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Young Women with Eating Disorders: The Link to Personality Issues

Finding an answer to this enigma may be of prime importance for several reasons. One of them is prevention since discovering a relationship between eating and…

Studies and Analyses

Norway Leads in ICT Skills: Insights from Recent Study

The study analysed patterns of media use in Norway, Germany and Austria, on the basis of a sample population of 24,468 persons aged between 12 and 74. The data…

Physics & Astronomy

Teaching Physics Through Cartoons: Insights from UGR Thesis

These are some of the many questions posed by José Miguel Vílchez González in his thesis Física y Dibujos Animados. “Una estrategia de alfabetización…

Social Sciences

One in Four Swedes Views Astrology as Science, Study Reveals

At the same time, more than half dismiss these subjects as completely unscientific. This is according to a new opinion study from the Swedish organisation…

Studies and Analyses

Politicians Overlook Key Research Findings in Decision-Making

The study involved a survey of national and local politicians, an analysis of science-related material in political party magazines and those of their youth…

Health & Medicine

New Ocular Disease Diagnosis Method Using Simple Swab Test

This system, carried out with a swab (similar to pregnancy testing), will initially detect specific markers for ocular pathologies such as conjunctivochalasis…

Health & Medicine

UK Research Finds $1 Billion Savings on Heart Meds

A research team led by Juliet Usher-Smith from the University of Cambridge, and Professor Mike Kirby from The Hertfordshire Primary Care Research Network…

Health & Medicine

Medical researchers get green light on radioactive ‘tracers’

The license, which was granted following months of strict safety testing and evaluation by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA),…

Social Sciences

More women students choose engineering – but not as a career

Government initiatives encourage women into what has been regarded as a tough, heavy and dirty profession, but they are often turned off by the teaching and…

Health & Medicine

Nanotechnology: The Next Frontier in Wrinkle Prevention

Nano small.A Michigan State University chemical engineer has discovered that nanoparticles can stop thin polymer films from buckling and wrinkling. It's a new…

Studies and Analyses

Study Links Tobacco Smoking to Higher Tuberculosis Risk

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that causes an estimated 2 million deaths each year. The majority of those deaths occur in developing countries,…

Earth Sciences

Ancient Skull Reveals Modern Human and Neandertal Traits

Professor Joao Zilhao of the University of Bristol, Professor Erik Trinkaus of Washington University and colleagues in Europe compared the features of an early…

Health & Medicine

Dual Gene Therapy Reduces Lung Cancer in Preclinical Tests

Two tumor-suppressing genes given intravenously reduced cancer separately but had their most powerful effect when administered together, cutting the number of…

Studies and Analyses

Study Finds No Link Between Benzodiazepines and Hip Fractures

Benzodiazepine use was not shown to be associated with hip fractures after all, according to a new study from the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention…

Health & Medicine

Low-Dose Aspirin May Reduce Asthma Risk, Study Finds

These findings, based on data from the double-blind Physicians' Health Study, appear in the second issue for January 2007 of the American Journal of…

Studies and Analyses

Heart And Stroke Surgery Risks: Study Reveals Key Insights

The study involved the review of hospital discharge data from 657,877 patients who had been admitted to U.S. hospitals for carotid endarterectomy or coronary…

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