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Fibromyalgia pain may cause memory blips

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 19, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The chronic pain from Fibromyalgia is devastating, but the suffering doesn't end there. According to a new study by the University of Alberta's Bruce Dick, people with the disease may have disruption in their ...


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'Living fossil' tree contains genetic imprints of rain forests under climate change

Biology /

created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A "living fossil" tree species is helping a University of Michigan researcher understand how tropical forests responded to past climate change and how they may react to global warming in the ...





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Consumers overpredict the use of holiday gifts

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Before you add that fancy "it" gadget to your holiday wish list, you should know you're not going to use it as much as you think you will. For a better estimate of the use you'll get out of your new toy, ask a stranger.


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Biology / Other

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking beer is a simple act, but making beer is not. It starts out with genetics and tens of thousands of barley varieties and ends with a clear ambrosia that belies the time, effort and technology that ...


GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care (AP)

GOP: Health test recommendations could affect care

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care - and to try to chip away support by women for President ...


Smartphone app illuminates power consumption

Smartphone app illuminates power consumption

Technology / Software

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new application for the Android smartphone shows users and software developers how much power their applications are consuming. PowerTutor was developed by doctoral students and professors ...


Study: Nonprofits put brand at risk in corporate partnerships

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Charities and other nonprofits may put their brand at risk when they partner with corporations on social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. The public can easily construe such connections as a seal of approval of the corporation ...


Water scarcity will create global security concerns

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Water scarcity as a result of climate change will create far-reaching global security concerns, says Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, chair of the intergovernmental panel on climate change, a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace ...


Researchers Find Group Therapy Benefits Homeless Veterans Prone to Violence

Researchers Find Group Therapy Benefits Homeless Veterans Prone to Violence

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study examines the rates of violence among homeless veterans and their partners and the significant results of group therapy.


Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks (AP)

Google to reincarnate digital books as paperbacks

Technology / Internet

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks.


President's opinion of Kanye West sparks debate (AP)

President's opinion of Kanye West sparks debate

Technology / Internet

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- President Barack Obama's candid thoughts about Kanye West are provoking a debate over standards of journalism in the Twitter age.


Analysis of TB treatment studies identifies gaps in guidelines

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

International guidelines for treating tuberculosis are due for specific improvements, according to two research papers published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine.



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