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Study: Internet use leads to more diverse networks
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation.
Picky preschoolers: Young children prefer majority opinion
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 13, 2009 |
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When we are faced with a decision, and we're not sure what to do, usually we'll just go with the majority opinion. When do we begin adopting this strategy of "following the crowd"? In a new report in Psychological Science, a jour ...
Study identifies new gene associated with ALS
Feb 26, 2009 |
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A collaborative research effort spanning nearly a decade between researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and King’s College London (KCL) has identified a novel gene for inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...
First gene for clubfoot identified
Oct 23, 2008 |
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Clubfoot, one of the most common birth defects, has long been thought to have a genetic component. Now, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report they have found the first gene linked to ...
Scientists pinpoint key proteins in blood stem cell replication
Oct 08, 2008 |
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A family of cancer-fighting molecules helps blood stem cells in mice decide when and how to divide, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Blocking the molecules' function spurs the normally resting ...
How schools, parents can work together for successful kids
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Aug 18, 2009 |
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It is widely understood that, ideally, schools and parents should work together to ensure that children can succeed as students and citizens. But what is the right balance? And how much do teachers want parents involved in ...
Women on company boards face stockmarket prejudice
Aug 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Companies with female board members fare worse on the stock market, despite performing as well on all other measures as those with all-male boards. This is the finding of a new study by the ...
Survey: Family time eroding as Internet use soars
Jun 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Whether it's around the dinner table or just in front of the TV, U.S. families say they are spending less time together.
Digital Life: Want to change Facebook's terms of service? Get 50 million people to agree
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Comments on the Web are often immature or wildly misinformed. It was a pleasant surprise, then, to see Facebook members providing reasonable and articulate feedback in the social-networking's site new civic experiment.
Racial tension in a 'split-second'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2008 |
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Interracial and interethnic interactions can often be awkward and stressful for members of both majority and minority groups. People bring certain expectations to their interactions with members of different groups—they often ...
Vaccinating family members offers important flu protection to newborns
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 26, 2008 |
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Vaccinating new mothers and other family members against influenza before their newborns leave the hospital creates a "cocooning effect" that may shelter unprotected children from the flu, a virus that can be life-threatening ...
Mayo Clinic spearheads research to discover unsuspected gene for atrial fibrillation
Jul 10, 2008 |
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Mayo Clinic researchers have found a gene mutation linked to one family's hereditary form of atrial fibrillation. Researchers hope this discovery will lead to better understanding of the disease and, eventually, better ways ...
Involving family in medical rounds benefits both family and medical team
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Involving family members of pediatric cancer and hematology patients in medical rounds benefits both the family and the medical team, according to a new Indiana University School of Medicine study.
Industry support of academic life science research may be dropping
Nov 03, 2009 |
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While more than half the academic life science researchers responding to a 2007 survey indicated having some relationship with industrial entities, the prevalence of such relationships - particularly direct funding for research ...
Illuminating 'The Fredo Effect'
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Kimberly Eddleston wants to know how the “family” in family-run businesses either serves to constrict or promote a firm’s success.
