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9 in 10 high schoolers short on fruits, veggies

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Health officials say only 13 percent of U.S. high school students get at least three servings of vegetables a day and just 32 percent get two servings of fruit.


Survey: Ask permission to use newborn data, parents say

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created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More than three-quarters of parents would be willing to permit the use of their children's newborn screening samples for research purposes if their permission were obtained beforehand, a University of Michigan survey shows.


Survey confirms parents' fears, confusion over autism

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 03, 2008 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 8

The first national survey of attitudes toward autism reveals that a small but significant percentage of people still believe the disease is caused by childhood vaccines. The survey of 1000 randomly selected adults was conducted ...





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Mayo Clinic researchers study health care reform

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Results of a Mayo Clinic survey published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that while physicians are open to being involved in health care reform discussions, some opposition may exist.


Albatross camera reveals fascinating feeding interaction with killer whale

Albatross camera reveals fascinating feeding interaction with killer whale

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Scientists from British Antarctic Survey, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, and Hokkaido University, Japan, have recorded the first observations of how albatrosses feed alongside marine mammals ...


The public overestimates benefits of cancer screening, survey finds

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A public survey conducted in Europe found that the vast majority of people overestimate the life-saving benefits of breast and prostate cancer screening, according to a new study published online August 12 in the Journal of ...


Landmark survey highlights needs of unpaid caregivers of people with diabetes

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created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Hormone Foundation, the public education affiliate of The Endocrine Society, in collaboration with the National Alliance for Caregiving, today released key findings from a first-of-its-kind survey aimed at better understanding ...


Vast majority of physicians satisfied with hospital chaplain services

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A national survey of physicians' experience with hospital chaplains found that the vast majority of doctors were satisfied with the spiritual services provided. Physicians in the Northeast and those with a dim view of religion's ...


Survey: Awareness of COPD is rising, but understanding is still low

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Awareness of COPD—chronic obstructive pulmonary disease—continues to grow in the United States, according to national survey results released today by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National ...


Americans concerned about heart health, but not proactive enough to prevent it

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

To help draw attention to National Child Health Day (today), the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) has released findings from a new national consumer survey and launched a campaign to educate families about ...


Self-sacrifice among strangers has more to do with nurture than nature

Self-sacrifice among strangers has more to do with nurture than nature

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Socially learned behavior and belief are much better candidates than genetics to explain the self-sacrificing behavior we see among strangers in societies, from soldiers to blood donors to ...


UWM study explores why women leave engineering careers

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

While only one in 10 male engineers leave their field by the time they reach their 30s, about one in four women are not working in engineering despite having completed the necessary education.


CSIRO sets science path for new telescope

CSIRO sets science path for new telescope

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

CSIRO has chosen the major science projects that its Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope will tackle in its first five years.



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