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Satisfaction and regret after radical prostatectomy procedures studied

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Studies have shown that approximately 16% of patients with localised prostate cancer regret their treatment choice. European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, will be publishing an art ...


Latinas more likely to regret breast cancer treatment decisions

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Latina women who prefer speaking Spanish are more likely than other ethnic groups to express regret or dissatisfaction with their breast cancer treatment, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan ...


Embrace your regrets and move forward, psychologist says

Other Sciences /

created Jan 24, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Have regrets? Don’t push them away. Harness them and move on as a smarter person, says Neal Roese, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Roese tackles the sometimes touchy topic in ...


NASA science mission director resigns

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 26, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Alan Stern, associate administrator of NASA's science mission directorate, said Wednesday he is leaving the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.


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Google's e-mail add-ons are fun

Technology / Internet

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The fun folks at Google have been busy developing neat e-mail features within Gmail Labs, the company's experimental testing ground.


Google's Gmail now gives users a brief window to recall emails after they've been sent

Regret that email? Gmail gives users chance to call it back

Technology / Internet

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Just about everybody has sent an email, noticed a mistake as they hit the "send" button and wanted to call it back.


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Top US cybersecurity official quits

Technology / Internet

created Mar 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 2

A top US cybersecurity official has quit, complaining in a resignation letter obtained by Wired magazine that US cyber protection efforts are being dominated by the super-secret National Security Agency (NSA).


All bets are off: Office pools lead to unhappiness

Other Sciences / Other

created May 30, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Office pools for the NCAA basketball tournament or Oscar contests are fun, right? Not according to the Journal of Consumer Research. A recent study suggests that betting on the outcome actually reduces people's enjoyment of the ...


You Cannot Scare People Into Getting Fit Or Going Green

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 27, 2006 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

New research published today by the Economic and Social Research Council shows that positive, informative strategies which help people set specific health and environmental goals are far more effective when it comes to encouraging ...


Seize the day! New research helps tightwads 'live a little'

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Some people have trouble indulging, and they regret it later. There's hope for those people, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.


Moral philosopher questions memory manipulation

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 29, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 3

Is medicated memory manipulation ethically sound? And perhaps more importantly, who should be charged with the decision to deliver such a treatment: patient or physician?


Survival instincts propel 'difficult patient' to insist on quality care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 10, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Michelle Mayer had to become a "difficult patient" before she could get her physicians to accurately diagnose the disease that was destroying her health. And once the diagnosis was made, she had to continue to be what many ...


Online Dating: Where Technology and Evolution Collide

Online Dating: Where Technology and Evolution Collide

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 26, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (30) | comments 10 feature

When searching for a soul mate, you might think that the more options, the better. But the rise of technology – notably, the Internet – has thrown a wedge in that perception.


X-FAB backs out from buying Infineon plant

Technology /

created Sep 14, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Infineon Technologies said Wednesday X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries will not be taking over its plant in Perlach.


Researchers find saying 'I'm sorry' influences jurors

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Apologizing for negative outcomes -- a practice common even with children -- may lead to more favorable verdicts for auditors in court, according to researchers at George Mason University and Oklahoma State University. The ...