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Do kids benefit from homework?

Do kids benefit from homework?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created 10 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Homework is as old as school itself. Yet the practice is controversial as people debate the benefits or consider the shortcomings and hassles. Research into the topic is often contradictory ...


Sedatives, mood-altering drugs related to falls among elderly

Medicine & Health / Medications

created 14 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Falls among elderly people are significantly associated with several classes of drugs, including sedatives often prescribed as sleep aids and medications used to treat mood disorders, according to a study led by a University ...


Achieving asthma control in preschoolers

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 15 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Asthma is the commonest chronic disease in children and a major reason for admissions to hospital, yet inadequate asthma control is present in 26% to 45% of children, states a review in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). ...


Donate your text messages to science: Texto4Science project

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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A Université de Montréal researcher has a special request for Canadian texters: "Everyone young and old, students and workers, artists and business people, no matter who you are, send me your text messages," ...


AIDS research reveals a lack of family-planning programs in Uganda

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created 16 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Alberta graduate student Jennifer Heys wants to make her message clear: there needs to be more education in Ugandan communities about contraception.


Adoption: Every child deserves a home

Medicine & Health / Other

created 17 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Finding a permanent home for children and youth who are in the care of welfare agencies should be a priority for all Canadians, write Laura Eggertson, Dr. Noni MacDonald, Cindy Baldassi and Dr. Paul Hébert in an editorial ...


Time of day matters to thirsty trees, researcher discovers

Biology / Ecology

created 18 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The time of day matters to forest trees dealing with drought, according to a new paper produced by a research team led by Professor Malcolm Campbell, University of Toronto Scarborough's vice-principal for research and colleagues ...


New understanding about mechanism for cell death after stroke leads to possible therapy

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at the Brain Research Centre, a partnership of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, have uncovered new information about the mechanism by which ...


Termite creates sustainable monoculture fungus-farming

Termite creates sustainable monoculture fungus-farming

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Food production of modern human societies is mostly based on large-scale monoculture crops, but it now appears that advanced insect societies have the same practice. Our societies took just ...


Canada can lead the world with smart pension reform, says pension expert

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Toronto - The time has come to turn Canada's supplemental pensions jumble into a coherent system with a clear goal and a clear plan to achieve it, according to Keith Ambachtsheer, Director of the Rotman International ...



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