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Improving end-of-life care
Better psychological and spiritual support, better planning of care and stronger relationships with physicians are necessary to improve end-of-life care in Canada, states a new study.
Tennis grunting: Study reveals surprising effects
You've heard them at tennis matches -- a loud, emphatic grunt with each player's stroke. A researcher has studied the impact of these grunts and come up with some surprising...
Video: Lessons from Online Bullying
Katie Couric speaks with journalist Jeff Jarvis about the lessons of responsibility and ethics which can be taken from the suicide of Tyler Clementi.
Classroom canines stimulate children's love of literacy
University of Alberta researcher Lori Friesen's classroom assistants are very attentive, love to listen to children read and can keep their composure in a classroom full of energetic Grade 2...
Study shows real partners are no match for ideal mate
Our ideal image of the perfect partner differs greatly from our real-life partner, according to new research from the University of Sheffield and the University of Montpellier in France. The...
Language delays found in siblings of children with autism
Siblings of children with autism have more frequent language delays and other subtle characteristics of the disorder than previously understood. Girls also may be mildly affected more often than recognised...
Mayo Clinic review of ethical decision making with end-of-life care
In a review article published in the October issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Mayo Clinic physicians differentiate the ethical and legal permissibility of withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatments and accepted...
Psychiatric experts assess parental alienation
(AP) -- The American Psychiatric Association has a hot potato on its hands as it updates its catalog of mental disorders - whether to include parental alienation, a disputed term...
Texas Pharmacies Sue CVS Caremark
A group of Texas drugstores has filed a lawsuit, alleging violations of privacy and anti-racketeering laws against the CVS Caremark nationwide chain.
U.S. Apologizes for Syphilis Experiment in Guatemala
Top American officials called the study, in which researchers deliberately infected prisoners, soldiers and mental patients, “clearly unethical.”
How to complete psychometric tests
70% of firms use psychometric tests to choose job applicants. We give you some tips on how to preparePsychometric tests, which examine all aspects of your inner being from your opinion of...
Breast-feeding pics at centre of Facebook fuss
A Regina-trained artist who now lives in B.C. says her Facebook page has been deleted over images of women breast-feeding children taken from works of art.
Post-Docs As Saboteurs
We've had any number of discussions about the changing face of academic research given the fact that we keep being told America doesn't do enough science education but there aren't...
Money Can’t Buy Love, but it Might Buy Friends
People will spend large sums of money to forge friendships and bond with a certain crowd.
Podcast: The World's Toughest Biomaterial, Solar Curveballs, and More
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Key ingredient staves off marijuana memory loss
Cannabis composition determines effects on the brain.
Explicit And Implicit Norms: The Classroom (And Autism) As Example
It’s been a little more than two years since I finished my master’s in psychology, and I was looking through some of the work I’d done in my social psychology...
No difference found in drugs for macular degeneration
Researchers have conducted a study that failed to show a difference in efficacy between Bevacizumab (Avastin) and Ranibizumab (Lucentis) for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration.
Study Offers Evolutionary Perspective on After-Sex Behaviors
There’s evolution at work when she wants to cuddle after sex (and he, well, doesn’t). That’s the conclusion of a new study, “Sex Differences in Post-Coital Behaviors in Long- and...
Pension reform vital to maintaining Canadians' standard of living
As baby boomers retire in greater numbers, serious doubts continue to be raised about the ability of the retirement income system to provide adequate replacement wages for the next generation...
Electronic searching aid for parents
Just a short call and the "Kidfinder" lets you know where your child is right now via SMS. It can be built into a game console and the locating unit...
Obscenity, whale snot take top honors at Ig Nobels
A British scientist has proven what most people already know - letting fly with a few choice obscenities when you hurt yourself actually makes you feel better.
'Boob Job in a Bottle' Makes Busty Claims
A new cream sold in the UK, dubbed boob job in a bottle, promises to increase breast size.
Specific brain areas for sex, money
A team of researchers headed by Jean-Claude Dreher of the Centre de Neuroscience Cognitive in Lyon, France, has provided the first evidence that the orbitofrontal cortex (located in the anterior...
Money could determine parental investment biases in child education
Wealth does affect parents` investment in their children`s education, according to new research from the University of Bristol and the London School of Economics, published in Current Anthropology.
Official Says J.&J. Plants Had Widespread Failings
The F.D.A.’s principal deputy commissioner contradicted assertions by Johnson & Johnson executives that the problems had been more limited.
Brazilian science and the future presidency
The next president of Brazil will have to strengthen public policies to promote science for development, says Marco Antônio Raupp.
World Cyber Games kickoff in Los Angeles
(AP) -- The Olympics of the video game world opened Thursday with gamers from 58 countries marching through the Los Angeles Convention Center holding their nations' flags.