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US cancer death rate drops again in 2006
May 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The U.S. cancer death rate fell again in 2006, a new analysis shows, continuing a slow downward trend that experts attribute to declines in smoking, earlier detection and better treatment.
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London murders: Stats theory shows numbers are predictable
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Leading statistician Professor David Spiegelhalter claims today that the number of murders in London last year was not out of the ordinary and followed a predictable pattern. Spiegelhalter's report, published today in Significance, the ma ...
Study: Psych statistics might be improving
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 14, 2007 |
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Australian researchers say efforts to advocate improved statistical practices in psychological research might be succeeding.
Statistical analysis could yield new drug target for MS
Feb 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An elaborate statistical analysis of genes from more than 7,000 individuals has identified an amino acid that appears to be a major risk factor for multiple sclerosis, a devastating autoimmune disorder that ...
Just a numbers game? Making sense of health statistics
Oct 10, 2008 |
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Presidential candidates use them to persuade voters, drug companies use them to sell their products, and the media spin them in all kinds of ways, but nobody - candidates, reporters, let alone health consumers - understands ...
Banking on outlier detection: Simple computer model could act as early warning system for failing banks
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Recent bank failures point to the continuing need for vigilance by regulators and investors. Now, a report in the International Journal of Operational Research, discusses the possibility of an early-warning system that s ...
Deep brain mapping to isolate evidence of Gulf War syndrome
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Researchers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are pioneering the use of spatial statistical modeling to analyze brain scan data from Persian Gulf War veterans, aiming to pinpoint specific areas of the their brains ...
Political scientists report on ethnic/racial aspects of Taser use by Houston police
Sep 09, 2008 |
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A new report co-authored by Rice political scientists Mark Jones and William Reed with colleagues at the University of Houston finds patterns and/or aberrations in the use of Tasers related to ethnicity, gender, race and ...
Tamoxifen chemoprevention tied to early detection of breast cancer
Oct 07, 2008 |
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The drug tamoxifen does not prevent or treat estrogen receptor (ER) negative breast cancer, but it can make the disease easier to find, researchers report in the Oct. 1 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
No widespread impact of wind power projects on surrounding residential property values in the US
Dec 02, 2009 |
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A major new Berkeley Lab report finds that proximity to wind energy facilities does not have a pervasive or widespread adverse effect on the property values of nearby homes.
New method reveals ancestry surprises
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May 23, 2008 |
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A statistical approach to studying genetic variation promises to shed new light on the history of human migration.
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