Archive: 22/01/2014
Future of cancer diagnosis brighter
The research is a major project between four leading UK Universities, including Cardiff University and three NHS hospital trusts, and will be carried out at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's ALICE accelerator ...
Jan 22, 2014
Software uses big data to battle forgetting with personalized content review
Computer software similar to that used by online retailers to recommend products to a shopper can help students remember the content they've studied, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder.
Jan 22, 2014
Rape coverage often missing meaningful discussion
Rape is a crime that makes headlines yet may fail to elicit the kind of meaningful conversations that should follow. A University of Kansas journalism professor has published a study showing that media coverage of the Duke ...
Jan 22, 2014
Parental exposure to THC linked to drug addiction, compulsive behavior in unexposed offspring
Exposing adolescent rats to THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) –the primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana—can lead to molecular and behavioral alterations in the next generation of offspring, even though progeny were not ...
Jan 22, 2014
Parents less likely to spank after reading briefly about its links to problems in children
(Medical Xpress)—Parents who spank their children believe it's an effective form of discipline. But decades of research studies have found that spanking is linked to short- and long-term child behavior problems.
Jan 22, 2014
Study finds 'serious flaws' in EU report on illicit tobacco
(Medical Xpress)—Public health experts from our Department for Health will claim at an event in the European Parliament today (Wednesday 22 January) that there is growing evidence that the tobacco industry is still involved ...
Jan 22, 2014
Study: Patterns of cancer screening in Appalachian women
A new study by University of Kentucky researchers shows that women who never or rarely screen for breast cancer are also unlikely to receive screening for cervical cancer. The study also identified four key barriers independently ...
Jan 22, 2014
Hospitals and nursing homes can learn much from hospice care
There is much value in training hospital and nursing home staff in the basics of palliative care to make the last days of a dying patient's life as comfortable and dignified as possible. So says F. Amos Bailey of the Birmingham ...
Jan 22, 2014