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Distrust of Men Doesn't Keep Low-Income Mothers from Romantic Unions

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to popular scholarship that attributes low rates of marriage among low-income mothers to their general distrust of men, a new study led by a Duke University sociologist finds that gender distrust ...


Clinical trials of spray-on skin to start in US

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Clinical trials comparing a spray-on skin product with skin grafts will start in the US in December. The trials, which are partly funded by a US army grant of $1.4 million, will last about a year and will ...


NASA Portable Hyperbaric Chamber Technology Finds Home on Earth

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has signed a patent license agreement with a California company to improve the medical community's access to hyperbaric chambers used to treat many medical conditions and emergencies.


Safely on the move

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How can rescue units be better protected during disaster operations or avalanche victims be found quicker? A new localization system connects satellite-based positioning systems with terrestrial locating aids and situation-dependent ...


Jurors fail to understand rape victims

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Rape trial juries need better guidance in the courtroom -- and a better understanding of rape victims -- to help them reach their verdict.


Stroke group expands time for clot-busting drugs

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A change to stroke treatment guidelines is expanding the time that some patients can get clot-busting drugs. Current recommendations limit the use of the medicine to within three hours after the start of stroke symptoms. ...


Study expands window for effective stroke treatment

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Once symptoms start, there's only a tiny window of time for stroke victims to get life-saving treatment. Now, research from the Stanford University School of Medicine has cracked that window open a bit wider.


Popular television shows inaccurately portray violent crime

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 8

Researchers at Mayo Clinic compared two popular television shows, CSI and CSI: Miami, to actual U.S. homicide data, and discovered clear differences between media portrayals of violent deaths versus actual murders. This study ...


Poor sleep quality leads to poorer prognosis after stroke

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stroke victims tend to do worse if they also have diagnosed or undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea prior to having the stroke, according to a study presented April 28, 2009, at the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) annual ...


Increased symptoms lead mentally disordered to become victims of violence

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Contrary to common stereotypes, individuals with major mental disorders are more likely to become victims of violent crimes when they are experiencing an increase in symptoms than they are to commit crime, according to a ...


Preventing a second stroke is focus of study at Rush University Medical Center

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rush University Medical Center is participating in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study to determine the best course of treatment to reduce the risk of stroke patients suffering another stroke. The study will determine ...


Evidence appears to show how and where frontal lobe works

Evidence appears to show how and where frontal lobe works

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(Physorg.com) -- A Brown University study of stroke victims has produced evidence that the frontal lobe of the human brain controls decision-making along a continuum from abstract to concrete, from front to ...


More than 20 percent of sexual assaults drug-facilitated

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than 20% of sexual assaults in a sample of 882 victims were drug-facilitated sexual assaults, found a new study published in CMAJ. Victims of drug-facilitated sexual assault were more likely than others to present to a l ...


Are women more generous? New study sheds light on donation behavior

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why would women give more to the victims of Hurricane Katrina than to the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research sheds light onto the way gender and moral identity affect donati ...


Childhood trauma has life-long effect on genes and the brain

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- McGill University and Douglas Institute scientists have discovered that childhood trauma can actually alter your DNA and shape the way your genes work. This confirms in humans earlier findings in rats, that ...