Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Oil Sands Development: Communities Experience Clean Air Benefits

Kindzierski's research has found that, despite ongoing development, it's apparent that there is little or no pattern to the changes in concentrations of…

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Researchers Discover Electrical Current From Living Plants

“We believe we are the first to extract electrons out of living plant cells,” said WonHyoung Ryu, the lead author of the paper published in the March issue of…

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Drinking Tap Water May Help You Avoid Dentist’s Drill

Tooth decay affects children in the United States more than any other chronic infectious disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

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Anti-Aging Hormones: Risks Outweigh Benefits, Experts Warn

Dr. Thomas T. Perls, an associate professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine has long spoken out against the promotion and distribution of…

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Entertainment Needs Drive Innovative Mobile Phone Uses in India

The findings, which have implications for computer program design the world over, will be presented at CHI 2010, the Association for Computing Machinery’s…

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Impact of No Insurance on Migraine Care Quality

Migraines, often characterized by excruciating headache and nausea, can cause significant distress. They can cause people affected by them to lose an average…

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Omega-3 Deficiency Linked to Male Infertility in Mice Study

“In our experiment, we used 'knockout' mice that lacked the gene responsible for an enzyme important in making docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). In the absence of…

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Energy Conservation In South: Save Billions and Create Jobs

The researchers modeled how implementation of nine policies across the residential, commercial and industrial sectors might play out over 20 years in the…

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Artificial Light at Night Disrupts Cell Division, Study Finds

Just one “pulse” of artificial light at night disrupts circadian cell division, reveals a new study carried out by Dr. Rachel Ben-Shlomo of the University of…

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Link Between Hardships and Health in Low-Income Kids

Poverty influences a child's well-being through multiple environmental stressors, the report says, but research and interventions often fail to take into…

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Hispanics Face Barriers in Colorectal Cancer Screening Access

Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that differences in areas' capacity for providing…

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McMaster study unveils lifeline for 'antibiotic of last resort'

A new study led by the scientific director of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research has uncovered for the first time how bacteria…

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Enhancing Shopping Experiences Through Customer Loyalty Insights

That's what shopping experiences might be like if more retailers paid attention to the findings of a Kansas State University marketing professor and his…

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Children With Intermittent Exotropia: Nearsightedness Risk Soars

Intermittent exotropia, a condition in which the eyes turn outward while looking at an object, occurs in about 1% of American children and is less common than…

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Carbon dioxide may explain 'near death experiences'

Zalika Klemenc-Ketis worked with a team of researchers from the University of Maribor, Slovenia, to examine patients who reported NDEs. She said, “Several…

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Vitamin C and E Supplements Ineffective Against Preeclampsia Risks

The supplements notably failed to reduce the risk of preeclampsia, a potentially fatal form of hypertension in pregnancy. The findings are in contrast to…

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