News tagged with framing effect
Behavior of people faced with health-care choices is not influenced by 'framing effect,' study finds
The behavior of consumers who are faced with making decisions about their health is not significantly influenced by the way health messages are worded or framed, according to a large, new study by researchers at the University ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Research finds injuries to professional athletes from routine play or practice often reported as 'freak accidents' in me
(Medical Xpress) -- A new report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy finds injuries to professional athletes from routine play or practice are often characterized as “freak accidents” in ...
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U.S. clears path for offshore wind farms
Wind farms could soon be on the horizon for much of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast, both figuratively and literally. The Interior Department has completed a study examining how offshore wind development would affect the region, ...
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Amazing skin gives sharks a push
Shark skin has long been known to improve the fish's swimming performance by reducing drag, but now George Lauder and Johannes Oeffner from Harvard University show that in addition, the skin generates thrust, ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Diabetes linked to higher rate of birth defects
(Medical Xpress) -- Pregnant women with diabetes are almost four times more likely to have a baby with a birth defect than women without the condition and the likelihood is linked to the mother's glucose level, ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Smallest tools could give biggest results in bone repair
When William Murphy works with some of the most powerful tools in biology, he thinks about making tools that can fit together. These constructions sound a bit like socket wrenches, which can be assembled to turn a half-inch ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Fed judge considers if pharmacies must sell Plan B
(AP) -- A federal judge is considering whether Washington state can require pharmacies to stock and sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, even in the face of religious objections by druggists who believe they destroy ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 02, 2012 |
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From opening thunder to closing whimper
Thanks to lightning-fast software from the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), if a truck bomb was discovered in Lower Manhattan we will now be able to predict the ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Making nature's best better to produce biofuels
If a tree falls in the forest and there are no enzymes to digest it, does it break down?
Feb 01, 2012 |
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New technology gives implants a protective covering
A technology developed by labseed, an EPFL spin-off, could prevent most breast implant rejections. The final product should be commercially available as early as 2013.
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Study points to therapy for radiation sickness
(Medical Xpress) -- A combination of two drugs may alleviate radiation sickness in people who have been exposed to high levels of radiation, even when the therapy is given a day after the exposure occurred, according to a ...
Jan 25, 2012 |
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