News tagged with multivariable analysis

Undetectable PSA after radiation is possible and predicts good patient outcomes

Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers report that radiation therapy alone can reduce prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels below detectable amounts in prostate cancer patients. Patients who have an undetectable level of PSA ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Researchers say habitat loss and tropical cooling were to blame for mass extinction

(Phys.org) -- The second-largest mass extinction in Earth's history coincided with a short but intense ice age during which enormous glaciers grew and sea levels dropped. Although it has long been agreed that ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Information superhighway 'bypassing adult learners' -- new study

Despite a world of opportunities just a click away, there has been no significant shift in the uptake of lifelong learning over the past decade according to new research.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 11

Neanderthals and their contemporaries engineered stone tools

(PhysOrg.com) -- New published research from anthropologists at the University of Kent has scientifically supported for the first time the long held theory that early human ancestors across Africa, Western ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Study looks at predicting NFL betting lines

When bookmakers set the over/under line for NFL games they tend to give weight to the number of points a team scored in its immediate previous game. But that statistic is a poor predictor of the number of points to be scored ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mission possible or impossible? UA space systems engineer has the answer

Scientists have endless ideas for extraterrestrial exploration. Some are feasible, some not. In a two-part series, we look at how UA engineer Roberto Furfaro gives the red or green light to space missions. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Sandia's CANARY software protects water utilities from terrorist attacks and contaminants

Americans are used to drinking from the kitchen tap without fear of harm, even though water utilities might be vulnerable to terrorist attacks or natural contaminants.

Technology / Software

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smoking in combination with immunosuppression poses greater risk for transplant-related carcinoma

Spanish researchers have found that liver transplant recipients who quit smoking have a lower incidence of smoking-related malignancies (SRM) than patients who keep smoking. In fact, SRMs were identified in 13.5% of deceased ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New methods for infectious diseases research developed

Infectious diseases researchers at Umeå University in Sweden are studying the properties of bacteria with the same methods that materials scientists use to research surfaces. Studies of the outermost parts of the cell ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obese women may be less likely to develop glaucoma

Obesity may be associated with higher eye pressure and a decreased risk of open-angle glaucoma in women but not men, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Is different approach needed for acute diverticulitis in younger patients?

A research team from Portugal compared the natural history and course of acute diverticulitis in a younger age group with an older population to evaluate whether younger patients should be managed differently. They recommended ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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