Off-road wheelchair for developing countries unveiled
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A group of students from The University of Nottingham have designed an off-road wheelchair to help disabled people cope with rough terrain in developing countries.
New MRI to debut in African nation of Malawi; will save lives, advance malaria research
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Michigan State University physician Terrie Taylor studies cerebral malaria in Malawi where the vast majority of malaria patients are children. And, in order to get a closer look at the damage malaria does to a child, Taylor ...
Road traffic deaths in China have soared almost 100 percent in 20 years
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The number of road traffic deaths in China has soared almost 100% in two decades, reveals a study published in the journal Injury Prevention.
How best to treat chronic pain? The jury is still out
Jun 05, 2008 |
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How best to alleviate chronic pain, a leading cause of disability and employee absenteeism, continues to perplex both patients and their doctors.
Otters reveal their identity
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Researchers of the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research have developed two new methods, in order to be able to better estimate the numbers of European Otters (Lutra lutra) and their effects on the fish ...
Primary care visits reduce hospital utilization among Medicare beneficiaries at the end of life
Jun 05, 2008 |
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that primary care visits reduce hospital utilization among Medicare beneficiaries at the end of life. The recently published study appears in the Journal ...
Admiring celebrities can help improve self-esteem
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A new study appearing in Personal Relationships shows how "connections" to celebrities, i.e. parasocial relationships, can allow people with low-self esteem to view themselves more positively.
Brucella abortus S19 genome sequenced; points toward virulence genes
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Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech and the National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa, and collaborators at 454 Life Sciences of Branford, Conn., have sequenced the genome of Brucella ab ...
Initiating drinking at younger age heightens women's risk for alcohol dependence
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Women born after 1944 began drinking alcohol at younger ages than their elders, and that appears to have put them at greater risk for alcoholism, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. ...
Terrorism risk determines homeland security spending
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A new study in Policy Studies Journal reveals that measures of terrorism risk are found to be positive determinants of Homeland Security funding, while measures of political influence and party affiliation of elected officials ...
New research shows promise in treating cancer-related anorexia
Jun 05, 2008 |
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A new study by Rudolph M. Navari, director of the University of Notre Dame’s Walther Cancer Center, reveals that a novel combination of two drugs shows great promise in treating cancer-related anorexia (CRA) and weight loss.
Wide variations in appropriateness of rectal cancer surgery across England
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A substantial proportion of rectal cancer patients are receiving inappropriate surgical care, because of wide variations in practice across England, reveals research published ahead of print in the journal Gut.
How Can E-commerce be Made More Successful? -- Make it more Sensual, Study Says
Jun 05, 2008 |
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Explosive growth of products for sale on the Internet does not always translate into financial success, due in large part to the fact that customers like to squeeze the produce. That’s one finding in a study ...
Motivation of small business managers affects firm growth
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Economic theory often assumes that firm growth is automatic, given the existence of growth opportunities in the marketplace. However, a new study published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice reveals that the motivation ...
Pass the popcorn: Blockbuster sequels -- financial boom or bust?
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Although movie sequels don't always do as well at the box office as the original, they tend to do much better than non-sequels, according to a new study in the July Journal of Business Research. And timing is everything – the ...
