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Why GPs Won't Take Part In Research: Bureaucracy Stifling Studies, Researchers Report
A group of researchers whose planned leg ulceration study was hamstrung by a physician recruitment rate of 2 percent have published the reasons why so many doctors turned them down....
Facial Expressions Show Language Barriers, Too
People from East Asia tend to have a tougher time than those from European countries telling the difference between a face that looks fearful versus surprised, disgusted versus angry, and...
Imitation Promotes Social Bonding In Primates
Imitation, the old saying goes, is the sincerest form of flattery. It also appears to be an ancient interpersonal mechanism that promotes social bonding and, presumably, sets the stage for...
Monkeys flattered by imitation
ROME, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Capuchin monkeys, like people, subconsciously warm to those who mirror their body language, primatologists in Italy said.
Active Ingredients In Marijuana Found To Spread And Prolong Pain
Experiments with rodents and humans have shown that cannabinoids, the active ingredients of marijuana, can actually amplify and prolong pain rather than damping it down. This discovery has implications both...
Like their lives, women's exercise passes through phases
Milestones such as marriage and motherhood - or retirement and widowhood - can affect the amount of exercise women get, according to a large new study from Australia...
Mom, Daughter Have Rare Sleep Gene
Scientists Find Pair Refreshed and Alert More than Others on 6 Hours Sleep
Study: Financial windfalls hasten early retirement
Older workers who get a jolt of cash out of the blue are more likely to cash in on early retirement, according to new research led by two University of...
It's not easy being gay
Members of 'sexual minorities' are around twice as likely as heterosexuals to seek help for mental health issues or substance abuse treatment. A model of treatment-seeking behaviour, described in the...
The power of prayer
I feel no closer to JC after six weeks on this course, as the value of prayer dominates the group's thoughts
Do adults with Asperger syndrome really have ToM?
People with autism are known to lack the ability to automatically attribute mental states to self and others also known as "mindblindness". A result of this impairment is failure on...
Survey indicates parents unaware of how their teens use social media
Parents, do you know what your teen is texting? Got any clue what's on her Facebook page? Chances are you don't.
National Briefing | Environment: Exxon to Pay in Deaths of Birds
Exxon Mobil has agreed to pay $600,000 in penalties for the deaths of dozens of migratory birds from exposure to hydrocarbons at the company’s facilities across the Midwest.
False ‘Death Panel’ Rumor Has Some Familiar Roots
Rumors that President Obama’s health care proposals would create “death panels” seemed to arise from nowhere.
'App' maps homes of known sex offenders
Parents worried about sexual offenders have a new tool for when they're not at their computers: an iPhone app developed by a Longwood, Fla., company.
Mermaid Sightings Claimed in Israel
Reports of mermaid sightings have come from the Israeli town of Kiryat Yam.
Cell Phone Caution
Let me begin this blog with “I do not know” whether cell phone used causes brain cancer in the form of tumors or not. However, not knowing something means you...
Measuring the road to mental health
(PhysOrg.com) -- Takuya Minami, assistant professor of counseling and applied psychology at Northeastern, is doing something that might have made even Dr. Freud blanch. Minami is trying to quantify how...
Low-income kids report first sexual intercourse at 12 years old in new study
As a new mother herself, Brenda Lohman admits to being shocked by the results of a new study she co-authored. It found that among nearly 1,000 low-income families in three...
Research Examines Fairness in Olympic Funding and Support for Amateur Athletics
In the first study to examine resource allocation in Olympic sport, research led by Stephen W. Dittmore of the University of Arkansas revealed a gap between what administrators of U.S....
Poorer people still excluded from top professions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors and lawyers are more likely to come from wealthy backgrounds according to new research from the Department of Economics that indicates that the ‘social gap` that prevents...
The curse of policy-based evidence
Journalists and scientists must guard against policymakers selecting science to legitimise pre-chosen and politically-motivated policies.
Study finds 18- to 24-year-old group more politically active, but not more knowledgeable
A study by three Kansas State University graduate students finds that the 18- to 24-year-old demographic became more politically active during the 2008 U.S. election season through the use of...
Youths confused about conservation work
LONDON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A "mismatch" between education and youth services is blamed for many British students believing they're being punished by rural conservation assignments.
Dutch Prefer Toilets to Friends and Sex?
Survey purportedly found that folks there prefer a trip to the bathroom over anything else.
Coordination needed to support green-fingered youths
The project, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), found that many young volunteers travelled long distances from cities to short-term projects in rural areas and...
Pedro makes winning return as Phils rout Cubs 12-5
CHICAGO (AP) -- At age 37, Pedro Martinez says he feels better than he has in years. He's healthier, eager and back in the major leagues...
Fidel Castro photo shows him looking healthier
The photo, in which Cuba's former president appears more robust than in other photos since his 2006 surgery, was taken 'very recently,' an exhibit curator says. Cuba has unveiled what it says is...