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Link found between influenza, absolute humidity

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

A new study by Oregon researchers has found a significant correlation between "absolute" humidity and influenza virus survival and transmission. When absolute humidity is low - as in peak flu months of January and February ...


Atlantic Hurricane Activity and Ocean Temperatures

It's relative: Contrasting hurricane theories heat up

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 31, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 1

In a paper published in the journal Science today, scientists Gabriel A. Vecchi of NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Kyle L. Swanson of the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Atmospheric Scienc ...


Newborn brain cells 'time-stamp' memories

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

"Remember when...?" is how many a wistful trip down memory lane begins. But just how the brain keeps tabs on what happened and when is still a matter of speculation. A computational model developed by scientists at the Salk ...


'Perfect Pitch' in Humans Far More Prevalent than Expected

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (19) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences have developed a unique test for perfect pitch, and have found surprising results.


Breast cancer risk varies in young women with benign breast disease

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 14, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A type of benign breast disease (BBD) known as atypical hyperplasia substantially increases a young woman's risk of developing breast cancer, even if there is no history of breast cancer in her family, say researchers at ...


Nonhormonal treatment regimens improve survival in patients with metastatic breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nonhormonal treatment regimens, including anthracycline-based regimens and taxanes, have improved overall survival in women with advanced (metastatic or recurrent inoperable) breast cancer over the last 35 years, according ...


Research says fat friends and poor education helps people think thin

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 24, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research by economists at the University of Warwick, Dartmouth College, and the University of Leuven, finds that people are powerfully but subconsciously influenced by the weight of those around them. Without being aware ...


Largest review of its kind associates anti-inflammatory drugs with reduced breast cancer risk

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Analysis of data from 38 studies that enrolled more than 2.7 million women – the largest of its kind – by researchers at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, and the University ...


Study confirms colonoscopy associated with reduced colorectal cancer incidence

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Patients who undergo a complete negative colonoscopy have a reduced incidence of colorectal cancer, confirms a study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. However, in the proximal colon, the incidence reduction ...


'Industrial relations' employee satisfaction dependent on more than relative pay

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study in the journal Industrial Relations reveals that employee well-being is dependent upon the rank of an individual's wage within a comparison group, as opposed to the individual's absolute pay.