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Impulsive eater? Remembering failures may help curb eating

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Remember when you pigged out on birthday cake? If you're an impulsive eater, that memory might help you choose a fruit salad next time around.





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Over 2,200 veterans died in 2008 due to lack of health insurance

Over 2,200 veterans died in 2008 due to lack of health insurance

Medicine & Health / Health

created 5 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A research team at Harvard Medical School estimates 2,266 U.S. military veterans under the age of 65 died last year because they lacked health insurance and thus had reduced access to care. That figure is ...


Improving security with face recognition technology

Improving security with face recognition technology

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 6 hours ago | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

A number of U.S. states now use facial recognition technology when issuing drivers licenses. Similar methods are also used to grant access to buildings and to verify the identities of international travelers. ...


CWRU to develop technologies for virtual coaching to help patient-doctor communications

Medicine & Health / Other

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Millions of people suffer from chronic ailments like heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes, and need critical information from their healthcare providers to manage those diseases.


The missionary doctor

The missionary doctor

Medicine & Health / Other

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Kenneth Chang has built one of the nation's finest digestive disease centers for UC Irvine Healthcare with a drive and passion inspired by doctors he assisted in a poor Taiwanese fishing ...


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On the cutting edge: Zigzag incision technique improves outcome of laser-assisted corneal transplantation

Medicine & Health / Research

created 9 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For most of the 40,000 Americans who undergo corneal transplants each year, recovery is uncomfortable and slow, sometimes taking as long as six months. Even then, clear vision may not be fully ...


This smart wheelchair has laser vision

This smart wheelchair has laser vision

Technology / Engineering

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Disability, John Spletzer believes, should no longer pose any obstacle to mobility. A blind person may not be able to see or a paraplegic to walk, but each can access the technology available ...


curly hair

Single gene may cause curly hair

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created 10 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Australia have identified a single gene that strongly influences whether you have curly or straight hair.


NICTA demonstrates new interference-cancellation modem for 3G femtocell networks

Technology / Telecom

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(PhysOrg.com) -- NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence, has successfully demonstrated technology that reduces the amount of radio interference in 3G networks with ...


Stem cells restore mobility in neck-injured rats (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first human embryonic stem cell treatment approved by the FDA for human testing has been shown to restore limb function in rats with neck spinal cord injuries - a finding that could expand the clinical ...


Unravelling the pathology of dementia

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Combination therapies to tackle multiple changes in the brain may be needed to combat the growing problem of dementia in ageing societies, according to a study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. The st ...



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