News tagged with inhuman treatment
Cruel and inhuman treatment causes more mental damage than physical torture
New research findings published today by Dr Metin Başoğlu, Head of Section of Trauma Studies at King's College London and the Istanbul Centre for Behaviour Research and Therapy, examines the psychological impact ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 02, 2009 |
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Chinese scientists call for ban on bear farming
(Phys.org) -- Three Chinese scientists, Xia Sheng, Haolin Zhang and Qiang Weng, all from Beijing Forest University, have published a correspondence paper in the science journal Nature, calling for a ban on the practice of bea ...
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Nigerians seek $1 billion from Shell for oil spills
A Nigerian tribal king filed a lawsuit in a US court seeking $1 billion from Royal Dutch Shell to compensate for decades of pollution that sickened his people and damaged their lands, his lawyer said.
Oct 21, 2011 |
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Activists fight to save chimps from return to US labs
A battle by animal rights activists to save 14 chimpanzees from science and medical testing may well sound the death knell for all US medical experiments on these primates.
Mar 06, 2011 |
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Archive of WWII codebreaker Alan Turing preserved
(AP) -- Papers relating to codebreaker and computer pioneer Alan Turing will go to a British museum after the National Heritage Memorial Fund stepped in to help buy them for the nation.
Feb 25, 2011 |
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Researchers see ethical dilemmas of providing care in drug detention centers
(Garrison, NY) Organizations that seek to provide health care, food, and other services to people held in drug detention centers in developing countries often face ethical dilemmas: Are they doing more good than harm? Are ...
Nov 10, 2010 |
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UN expert: AIDS crisis in the world's prisons
(AP) -- The U.N.'s top investigator on torture and punishment warned Friday that overcrowded prisons are breeding grounds for AIDS.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 23, 2010 |
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Baby boomers aging to be self-reliant
Baby boomers are retiring healthy, financially secure and with a desire to travel. According to Université de Montréal demographer Jacques Légaré, baby boomers will remain among the most self-reliant ...
Apr 26, 2010 |
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Could a new UN resolution end doctors' participation in torture?
A new UN resolution has the potential to fight torture and cruelty say experts in the British Medical Journal today.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 26, 2010 |
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Moody memories? New study shows that mood has limited effect on memory
Whether we're deciding to return to a restaurant or to purchase a DVD, many consumers rely on memory when they're making decisions. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines the role of mood on those memory ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Would Pain-Free Animals Make a More Humane Hamburger?
(PhysOrg.com) -- With advancements in genetic engineering, researchers say that it may soon be possible to breed farm animals that don't feel pain. The suggestion has sparked controversy on whether denying ...
Sep 03, 2009 |
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