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Like rest of society, doctors implicitly favor whites over blacks
Oct 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first large study to explore possible unconscious bias among physicians, researchers have found that doctors mirror the attitudes of the majority in society and implicitly favor whites over blacks.
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Self-monitoring with blood glucose test strips inefficient use of health-care resources
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Routine self-monitoring of blood glucose levels by people with type 2 diabetes who are not taking insulin is an ineffective use of health resources as the modest benefits are outweighed by the significant cost of test strips, ...
Study supports validity of test that indicates widespread unconscious bias
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 17, 2009 |
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In the decade since the Implicit Association Test was introduced, its most surprising and controversial finding is its indication that about 70 percent of those who took a version of the test that measures racial attitudes ...
Simple test may identify stroke survivors at risk of another cardiovascular event
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Measuring circulation in the ankle using a device similar to a blood pressure cuff can help identify asymptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD) in stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) survivors, a group at much higher ...
Oxygen test has potential to detect some critical congenital heart defects in newborns
Jul 06, 2009 |
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A test that measures oxygen levels in newborns can detect "critical" congenital heart disease, but there are variables involved with the test that require more study before it is adopted for universal newborn screening, according ...
Use it or lose it? Study suggests the brain can remember a 'forgotten' language
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Many of us learn a foreign language when we are young, but in some cases, exposure to that language is brief and we never get to hear or practice it subsequently. Our subjective impression is often that the neglected language ...
New CRC screening combination increases detection by 10 percent
Dec 03, 2009 |
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The combination of sigmoidoscopy and fecal immunochemical test (FIT) detects advanced proximal (right-sided) tumors better than either test alone, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the of ...
Competition for College Admissions Perpetuates Class Divide in Higher Education
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Increased competition for college admissions combined with the heightened emphasis on test scores in recent decades has fueled the growth of class inequality in American higher education, according to sociologist Sigal Alon ...
Mild glucose intolerance in pregnancy may be associated with cardiovascular risk
Aug 24, 2009 |
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Mild glucose intolerance in pregnancy may be an early identifier of women who are at increased risk of heart disease in the future, found a new study http://www.cmaj.ca/press/cmaj090569.pdf published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journ ...
Cognitive tests a 'first step' to Alzheimer's diagnosis
Jun 29, 2009 |
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The sooner someone is diagnosed with dementia, the better.
Invisible ink? What Rorschach tests really tell us
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Jul 30, 2009 |
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One of the most well-known psychological tools is the Rorschach Inkblot Test. A viewer looks at ten inkblots, one at a time, and describes what they see. The rationale behind this test is the idea that certain aspects of ...
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