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What is Hemoglobin A1c?
If she makes it through the nomination process, Judge Sonia Sotomayor would not only be the first Hispanic to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, she would also be the...
Half of your friends lost in seven years
Had a good chat with someone recently? Has a good friend just helped you to do up your home? Then you will be lucky if that person still does that...
Did Mozart Really Have ADHD? History Of Hyperactivity Off-base, Says Researcher
A Canadian researcher working in the UK says doctors, authors and educators are doing hyperactive children a disservice by claiming that hyperactivity as we understand it today has always existed.
A bad performance is better than no performance at all
The learning of birdsong resembles the learning of speech in humans. Crucial for the process are acoustic perception and the ability to produce sound. Social isolation leads to a disturbed...
Contracts adding legal twist to family health care
Financial contracts to care for sick or ageing relatives - nearly unthinkable just a decade ago - are drawing new interest as everyday Americans wrestle with the time and expense...
Legal loophole exposes Canadians to drug advertising banned in US
A legal loophole is counteracting Canada's ban on direct-to-consumer drug advertising and has exposed Canadians to more than $90 million worth of ads, including those for drugs with life-threatening risks,...
Male or female? Colouring provides gender cues
Our brain is wired to identify gender based on facial cues and colouring, according to a new study published in the Journal of Vision. Psychology Professor Frederic Gosselin and his...
Brain activation can predict the strategies people use to make risky decisions
Watching people's brains in real time as they handle a set of decision-making problems can reveal how different each person's strategy can be, according to neuroscientists at the Duke University...
Rethinking monogamy in Western Canada
(PhysOrg.com) -- You hear it all the time, especially in debates concerning same-sex marriage and polygamy: The biggest threat to the social order is the breakdown of monogamous marriage.
Minor League Hockey Players Unable To Identify Concussion Symptoms, Study Says
When Chicago Blackhawk's leading scorer Martin Havlat returned to the ice for game four of the Western Conference Final after sustaining a concussion only two days earlier, questions were raised...
Canaries That Hear Poor Songs As Juveniles Nevertheless Sing Rather Normal Songs As Adults
Many songbirds learn their songs early in life from a role model. In the absence of an appropriate tutor, they develop an improvised song that often lacks the species-typical song...
Should I stay or should I go? Neural mechanisms of strategic decision making
A new study demonstrates that when faced with a difficult decision, the human brain calls upon multiple neural systems that code for different sorts of behaviors and strategies. The research,...
Are Humans Genetically Programmed To Care About Long-term Future And Climate Change?
Humans may be programmed by evolution to care about the long-term future, suggests new research. A study finds that individuals may have an innate tendency to care about the long-term...
The Goode Family
The Goode Family is a new animated series from Mike Judge (King of the Hill, Beavis and Butt-Head) about an obsessively "green" vegan family who live a politically correct lifestyle....
At-home pet euthanasia a growing trend
DENVER, May 27 (UPI) -- A growing number of U.S. residents are choosing to have veterinarians come to their homes to perform euthanasia procedures on their pets, experts...
Strong Personalities Skew Study Samples
All pet owners will happily explain to you their dog or cat's character traits -- probably in far more detail than you ever wanted to know. But the idea of...
Gambling builds hidden costs
Researchers have found that gambling causes a significant amount of unreported crime – and crime also often leads to gambling.
Adolescents let physical activity slide after seventh grade
By the time they reach ninth grade, most adolescents abandon the physical activities they enjoyed in seventh grade; and the more vigourous the activity, the more likely they are to...
Lessons From The Vaccine-autism Wars
Researchers have investigated why the debunked vaccine-autism theory won't go away. Medical anthropologists, science historians, vaccine experts, social scientists, and pediatricians explore the factors keeping the dangerous notion alive --...
New way of gauging professional behaviour in medical students
A new way of assessing professionalism among medical students could help to make better doctors, a new research study suggests...
Study: Teachers choose schools according to student race
A study forthcoming in the Journal of Labor Economics suggests that high-quality teachers tend to leave schools that experience inflows of black students. According to the study's author, C. Kirabo...
Wal-Mart fined $7,000 in post-Thanksgiving stampede
The crush of eager shoppers that left a worker dead and 11 other people injured could have been prevented, OSHA finds in citing the retailer. ...
Migraine Drug Gains in Test, and Shares in Its Maker Soar
Shares of MAP Pharmaceuticals rose 186 percent to $9 as its Levadex drug cleared a late-stage clinical test.
Following a healthy lifestyle is on the decline in the US
New York, NY, May 27, 2009 ? Despite the well-known benefits of having a lifestyle that includes physical activity, eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables, maintaining a healthy...
Minn. parents agree to let son undergo chemo
(AP) -- The parents of a Minnesota boy who refused chemotherapy for his cancer told a judge Tuesday they now agree to the medical treatment, and the judge ruled...
Committing single events to memory: Scientists discover how the brain remembers one-time experiences
(PhysOrg.com) -- Single events account for many of our memories - a marriage proposal, a wedding toast, a baby's birth. Until a recent UC Irvine discovery, scientists knew little about...
Understanding The Therapeutic Process Of Mother-infant Psychotherapy
Given the documented detrimental effects of postpartum depression on infants and the mother-infant relationship, mental health professionals are anxious to understand models of best practices. This focus group study of...
'Curve ball' wins international illusion contest
Science has proven what baseball players have known for more than a hundred years, the curve ball is more powerful than the brain.