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Group Apologizes for Its Racial Bias
The American Medical Association formally apologized on Thursday for more than a century of policies that excluded blacks from the group, long considered to be the voice of American doctors.
Research identifies brain cells related to fear
The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that in any given year, about 40 million adults (18 or older) will suffer from some form of anxiety disorder, including debilitating conditions...
Revolutionary Chefs? Not Likely, Shows Physics Research
However much the likes of Jamie Oliver or Gordon Ramsay might want to shake up our diets, culinary evolution dictates that our cultural cuisines remain little changed as generations move...
Why Musicians Make Us Weep And Computers Don't
Music can soothe the savage breast much better if played by musicians rather than clever computers, according to a new study. Neuroscientists looked at the brain's response to piano sonatas...
The world is becoming a happier place: study
The world is becoming a happier place, a study published in this month's Perspectives of Psychological Science shows.
Verbally aggressive mothers direct their children's behavior
A new study in Human Communication Research reveals that verbally aggressive mothers tend to control their children's choice of activities as well as use physical negative touch, along with directives,...
Saskatoon doctor facing sexual charges identified
The name of a Saskatoon doctor charged with sexually assaulting two female patients was made public Wednesday when the case moved into the courts.
Brain activity encodes reward magnitude and delay during choice
Good things may come to those who wait, but research has proven that humans and animals actually prefer an immediate rather than a delayed reward. Now, a study published by...
1 year community service for HIV-positive woman guilty of assault
A Quebec woman living with AIDS has been sentenced to one year of community service for hiding her HIV status from her former boyfriend.
Vietnam plans to tempt expat scientists back
A proposal for a scheme to attract expat scientists back to Vietnam with good salaries and research funding is under discussion.
Psychiatric genetics: The brains of the family
Does the difficulty in finding the genes responsible for mental illness reflect the complexity of the genetics or the poor definitions of psychiatric disorders? Alison Abbott reports.
Avatars As Communicators Of Emotions
Current interactive systems enable users to communicate with computers in many ways, but not taking into account emotional communication. A Ph.D. thesis puts forward the use of avatars or virtual...
Money makes the heart grow less fond... but more hardworking
Money is a necessity: it provides us with material objects that are important for survival and for entertainment, and it is often used as a reward. But recent studies have...
More sex please, we're 70
Men and women in their early seventies are having sex more often and enjoying it more than their counterparts three and four decades ago, according to a Swedish study published...
Male kidneys for men only?
The gender of donor and recipient plays a larger role in kidney transplants than previously assumed. Female donor kidneys do not function as well in men - due to...
Weight Gain In Adolescent Girls: Role Of Internet, Alcohol And Sleep
Girls moving through adolescence may experience unhealthy levels of weight gain, but the reasons for this are not always clear. In fact, many potential causes of weight gain are easily...
Do we think that machines can think?
When our PC goes on strike again we tend to curse it as if it was a human. The question of why and under what circumstances we attribute human-like properties...
The first autism disease genes
The autistic disorder, a neurodevelopmental disease first described in 1943, represents a challenge for treatment and a puzzle for research. Alongside Asperger syndrome, a milder form of the disorder, autism...
Sex Really Does Get Better With Age (Just Ask A 70 Year Old)
An increasing number of 70 year olds are having good sex and more often, and women in this age group are particularly satisfied with their sex lives, according to a...
Sex at 70 better than ever before: Swedish study
Today's 70-year-olds are having good sex, and they're having it more often than 70-year-olds at any time in the last 30 years, according to a Swedish study.
Fringe autism treatment could get federal study
CHICAGO (AP) -- Pressured by desperate parents, government researchers are pushing to test an unproven treatment on autistic children, a move some scientists see as an...
Court keeps cell tower backup rules on hold
(AP) -- More than a year after they were introduced, federal rules intended to keep cell phone towers operating during natural disasters remain in limbo.
Artists Get Creative In "Vomit Comet"
Three British artists tried to make art in zero gravity - one used a cat and a mouse for a performance piece - aboard an aircraft used to train cosmonauts,...
Why can`t I learn a new language?
Adults, even the brightest ones, often struggle with learning new languages. Dr Nina Kazanina in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bristol explains why.
Older workforce requires variety of recruitment strategies
Employers globally are facing challenges and needs posed by baby-boom generation employees. A new Penn State study of 208 U.S. employers found a wide range of strategies used to recruit...
Keeping Text Messaging Bills In Check
Recent price hikes are making it tougher, but CNET's Natali Del Conte had tips to help you, on The Early Show.
FTC wants to end tar-nicotine statements
WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is proposing rescinding statements concerning cigarette tar and nicotine yields that are based on a 1966 test.
Uganda pilots scientist–MP 'shadowing scheme'
The Uganda National Academy of Science will trial a new pairing scheme where scientists shadow MPs and vice versa.