News tagged with victims
Evidence appears to show how and where frontal lobe works
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 02, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Clinical trials of spray-on skin to start in US
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Popular television shows inaccurately portray violent crime
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 19, 2009 |
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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 ...
Childhood trauma has life-long effect on genes and the brain
Feb 23, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Study expands window for effective stroke treatment
May 28, 2009 |
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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.
Are women more generous? New study sheds light on donation behavior
Feb 23, 2009 |
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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 ...
Girls twice as likely as boys to remain victims of bullying
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Girls targeted by bullies at primary school are two and a half times more likely to remain victims than boys, according to research from the University of Warwick and University of Hertfordshire.
Study suggests why heart attack victims do better with social support
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Researchers have identified specific damages to the brain that may occur when heart attack victims are socially isolated from others. The study in mice found that those animals that lived alone before undergoing a heart attack ...
Distrust of Men Doesn't Keep Low-Income Mothers from Romantic Unions
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
18 hours ago |
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(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 ...
NASA Portable Hyperbaric Chamber Technology Finds Home on Earth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(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
Jul 14, 2009 |
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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
Jun 25, 2009 |
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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
May 28, 2009 |
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(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. ...
Poor sleep quality leads to poorer prognosis after stroke
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 28, 2009 |
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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
Apr 14, 2009 |
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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 ...
