancy and nursing were able to stave off some of the detrimental health effects ...
Read the releaseSchool climate key to preventing bullying To prevent bullying schools need to understand positive school climate, use reliable measures to evaluate school climate and use effective prevention and intervention programs to improve the climate RIVERSIDE, ...
Read the releaseFlashes of brilliance Rice U. researchers discover roots of superfluorescent bursts from quantum wells HOUSTON – (Nov. 25, 2013) – Spontaneous bursts of light from a solid block illuminate the unusual way interacting quantum particles behave when they are driven far from equilibrium. ...
Read the releaseThe inner workings of a bacterial black box caught on time-lapse video VIDEO: After "turning on " the critical genes, the cyanobacteria began to construct ...
Read the releaseADHD study: Expensive training programs don't help kids' grades, behavior Many parents spend thousands of dollars on computer-based training programs that claim to help children with ADHD succeed in the classroom and in peer relationships while reducing hyperactivity ...
Read the releaseA touch of garlic helps kill contaminants in baby formula Garlic may be bad for your breath, but it's good for your baby, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia. The study, recently published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, ...
Read the releaseExtrovert and introvert children are not equally influenced by plate size Extroverted children are more biased by bowl sizes than introverts As dish size increases, so do portion size and the amount of food actually eaten—but could personality traits play ...
Read the releaseHow scavenging fungi became a plant's best friend Glomeromycota is an ancient lineage of fungi that has a symbiotic relationship with roots that goes back nearly 420 million years to the earliest plants. More than two thirds of the world's plants depend ...
Read the releaseStudy examines potential evolutionary role of 'sexual regret' in human survival and reproduction UT Austin study reveals gender differences in sexual regret AUSTIN, Texas — In the largest, most in-depth study to date on regret surrounding sexual activity, ...
Read the releaseThe good news in bad news Tel Aviv University researchers say repeatedly exposing yourself to a negative event may prevent it from affecting you Psychology shows that it doesn't take much to put you in a bad mood. Just reading the morning news can do ...
Read the releaseGraphic warning labels on cigarette packages reduce smoking rates The U.S. would have several million fewer smokers if graphic warning labels similar to those introduced in Canada nearly a decade ago were required on cigarette packs, according ...
Read the releaseGSA Bulletin posts new studies from China, Egypt and Israel, Argentina, Mexico, California, Appalachia Posted online ahead of print Nov. 6-22, 2013 Boulder, Colo., USA – GSA Bulletin articles posted online ahead of print in November cover sedimentology in the Sinai-Negev ...
Read the releaseSwarming insect provides clues to how the brain processes smells Our sense of smell is often the first response to environmental stimuli. Odors trigger neurons in the brain that alert us to take action. However, there is often more than one odor ...
Read the releaseAncient minerals: Which gave rise to life? Washington, D.C.— Life originated as a result of natural processes that exploited early Earth's raw materials. Scientific models of life's origins almost always look to minerals for such essential tasks as the synthesis ...
Read the releaseMach 1000 shock wave lights supernova remnant When a star explodes as a supernova, it shines brightly for a few weeks or months before fading away. Yet the material blasted outward from the explosion still glows hundreds or thousands ...
Read the releaseUCSB biomedical scientist discovers a new method to increase survival in sepsis The findings have the potential to translate into millions of saved lives (Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Sepsis, the body's response to severe infections, kills more people ...
Read the releaseNanotubes can solder themselves, markedly improving device performance CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois researchers have developed a way to heal gaps in wires too small for even the world's tiniest soldering iron. Led by electrical ...
Read the releaseIncreasing cropping frequency offers opportunity to boost food supply More frequent harvest could substantially boost global food production on existing agricultural lands MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (11/25/2013) —Harvesting existing cropland more frequently could substantially ...
Read the releaseBad proteins branch out Rice U. researchers find misfolded proteins are capable of forming tree-like aggregates HOUSTON – (Nov. 25, 2013) – A method by Rice University researchers to model the way proteins fold – and sometimes misfold – has revealed branching behavior that ...
Read the releaseCSI-type study identifies snakehead Several Canadian biologists, including two at Simon Fraser University, are breathing a collective sigh of relief after learning that a monstrous fish found in a Burnaby, B.C. pond is not a northern snakehead. But they say ...
Read the releaseSounding rocket to peek at atmosphere of Venus A week after launching a new orbiter to investigate the upper atmosphere of Mars, NASA is sending a sounding rocket to probe the atmosphere of Venus. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, ...
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