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News Analysis: Despite Fears, Health Care Overhaul Is Moving Ahead
President Obama’s health care speech on Wednesday night comes as critical players in the health-care industry remain engaged in negotiations.
Borderline personality disorder grows as healthcare concern
Sufferers display mood instability, fear of abandonment, impulsive behavior, anger and suicidal or self-injurious acts. People with the disorder also may misperceive the actions of others. They have the thinnest skin, the shortest...
Erasing phobias early in life
The model of fear extinction originated from the Pavlovian classical conditioning paradigm in the early 1900s. Defined as a reduction in a conditioned fear response following a non reinforced exposure...
Shake the Government's Helping Hand. Or Bite It.
The old fight over Social Security reform and the current struggle over health care help define the boundaries of the American debate over how to balance government against market forces.
Wash. health co-op part of health reform debate
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Group Health Cooperative was created in Washington state more than six decades ago, started up by members of local granges, unions and...
Free Will: The Meaning of Choice
It is obvious that life is filled with choices and we often go to great lengths to explore different possible outcomes or scenarios when attempting to make decisions. However what...
Resurfacing, a Critic Stirs Up Debate Over Health Care
Former Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey of New York has been weighing in and giving fodder to health plan opponents.
How Can Clinicians Help Patients Make Decisions Consistent With Their Values?
In a pair of trials carried out over the Internet, researchers attempted to understand how information should best be presented to individuals in order to help them make health care...
Fitness fanatic or couch potato? Credit, or blame, DNA
Studies suggest that people might have a genetic predisposition to enjoying exercise. ...
Monkey Brains Signal The Desire To Explore
Sticking with what you know often comes at the price of learning about more favorable alternatives. Managing this trade-off is easy for many, but not for those with conditions such...
Alcohol impairs vision, blurs faces
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Alcohol consumption impairs vision and makes faces appear less clear, South Korean researchers studying sexual attraction have determined.
'Don't post that!' -- networking etiquette emerges
(AP) -- Stephanie Kahn wanted to bask in her engagement for a few hours before diving into the task of calling aunts, uncles and good friends with the big news....
Carrots are better than sticks for building human cooperation
Rewards go further than punishment in building human cooperation and benefiting the common good, according to research published this week in the journal Science by researchers at Harvard University and...
Mothers with postpartum depression with suicidal thoughts and their infant interactions
The joys of motherhood for many women can also lead other new moms to experience postpartum depression and even worse - ideas for committing suicide...
Market based reforms have not harmed equity in the NHS, say researchers
Recent NHS reforms, such as the introduction of patient choice and provider competition, have not had a deleterious impact on equity with respect to waiting times for elective surgery in...
Null Hypothesis And The Logic Of Skepticism
Being a skeptic is a rather lonely art. People often confuse you for a cynic, and I’m not using either term in the classical philosophical sense, of course. read more
Booting-Up The Universe: Divine Feat or Random Act?
Was an almighty God required to boot up the universe, or would a blindfolded monkey have sufficed? What a silly question. Isn't it obvious that truly divine powers were needed to...
Human Brain Could Be Replicated In 10 Years, Researcher Predicts
A model that replicates the functions of the human brain is feasible in 10 years according to neuroscientist Professor Henry Markram of the Brain Mind Institute in Switzerland. "I absolutely...
Probing Question: Is homework bad for kids?
Ask an 11-year-old whether homework is a bad thing, and you`ll likely be greeted with vigorous nodding and not a hint of ambiguity, but do grown-up experts agree? As with...
Report exposes loopholes in gun-control laws
Gun shows and the lack of uniform gun-control laws provide easy access to guns that can be used for criminal purposes, according to a new report released today from the...
Children 'increasingly unlikely' to learn a modern language
(PhysOrg.com) -- Children are increasingly unlikely to leave school with even the most basic knowledge of modern languages despite Government claims to the contrary, an independent study has found.
Study: Wolves beat dogs when it comes to logic
Wolves do better on some tests of logic than dogs, a new study found, revealing differences between the animals that scientists suspect result from dogs' domestication.
Animals that favor one side of brain fare better
Animals that process information using a preferred hemisphere of the brain — left or right — fare better than individuals who always use both sides of their brain simultaneously,
Do You Want Kids To Get Better At Science? Then Write An Article For Them Starting ... Now
Everyone says they want to get kids to get a better science - now we can all actually do something about it. We're doing a small beta test of our Science...
Survey highlights trainee teachers' misconceptions about the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many teachers appear to be leaving training college with serious misconceptions about how the brain functions, new research suggests.
AT&T says iPhone to get picture messaging Sept. 25
(AP) -- AT&T says the latest iPhone models will finally get the ability to send picture and video messages to other phones on Sept. 25.
Ecuadorian universities 'not passing the test'
An evaluation of 71 Ecuadorian universities has yielded very low scores in research, teaching and career development.
Pakistani research culture still out of reach
Following its higher education reforms, Pakistan's success in creating a research culture is still uncertain, say Athar Osama and colleagues.