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Cardiac risk estimates differ for Christian and Muslim patients

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 23, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In a study of medical students, more serious cardiac risk estimates were given to Christians and less serious estimates for Muslims despite the patients being otherwise identical in their characteristics and symptoms, according ...


CO2 emissions booming, shifting east, researchers report

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 24, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (18) | comments 5

Despite widespread concern about climate change, annual carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels and manufacturing cement have grown 38 percent since 1992, from 6.1 billion tons of carbon to 8.5 billion tons in ...


Adults with aortic valve disorder do not experience reduction in survival rate

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 16, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young adults with a bicuspid aortic valve, a congenital heart abnormality, experience subsequent cardiac events but do not appear to have lower survival rates compared to the general population, according to a study in the ...





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Study Suggests Affordable Vaccines Within Reach

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research paper suggests that pharmaceutical companies can afford to produce less expensive vaccines for lower-income countries because the companies can recover their research and development (R&D) ...


Comparison finds considerable differences on estimates of future physician workforce supply

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Compared with a source of data often used regarding physician workforce supply and projected changes, data from the U.S. Census Bureau suggests that the future physician workforce may be younger but fewer in number than previously ...


Sexually spread diseases up, better testing cited

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

(AP) -- Sexually spread diseases continue to rise, with reported chlamydia cases setting yet another record in 2008, government health officials said Monday.


UK incidence of children living with substance-misusing parents considerably underestimated

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Current figures underestimate the number of children who may be at risk of harm from parental substance use. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health have generated new estimates using five nation ...


Hospital price transparancy laws in California fall short, study finds

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Uninsured patients in California are unable to successfully obtain information about the cost of medical care at hospitals despite recent state legislation intended to improve price transparency, according to a new study.


DreamWorks Animation beats 3Q income estimates (AP)

DreamWorks beats 3Q estimates with `MvA' on video

Technology / Business

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. shot past analyst estimates in releasing third-quarter earnings Tuesday, saying its only release this year, "Monsters vs. Aliens," is off to a strong start in the home ...


US survey shows southern counties most obese

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia.


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Google tracking flu outbreaks in 16 more countries

Technology / Internet

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Google on Thursday expanded a flu-tracking tool to include 16 more countries, analyzing local patterns in search queries to determine the spread of the influenza.


Angry faces: Research suggests link between facial structure and aggression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 14

Angry words and gestures are not the only way to get a sense of how temperamental a person is. According to new findings in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, a quick glance at som ...


How can scientists measure evolutionary responses to climate change?

Biology / Evolution

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

As global temperatures continue to rise scientists are presented with the complex challenge of understanding how species respond and adapt. In a paper published in Insect Conservation and Diversity, Dr Francisco Rodriguez-Trelles and Dr ...



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