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No appeal for stopped badger cull
The rural affairs minister will not appeal against a decision by judges to quash a proposed badger cull.
Medications found to cause long term cognitive impairment of aging brain
Drugs commonly taken for a variety of common medical conditions including insomnia, allergies, or incontinence negatively affect the brain causing long term cognitive impairment in older African-Americans, according to a...
Supportive community programs can prevent women from gaining weight
Women who attend programmes with ongoing support about healthy eating are less likely to gain weight and be more physically active than women who receive a one-off information session on...
Common working conditions hurting both workers and employers
New research from North Carolina State University shows that an increase in professional business practices such as outsourcing, hiring temporary workers and focusing on project-based teams is having a detrimental...
Locker room talk: How male athletes portray female athletic trainers
A college quarterback coming into the locker room with a dislocated shoulder wouldn't care whether the athletic trainer taking care of him is male or female - or would he?...
Brooding Russians: Less distressed than Americans
Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy portrayed Russians as a brooding, complicated people, and ethnographers have confirmed that Russians tend to focus on dark feelings and memories more than Westerners do. But a...
Study examines how sexual agreements affect HIV risk, relationship satisfaction
A new study examining the relationship dynamics of gay male couples finds that couples make "sexual agreements" -- rules about whether sex with outside partners is allowed -- primarily because...
Telecommuters with flextime stay balanced up to 19 hours longer
Compared to their office-bound peers, employees with a flexible schedule and the option to telecommute can work 19 hours more per week before experiencing conflict between work and personal life,...
Report proposes new research agenda on pregnancy intentions of HIV-positive women
A report issued by the Program on International Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health proposes a new research agenda to address the sexual and reproductive...
Most physicians support reporting impaired, incompetent colleagues, but many do not in the situation
A survey of physicians finds that while most support the professional commitment to report other physicians who they feel are incompetent or impaired, such as from alcohol or drug use,...
Jungle Cat Mimics Monkey to Lure Prey—A First
Sure it's a "poor imitation," but an Amazon cat's unprecedented monkey call shows surprising "psychological cunning." ...
Old males rule the roost even as sex drive fades
Old roosters can still dominate the sexual pecking order even when their ability to fertilize eggs drastically declines, new research has shown.
Sheep study finds young mothers have more lambs
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research suggests that being a young mother is not a bad thing for a sheep and may mean ewes have more lambs that are just as healthy...
Foreign homestay students exposed to major health risks; need better safety net, study finds
Foreign homestay students who come to Canada to attend high school without their parents are exposed to major health risks such as smoking, drug use and early sexual intercourse, according...
Woman fired after cancer diagnosis gets $20K
The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has ordered that a woman who was fired after telling her employer that she had breast cancer be paid $20,000.
Video: Phones for Pants
Sony launches what it calls the "world's smallest 3D cameras," Facebook takes back its gifts feature, and American Eagle Outfitters will give you an Android phone just for trying on a new...
Many teens' screen time exceeds guidance: study
Nearly 10 per cent of Ontario students in Grades 7 to 12 average seven hours a day or more watching TV or using a computer, a new survey suggests.
Ask Not for Whom the Bridge Tolls
(PhysOrg.com) -- Louise Nelson Dyble was a small-town girl from the mountains of northeastern Washington state when she first saw the San Francisco Bay Area bridges. They blew her away.
Entitled workers are more frustrated on the job and more likely to abuse co-workers
DURHAM, N.H. — Employees who feel entitled in the workplace are more apt to be frustrated on the job and lash out at their co-workers, according to new research...
Hormone study finds monkeys in long-term relationship look strangely human
(PhysOrg.com) -- Monkeys in enduring relationships show a surprising correspondence in their levels of oxytocin, a key behavioral hormone, according to research published online June 28 in the journal Hormones...
Cocaine Submarine Pictures: New Seizure Shows Advances
Hand-built by drug smugglers, a "game changing," hundred-foot craft seized this month shows how far cocaine subs have come. ...
Brain responses of obese individuals are more weakly linked to feelings of hunger
Feelings of hunger have less influence on how the brain responds to the smell and taste of food in overweight than healthy weight individuals,
Electronic anklet trial a 'disaster'
A corrections expert says a pilot project to outfit parolees with electronic anklets in hopes of tracking them and deterring crimes has been a costly failure.
New buoys enable submerged subs to communicate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Communicating with a submerged submarine has always been difficult, and since the submarine has to come up to periscope depth it has also been risky. Now a new...
Success of community interventions for childhood obesity varies depending on the target age group
Community-based interventions designed to prevent obesity in children seem to work best in those under the age of five, while there is evidence of some success in primary school children,...
Passings: David Fanshawe, Hwang Yau-tai
David Fanshawe, composer who collected endangered music, dies at 68; Hwang Yau-tai, popular Chinese composer, dies at 97 ...
New Zealand woman has rare foreign accent syndrome
A New Zealand woman was reported Tuesday to be suffering from the rare foreign accent syndrome with her Kiwi tones turning into a mix of Welsh, Scottish and North London...
Clara Claiborne Park, 86, Dies; Wrote About Autistic Child
Her 1967 book, “The Siege,” was credited with assuaging the guilt that so many parents of autistic children had felt and providing insight for psychiatrists, psychologists, educators and advocates.