News tagged with communication problems

Biggest solar storm in years races toward Earth (Update 2)

The largest solar storm in five years was due to arrive on Earth early Thursday, promising to shake the globe's magnetic field while expanding the Northern Lights.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 4

Biggest solar storm since 2005 pummels Earth

A potent solar flare has unleashed the biggest radiation storm since 2005 and could disrupt some satellite communications in the polar regions, US space weather monitors said Monday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 8

Study shows family solution to teen troubles

(PhysOrg.com) -- How do you keep at-risk teens off drugs and out of trouble? According to a new University of Georgia study, family can make a difference.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 10

More-efficient computation: Finding local solutions to overwhelmingly complex problems

At a time when the Internet puts an untold amount of information at anyone’s fingertips, and automated scientific experiments churn out data faster than researchers can keep up with it, and communications ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Even mild stress is linked to long-term disability

Even relatively mild stress can lead to long term disability and an inability to work, reveals a large population based study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preventing physician medication mix-ups by reporting them

The most frequent contributors to medication errors and adverse drug events in busy primary care practice offices are communication problems and lack of knowledge, according to a study of a prototype web-based medication ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fatal assaults 30 times higher among poor Scots than among most affluent

Fatal assaults among the most disadvantaged in Scotland are more than 30 times as high as they are among the most affluent sectors of society, reveals research published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community He ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Client-directed therapy technique drastically reduces divorce/separation rates

Using four simple questions to generate client-directed feedback can greatly increase the chances that struggling couples will stay together, according to a recently published study.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Top dogs' at school have better health in adulthood

Children who are the most popular and powerful at school also enjoy better health in adult life compared to counterparts at the bottom end of the pecking order, said a Swedish study published Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Communication problems in dementia care cause physical strain

Excessive physical strain in dementia care is not so much related to equipment or the resident's body weight as it is due to communication problems and misunderstandings. This is shown in a new study from the Sahlgrenska ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preparing for a journey to Mars: Crew locked for 105 days in simulator

(PhysOrg.com) -- On 31 March, a crew of six, including a French pilot and a German engineer, will embark on a 105-day simulated Mars mission. They will enter a special facility at the Institute of Biomedical ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0