Archive: 02/15/2008
Yes, no, maybe so: New model helps identify what works in mental health treatment
In a race to achieve accountability and credibility, the mental health profession has looked to develop evidence-based treatments (EBTs) — psychotherapeutic procedures that have been shown in empirical research to work for ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Stabilizing climate requires near-zero carbon emissions
Now that scientists have reached a consensus that carbon dioxide emissions from human activities are the major cause of global warming, the next question is: How can we stop it" Can we just cut back on carbon, or do we need ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 15, 2008 |
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'Women and children first': Men, statistics show your best chance is on the port side
If you were a man on the Titanic, which side of the ship would have given you the best chance of making it into a lifeboat -- and surviving?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Researcher finds direct democracy in science too much of a good thing
Publicly funded science in America traditionally is accountable to the people and their government representatives. However, this arrangement raises questions regarding the effect such oversight has on science.
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Professor links psychological research to practice
New research by a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, psychology professor aims to bridge the gap between how psychotherapy is studied in laboratory research settings, and how it is actually conducted in real-world clinical ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Being Overweight May Raise Cancer Risk
Researchers from the University of Manchester, Christie Hospital and University of Bern in Switzerland have today published findings in the Lancet medical journal which further support the link between obesity and risk of ...
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Metabolic syndrome linked to cold tolerance
Researchers from the University of Chicago have discovered that many of the genetic variations that have enabled human populations to tolerate colder climates may also affect their susceptibility to metabolic syndrome, a ...
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Early warning: PSA testing can predict advanced prostate cancer
Researchers who showed that a single prostate specific antigen (PSA) test at age 50 or under could predict the presence of prostate cancer up to 25 years later, (regardless of clinical significance) have now found that a ...
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Blinded by sFRP-1: A WNT signaling protein plays a key role in glaucoma
Glaucoma is one of the major causes of visual impairment and blindness throughout the world. A major risk factor for the disease is an increase in the pressure in the eye (intraocular pressure [IOP]). IOP is determined by ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Defining cancer's genetic 'support network'
Researchers at Duke University’s Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy (IGSP) have developed a new method that essentially does for the genetic pathways underlying cancer what social networking web sites can do for people: ...
Biology /
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Why does the world appear stable while our eyes move?
Whenever we shift our gaze, attention is directed to a new target. This shift in attention causes a brief compression of visual space, according to a study published February 15 in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Bi ...
Biology /
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A genetic variant increases the risk of developing schizophrenia in women
A complete scan of the human genome has revealed that a genetic variant in the Reelin gene increases the risk of developing schizophrenia in women only. Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University ...
Feb 15, 2008 |
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Scientists move closer to developing a new class of asthma and allergy drugs
A team of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) funded scientists has moved a step closer to developing a new class of effective asthma and allergy drugs. With new research published today in The Jo ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 15, 2008 |
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