Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Study finds important risk factors for death and transplantation in children with heart muscle disease

Using these risk factors, physicians may be able to better identify children who will or will not benefit from life-saving transplantation surgery; the current…

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New Insights Into Schema Therapy for Borderline Patients

Previous research has already shown that schema therapy is highly effective, with a significant possibility of full recovery. However given the long duration…

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New Study Reveals Cancer-Causing Mineral in US Road Gravel

As school buses drive down the gravel roads in Dunn County, North Dakota, they stir up more than dirt. The clouds of dust left in their wake contain such high…

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Toxicologists Find Deepwater Horizon Crude Less Toxic to Bird Eggs After Weathering at Sea

However, scientists also reported the amount of time the oil remained at sea and exposed to weather had a significant effect on its toxicity to the fertilized…

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Double jeopardy: Tuna and billfish

A new study by top global fisheries experts presents an alarming assessment of several economically important fish populations. The analysis of 61 species of…

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Children’s Eating Habits: More Meals Outside the Home

As childhood obesity rises and the American diet shifts towards increasing consumption of foods eaten or prepared outside of the home, concerns about the…

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Smartphone Use Linked to Eye Fatigue and Discomfort

Several reports indicate that prolonged viewing of mobile devices and other stereo 3D devices leads to visual discomfort, fatigue and even headaches. According…

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Conservatives Dominated Twitter in 2010 Elections Study

The University of Michigan study, among the first to examine the Tea Party's social media strategies, also showed that analyzing Twitter activity can lead to…

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Health Benefits of Soybeans

Soybeans generally are not considered a major source of lutein; however, concentrations of the chemical suggest that it could represent a dietary lutein source…

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Empowering Voices: Innovations in Dementia Self-Perception

A model study with the title “Selbstwahrnehmung und Intervention (SEIN)” (self-perception and intervention), led by Associate Professor Dr. Birgit…

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Paternity testing helps fill in family tree for Puget Sound's killer whales

In a study published online this month in the Journal of Heredity, NOAA researchers and others, using DNA testing to fill in a missing link in the lives of…

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UAB Launches New Schizophrenia Studies Targeting Glutamate

UAB has received two grants totaling $3.9 million from the National Institutes of Mental Health, one of the National Institutes of Health, in an effort to…

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Accessing Psychiatric Care: Insights from Harvard Study in MA

A new study by Harvard Medical School researchers published today [July 21] in the Annals of Emergency Medicine finds that access to outpatient psychiatric…

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Highly Productive Chickens Boost Uganda’s Fight Against Poverty

Jagdev Sharma, a researcher at the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute has been investigating the…

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Genetic map of African-Americans to aid study of diseases, human evolution

About 5,000 Jackson-area volunteers were included in a group of nearly 30,000 African-Americans whose genetic information the scientists used to create the map.

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US Shale Gas: Impact on Russian and Iranian Petro-Power

“The geopolitical repercussions of expanding U.S. shale gas production are going to be enormous,” said Amy Myers Jaffe, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy…

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