People from different cultures express sympathy differently, say researchers
Sympathy is influenced by cultural differences, new Stanford research shows.
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Arizona Legislature OKs abortion medication requirement
Arizona lawmakers approved legislation that requires abortion providers to tell women they can reverse the effects of a drug-induced abortion and bars women from buying any health care plan through the federal marketplace ...
Mar 26, 2015
Black patients more likely to be readmitted after hip, knee replacement surgery
A new study presented today at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found that black and Hispanic patients were 62 and 50 percent, respectively, more likely to be readmitted to the ...
Mar 26, 2015
Questions over value of new antibiotics to tackle resistance
In the first installment of a new series, Peter Doshi, Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and Associate Editor at The BMJ, asks why authorities are approving drugs with little evidence they ...
Mar 26, 2015
Public Health Responsibility Deal unlikely to be an effective response to alcohol harms
Harmful alcohol consumption in England is unlikely to be reduced by the Public Health Responsibility Deal because the majority of its interventions are ineffective, poorly reported or were already happening anyway, according ...
Mar 26, 2015
New tool to foretell heart attack / stroke risk
Over the age of 40? Want to know your risk of suffering a fatal heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years? Read on.
Mar 26, 2015
In debated surgical procedure, technique trumps technology
A team of orthopedic surgeons from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has found that modern technology for healing distal femur fractures is as safe and effective as its more established alternative, ...
Mar 26, 2015
Harmless bacteria may be helpful against meningococcal outbreaks
Nasal drops of harmless bacteria can inhibit a related bug that sometimes causes meningococcal disease, according to new findings published online in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The study—conducted among college students, ...
Mar 26, 2015
