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Chronic pain found to increase risk of falls in older adults
Chronic pain is experienced by as many as two out of three older adults. Now, a new study finds that pain may be more hazardous than previously thought, contributing to...
Islam's arrested development
Islam did ancient science brilliantly, but today Muslims lag behind. To catch up, they must demand the freedom to questionThe question: Can Islam be reconciled with science?Material resources are immaterial to the current...
Video: 23-Year Coma Confusion
After doctors thought a Belgium man was in a deep coma for 23 years, they found that he was conscious the whole time. Elizabeth Palmer has the story.
AIDS research reveals a lack of family-planning programs in Uganda
University of Alberta graduate student Jennifer Heys wants to make her message clear: there needs to be more education in Ugandan communities about contraception...
Medical 'pay for performance' programs help improve care - but not always, study finds
Like everybody, health care professionals enjoy a pay raise for a job well done. But in some instances, financial incentives for health care performance may actually backfire...
Adoption: Every child deserves a home
Finding a permanent home for children and youth who are in the care of welfare agencies should be a priority for all Canadians, write Laura Eggertson, Dr Noni MacDonald, Cindy...
Why not mashed paper towels on the Thanksgiving menu?
Why do people eat mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving Day but not mashed paper towels? That's not such an odd question from a chemistry standpoint because potato and paper are almost...
Vioxx risks evident earlier, researchers say
The red flags about the pain reliever Vioxx were present at least three years before the drug was taken off the market, U.S. researchers say.
In the Brain, Seven Is A Magic Number
Having a tough time recalling a phone number someone spoke a few minutes ago or forgetting items from a mental grocery list is not a sign of mental decline; in...
Military Launching Preemptive Strikes Against Mental Illness
Genetic testing and brain scans for new recruits attempt to cut out PTSD-prone soldiers With nearly 1.8 million U.S. soldiers having rotated into Iraq and Afghanistan over the past six years and another...
Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years
BRUSSELS (AP) -- For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but...
Five Tips For Particle Physics Ph. D. Wannabes
Being a graduate student in particle physics is a tough, stressful job. I know it because I once was one, and I still remember the burden of giving exams, carrying...
The Jacuzzification Of Evolution
“Come on into the hot tub,” I told my three year old boy. But he wouldn’t budge. No way was he joining his older sister in there. “It’s warm, and...
Sounds During Sleep Aid Memory, Study Finds
People who heard specific sounds while sleeping had enhanced memories upon awakening, researchers said.
Measured -- The time it takes us to find the words we need
(PhysOrg.com) -- The time it takes for our brains to search for and retrieve the word we want to say has been measured for the first time. The discovery is...
Donate your text messages to science: Texto4Science project
A Université de Montréal researcher has a special request for Canadian texters: "Everyone young and old, students and workers, artists and business people, no matter who you are, send me...
Health reform: Is tax on 'Cadillac' plans fair?
Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes only $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a "Cadillac" health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase by health reformers....
A quantum leap forward?
The dusty boxes that line the walls of Jeff Barrett's UC Irvine office mark a high point in his academic career. Their contents: pages and pages of notes, most more...
African policymakers urged to speed seed to farmers
Action is needed from policymakers to speed up the supply of improved seeds to West African farmers, researchers say.
What is the public option?
The US Senate begins the debate on health care reform withhin the next couple of weeks, I thought it useful for readers to understand what one of the primal...
Scientists ID gene-diet obesity linkage
BOSTON, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've identified a gene-diet interaction that appears to influence body weight.
Straightening messy correlations with a quantum comb
Scientists have shown how to delicately comb out a snarl of entanglements among many qubits while keeping the information intact.
"Ask It Early": Digital Cameras
CNET's Natali Del Conte Points to Models She Feels Will Work Well for You
Now Recruiting...
A recurring theme of this blog has recently been a call for further interaction of individuals with Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome with the research community, whether that be through the creation of...
Pill-popping approach to female libido | Christine Ottery
Flibanserin's makers promise help for 'hypoactive sexual desire disorder'. It suits drug companies to medicalise in this wayBefore everyone jumps on the hype bandwagon by calling flibanserin a drug recently announced as a...
Can Islam be reconciled with science? | The question
Must Muslims find themselves at odds with the culture of scientific rationalism?It's difficult to deny the rich tradition of scientific discovery that characterised Islam for much of its history. But at a recent...
Grandmother monkeys care for baby
Grandmother macaques care for their abandoned grandchildren, behaviour not recorded before in non-human primates.
jeans are the fashion
Shopping-fast It’s true that jeans are not go out of date. black armani jeans Now you only spend $39.50 that you can have it immediately. The seriously skinny...