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Game Theory: Researchers examine what makes video games click with players -- or not
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Every Friday afternoon, the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab opens its doors to anyone who wishes to drop by and play. On one such recent day, Jason Begy, a graduate student in the Comparative Media Studies program ...
Scientists gain new understanding of disease-causing bacteria
Nov 30, 2009 |
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A team of scientists from The Forsyth Institute, the University of Connecticut Health Center, the CDC and the Wadsworth Center, have used state-of-the-art technology to elucidate the molecular architecture of Treponema pallidum, ...
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Binge drinking youths find getting old a drag
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
8 hours ago |
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Young men who believe that happiness declines with age are more likely to engage in risky health behaviors such as binge drinking. Their misguided negative view of the aging process may act as a disincentive to behave 'sensibly' ...
Fear of anxiety linked to depression in above-average worriers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
13 hours ago |
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Anxiety sensitivity, or the fear of feeling anxious, may put people who are already above-average worriers at risk for depression, according to Penn State researchers. Understanding how sensitivity to anxiety is a risk factor ...
Is cannabis the answer to Booze Britain's problems?
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Substituting cannabis in place of more harmful drugs may be a winning strategy in the fight against substance misuse. Research published in BioMed Central' open access Harm Reduction Journal features a poll of 350 cannab ...
Loneliness can be contagious
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
14 hours ago |
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Loneliness, like a bad cold, can spread among groups of people, research at the University of Chicago, the University of California-San Diego and Harvard shows.
Physician urges changes in diagnosis for sore throat in young adults
Nov 30, 2009 |
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New analysis from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) suggests that physicians need to re-think their diagnosis and treatment of sore throat, or pharyngitis, in adolescents and young adults to consider a more newly ...
Don't ignore your emotions at work, professor says
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Nov 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “There’s no crying in baseball!” So said Jimmy Dugan, the manager portrayed by Tom Hanks in the movie “A League of Their Own.” Not so fast, says Vince Waldron, an Arizona State University professor of communication ...
Silver lining effect study, 'I have some good news and some bad news'
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Communicating "I have some good news and some bad news" is better than combining messages into a single, bleak result when small gains and large losses occur together, according to a study in the current issue of Management Sc ...
Is it right for drug companies to carry out their own clinical trials?
Nov 30, 2009 |
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In BMJ today two experts debate whether the conflict of interest is unacceptable when drug companies carry out clinical trials on their own medicines.
Mad as hell? New discoveries about the experience of anger
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Nov 30, 2009 |
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Younger people, those with children and less-educated individuals are more likely to experience anger, according to new UofT research that examines one of the most common negative emotions in society.
Scientists get up close to bacteria's toxic pumps
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Scientists are building a clearer image of the machinery employed by bacteria to spread antibiotic resistance or cause diseases such as whooping cough, peptic stomach ulcers and legionnaires' disease.
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