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Fear of anxiety linked to depression in above-average worriers

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Anxiety sensitivity, or the fear of feeling anxious, may put people who are already above-average worriers at risk for depression, according to Penn State researchers. Understanding how sensitivity to anxiety is a risk factor ...


More competitors, less competition

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The larger the number of examinees, the lower the average grade. This is one of the findings of a series of new studies carried out by scientists at the University of Haifa and the University of Michigan. "It is a well-established ...


Tumor-attacking virus strikes with 'one-two punch'

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Ohio State University cancer researchers have developed a tumor-attacking virus that both kills brain-tumor cells and blocks the growth of new tumor blood vessels.


Are the effects of pornography negligible?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (19) | comments 5

A Université de Montréal researcher, funded by the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Family Violence and Violence Against Women, has launched a new study to examine the effects of pornography on men. "We ...


HIV-related memory loss linked to Alzheimer's protein

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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More than half of HIV patients experience memory problems and other cognitive impairments as they age, and doctors know little about the underlying causes. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. ...


Mammography may increase breast cancer risk in some high-risk women

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Low-dose radiation from annual mammography screening may increase breast cancer risk in women with genetic or familial predisposition to breast cancer, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological ...


Black Friday LCD-TV prices down 22 pct, sales up

Technology / Business

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A research firm says decisive price cuts are helping sales of LCD flat panel TVs rise after Thanksgiving.


Home Field Advantage Often Overestimated In College Football

Home Field Advantage Often Overestimated In College Football

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

This year, many of college football's biggest rivalry games take place over Thanksgiving weekend. A win earns bragging rights for the year. Visiting teams are often thought to be at a considerable disadvantage, ...


Psychologist studies how product messages influence our willingness to pay

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As retailers bombard holiday shoppers with a blizzard of product bargains and layaway options, they should probably be concerned with the power of the words being used to promote their products to consumers. ...


Hunt for Higgs boson: Mass of top quark narrows search

Hunt for Higgs boson: Mass of top quark narrows search

Physics / General Physics

created 19 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (21) | comments 20

(PhysOrg.com) -- New high-energy particle research by a team working with data from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory further heightens the uncertainty about the exact nature of a key theoretical component ...



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