Archive: 09/16/2008
Genetic research using human samples requires new types of informed consent
Genetic studies involving the long term storage and study of human samples hold great promise for medical research—but they also pose new threats to individuals such as uninsurability, unemployability, and discrimination, ...
Sep 16, 2008 |
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Older problem gamblers may face greater suicide risk than younger counterparts, study finds
Compared to their younger counterparts, older problem gamblers who ask casinos to bar them from returning are three to four times more likely to do so because they fear they will kill themselves if they don't stop betting, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2008 |
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Coating improves electrical stimulation therapy used for Parkinson's, depression, chronic pain
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have designed a way to improve electrical stimulation of nerves by outfitting electrodes with the latest in chemically engineered fashion: a coating of basic black, ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 16, 2008 |
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