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While the cat's away: How removing an invasive species devastated a World Heritage island
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Jan 12, 2009 |
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Removing an invasive species from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, a World Heritage Site, has caused environmental devastation that will cost more than A$24 million to remedy, ecologists have revealed. Writing in the new issue ...
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Fear of lawsuits may prompt some doctors to overprescribe antibiotics
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A new study led by a team of researchers at New York Medical College suggests that that medical liability concerns may be playing a role in the increase of MRSA in healthcare settings by encouraging clinicians to prescribe ...
New study explores role of sexual, social behaviors in seniors' well-being
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Researchers and the general public have a new resource for information on the health and intimate relationships of older people, thanks to a new supplemental issue of The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological an ...
Disordered eating may affect 10 to 15 percent of women
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Several maladaptive eating behaviors, beyond anorexia, can affect women. Indeed, some 10 to 15 percent of women have maladaptive eating behaviours and attitudes according to new study from the Université de Montréal ...
IBM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Cities in the Next Five Years (w/ Video)
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Today, IBM unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next five to ten years.
IU informaticists show new levels of refinement in predicting human mobility, epidemic spread
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The interplay of human mobility patterns like those between local metropolitan commuters and long-range airline travelers during a global epidemic can be modeled in such detail so as to offer ...
About 25 percent of Arabs in Greater Detroit reported abuse post Sept. 11
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 17, 2009 |
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One quarter of Detroit-area Arab Americans reported personal or familial abuse because of race, ethnicity or religion since 9/11, leading to higher odds of adverse health effects, according to a new University of Michigan ...
Dyslexia defined: New study 'uncouples' reading and IQ over time
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Contrary to popular belief, some very smart, accomplished people cannot read well. This unexpected difficulty in reading in relation to intelligence, education and professional status is called dyslexia, and ...
Cancer survival disparities for most minority populations increase as cancers become more treatable
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Racial and ethnic disparities in cancer survival are greatest for cancers that can be detected early and treated successfully, including breast and prostate cancer, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University's ...
Facebook mines Census data to track its diversifying users
Dec 17, 2009 |
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In its earliest days, Facebook was primarily a white and Asian phenomenon. No more. In the first-ever study of the race and ethnicity of its U.S. users, Facebook said Wednesday that blacks and Latinos have joined the social ...
Supermarket robot to help the elderly (w/ Video)
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Robovie-II, a retail-assistant robot designed to help elderly and disabled people shop in supermarkets, is being tested in Kyoto, in Japan.
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