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Antisocial Behavior May Be Caused By Low Stress Hormone Levels
A link between reduced levels of the "stress hormone" cortisol and antisocial behavior in male adolescents has been discovered. Levels of cortisol in the body usually increase when people undergo...
Ethnic conflict: Government enhanced?
MONTREAL, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A Canadian study suggests ethnic conflict is fueled by government economic intervention and not globalization, which has been blamed for many social ills.
Eureka! How Distractions Facilitate Creative Problem-solving
According to psychologists, distractions may be helpful in coming up with creative solutions to a certain problem, but must be followed by a period of conscious thought to ensure that...
Eastern Health never sure on notifying patients, cancer probe told
The largest health authority in Newfoundland and Labrador had doubts about whether all of its patients had been told about flawed breast cancer test, even though it projected the opposite...
Nearly 1,000 seek medical attention at UCLA-Fresno State game
Pasadena fire officials say a record number of fans were affected by the heat although Saturday's temperature was not unusually high. ...
Opinion: Influencing innovation
Innovations come from unexpected directions: the greatest contribution by a government is to ensure a well educated and technically literate community, believes Tom Quirk.
Bar code reader scans at super speed
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Engineers at the University of California-Los Angeles claim to have created the world's fastest bar code reader.
Study: Urban bears fatter, die earlier
Urban black bears are much heavier and more likely to die violent deaths than their wilder peers, a new study found. And if female, they're more likely to get pregnant...
Court upholds legality of SanFran health care plan
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- San Francisco's landmark universal health care program can continue to operate, after an appeals court ruled Tuesday that it does not violate...
Study: Voting could be hazardous so be careful
CHICAGO (AP) -- Could voting for president be hazardous to your health? An analysis of Election Day traffic deaths dating back to Jimmy Carter's 1976 win...
Jury study to determine CSI impact
LEICESTER, England, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- British scientists are initiating a study to determine jurors' perceptions of modern forensic science and how CSI-type programs affect their decision making.
Psychologists show experience may be the best teacher for infants
There's a lot of truth in the old proverb "experience is the best teacher," and apparently it even applies to 10-month-old infants.
Immigrant children from poor countries academically outperform those from developed countries
Immigrants who seek a better life in Western countries may not be able to escape the influence of their home country when it comes to their children's academic performance, according...
Elephants 'phone' friends with rumbles
Human friends and relatives keep tabs on their loved ones by phone when they're apart, and now new research shows elephants do nearly the same thing with rumble vocalizations that...
Website, phone lines for do-not-call list overwhelmed
So many people are trying to register their phone numbers on the federal do-not-call list, the website has crashed and the phone lines have a constant busy tone.
Young Children Can Develop Full-blown Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Children as young as four can develop full-blown obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and often exhibit many of the same OCD characteristics typically seen in older kids, according to new research.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Doesn't Work In Prenatal Care
While obstetrical care providers are doing a good job working with their patients on smoking cessation, they are not doing as well on abuse of other substances that can harm...
Ohio election officials brace for early voting
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Voters in this crucial swing state began casting absentee ballots Tuesday, a day after state and federal courts upheld a disputed early voting...
Findings Released from Study of World Trade Center Rescue Workers
Workers who participated in the rescue, recovery, and cleanup of the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks have been found to have chronic impairment of mental health...
Nanotechnology And Synthetic Biology: Americans Don't Know What's Coming
Almost half of US adults have heard nothing about nanotechnology, and nearly nine in 10 Americans say they have heard just a little or nothing at all about the emerging...
Researchers will study if out-of-body experiences are real
A group of British, U.S. and Canadian researchers will study whether out-of-body experiences are real, as some people have claimed after surviving cardiac arrest.
Financial Risk-taking Behavior Is Associated With Higher Testosterone Levels
Two researchers from Harvard jointly led a recent study in which they showed that men with higher testosterone levels invest more money during a risky investment game. The study associates...
You Can Find Dr. Right, With Some Effort
With more patients having to choose from a doctor from a health plan’s list, there is growing demand for reliable information.
Madagascar: solar power ends dark age for rural clinics
Elisabeth's 13 children were born by candlelight. Her daughter, who has just become a mother for the first time, was more "fortunate".
Study Shows 'We Are What We Eat'
What Canadians choose to put on the dinner table helps define who they are, according to a bi-coastal study by University of British Columbia and Dalhousie University researchers.
Does Science Obviate Religion?
Last Monday at New York's Pierre Hotel, outspoken atheist Christopher Hitchens and physicist/theologian Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete met to tackle the question of whether or not science makes belief in God...
Analysis: Is the right stuff now lost in space?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The signs of a midlife crisis are there: A 50th birthday approaching; a longing for the glory days of youth; a hankering to...
Welcome to the Valley
Way back in 1919 Sigmund Freud postulated his concept of the uncanny. In the (cleverly named) The Uncanny, Freud explored a problem of aesthetics—when something is both familiar and unknown...