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Health experts, scientists to discuss bird flu studies

The World Health Organization said Friday it will meet next week to determine whether scientists can publish research on a bird flu virus that may be easily passed among humans.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Explorers,' who embrace the uncertainty of choices, use specific part of cortex

Life shrouds most choices in mystery. Some people inch toward a comfortable enough spot and stick close to that rewarding status quo. Out to dinner, they order the usual. Others consider their options systematically ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Less knowledge, more power: Uninformed can be vital to democracy, study finds

Contrary to the ideal of a completely engaged electorate, individuals who have the least interest in a specific outcome can actually be vital to achieving a democratic consensus. These individuals dilute the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 163 | with audio podcast

Understanding the psychological science behind the debt negotiations

(Medical Xpress) -- This week, the deficit reduction supercommittee failed to reach a consensus in creating a plan to reduce the national deficit by at least $1.2 trillion. Psychological science can provide some insights ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Expect a tough round of climate talks in Durban: S.Africa

The upcoming UN climate talks in South Africa will be "tough" despite progress in moving toward a new round of Kyoto Protocol commitments, South Africa's foreign minister said Friday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Toddler co-sleeping not associated with developmental issues, study says

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the Stony Brook University School of Medicine in New York, led by Lauren Hale, released a new study in the August issue of Pediatrics that shows bed-sharing or co-sleeping with your t ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Genetic testing for inherited cardiac conditions is 'patchy' in Europe

While genetic inheritance is known to play a role in the multifactorial development of most diseases of the heart, there are also a number of clearly diagnosed cardiac conditions which owe their development to quite specific ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UN meets to mull climate change quick-fix options

On the heels of another halting round of talks on climate change, UN scientists this week will review quick-fix options for beating back the threat of global warming that rely on technology rather than political ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 19, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (8) | comments 31

As climate talks sputter, UN scientists vet 'Plan B'

On the heels of another halting round of talks on climate change, UN scientists this week will review quick-fix options for beating back the threat of global warming that rely on technology rather than political wrangling.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 18, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 33

New guidelines for cardiovascular genetic testing

An international panel of experts from The Heart Rhythm Society and the European Heart Rhythm Association issued new guideline recommendations for all health care professionals about cardiovascular genetic testing at the ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created May 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Frequent inaccuracies in testosterone testing lead to call for standardization

The use of testosterone assays for patient care and research is on the rise as new research links testosterone to a variety of diseases and conditions. Although the assays are heavily used, discrepancies and inaccuracies ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts advocate realigning type 2 diabetes treatments with disease's natural history

A new consensus statement published in the September, 2010, issue of The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) finds that the increasing recognition that beta-cell failure occurs much e ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why 'scientific consensus' fails to persuade

Suppose a close friend who is trying to figure out the facts about climate change asks whether you think a scientist who has written a book on the topic is a knowledgeable and trustworthy expert. You see from the dust jacket ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (37) | comments 64 | with audio podcast

AAO-HNS releases consensus statement: diagnosis and management of nasal valve compromise

Today, the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) announced the release of a consensus statement to address ambiguities and disparities in the diagnosis and management of nasal valve compromise ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Outside science academies to review warming panel

(AP) -- The beleaguered global warming panel has found an outside group to review how it writes its reports.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 3