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Most top medical journals have conflict of interest policies available for public review

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nearly 90 percent of medical journals with relatively high impact factors have policies addressing author conflict of interest (COI) available for public review, according to a report in the November 25 issue of JAMA. But ma ...


Climate change could boost incidence of civil war in Africa

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (16) | comments 10

Climate change could increase the likelihood of civil war in sub-Saharan Africa by over 50 percent within the next two decades, according to a new study led by a team of researchers at University of California, Berkeley, ...


Thoughtful words help couples stay fighting fit

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Couples who bring thoughtful words to a fight release lower amounts of stress-related proteins, suggesting that rational communication between partners can ease the impact of marital conflict on the immune system.


PTSD less common than depression and alcohol misuse amongst UK troops

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Common mental disorders, such as depression and alcohol misuse, are the top psychological problems amongst UK troops post-deployment and not post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as is widely believed. A study published today ...


Violence between couples is usually calculated, and does not result from loss of control

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Violence between couples is usually the result of a calculated decision-making process and the partner inflicting violence will do so only as long as the price to be paid is not too high. This is the conclusion of a new study ...


How to win by concession and avoid unproductive conflict

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study published in Economic Inquiry explores the seminal question: "If we can make a deal, why fight?" The authors conclude that a combination of common knowledge and a common rate of time preference allow a potent ...


The 12-step path to white-collar crime

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Adelphia Communications, Barings Bank, Enron, HealthSouth, HIH Insurance, Hollinger International, Tyco International, WorldCom/MCI, Xerox... the white collar crime list goes on. But, did the executives at these companies ...


Obama gets conflicting tips on health care speech (AP)

Obama gets conflicting tips on health care speech

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- President Barack Obama is getting no shortage of advice on what to say in his health care speech to Congress, and much of it conflicts.


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The right honourable computer, barrister-at-law

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created a legal analysis query engine that combines artificial intelligence, game theory and semantics to offer advice, conflict prevention and dispute settlement ...


Conflict of Interest Disclosures in Clinical Trials Need to be Clearer

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's standard practice at leading academic medical centers: When enrolling patients in a clinical trial, researchers should disclose relevant financial relationships that might affect a patient's decision ...


Maternal, paternal genes' tug-of-war may last well into childhood

Maternal, paternal genes' tug-of-war may last well into childhood

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An analysis of rare genetic disorders in which children lack some genes from one parent suggests that maternal and paternal genes engage in a subtle tug-of-war well into childhood, and possibly ...


Research finds schools can help reduce depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- School-based intervention programs could help curb the amount of antidepressants being prescribed to adolescent boys, UQ research has found.


Almost one quarter of Spanish women take antidepressants

Almost one quarter of Spanish women take antidepressants

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Psychopharmaceutical use has risen over recent years. This is fact, but what is not clear is the reason why. Researchers from four Madrid-based health centres have shown that family conflict is not a significant ...


Chance of nuclear war is greater than you think: Stanford engineer makes risk analysis

Chance of nuclear war is greater than you think: Stanford engineer makes risk analysis

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (12) | comments 10

What are the chances of a nuclear world war? What is the risk of a nuclear attack on United States soil? The risk of a child born today suffering an early death due to nuclear war is at least 10 percent, according ...


Clownfish provide clues to animal conflicts

Clownfish provide clues to animal conflicts

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Animal societies are hotbeds of conflict and cooperation, with creatures helping each other one moment and fighting the next. Biologist Andrew Zink has developed a new theoretical framework ...