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Physicians often miss opportunities to show empathy

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 22, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

In consultations with patients with lung cancer, physicians rarely responded empathically to the concerns of the patients about mortality, symptoms or treatment options, according to a study led by a University of Rochester ...





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Diabetes support -- actions speak louder than words

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For physicians treating patients with diabetes, practical support is important in improving glycemic control. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health found that setting goals and pro-active follow ...


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 ...


Places to play, but 'stranger danger' fears keep inner-city kids home

Places to play, but 'stranger danger' fears keep inner-city kids home

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Kids and teens in inner-city neighbourhoods have parks and places in which to play and be physically active, but their perceptions of "stranger danger" keep many of them away.


Teacher support is key to self-esteem for Chinese and US youth

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

As children go back to school this fall, a new cross-cultural study finds that for both Chinese and American middle schoolers, students who feel supported by their teachers tend to have higher self-esteem, and those who don't ...


4 in 10 US families lack money for essential household expenses when unemployed

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Today the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University's Heller School released a new research and policy brief which reports that four in ten U.S. families lack sufficient assets to pay for essential ...


Yeast unravels effects of chemotherapy drugs

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Until now, the mode of action of nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate (N-BP) cancer drugs, used to relieve bone pain and to prevent skeletal complications in bone metastasis, has been almost entirely unknown. Researchers writing ...


Places to play, but 'stranger danger' fears keep inner-city kids home: Study

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fear of dangerous strangers in inner-city neighbourhoods is keeping kids and teens from using playgrounds and parks to be physically active.


Find Local Rideshares Quickly via Mobile Phone

Find Local Rideshares Quickly via Mobile Phone

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- In spite of rising energy prices, many car drivers in large cities still ride alone. The OpenRide mobile ridesharing service aims to save them money while reducing the amount of traffic and ...


China could be $1 trillion green tech market

Technology / Business

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- China potentially could be a $500 billion to $1 trillion a year market for environmentally sustainable "green technologies," a group of businesses and experts said in a report Thursday that urges governments to ease ...


Study links genetic variation to individual empathy, stress levels

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers have discovered a genetic variation that may contribute to how empathetic a human is, and how that person reacts to stress. In the first study of its kind, a variation in the hormone/neurotransmitter oxytocin's ...



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