Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Health Insurance Co-Payments Impact Mammogram Access

When faced with even a modest health insurance co-payment for a mammogram, significantly fewer women receive these potentially life-saving breast cancer…

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Link Between Gut Flora and Eczema in Infants Explained

“A diversified intestinal flora seems to be better at stimulating the immune defense,” says Göran Molin, professor of food hygiene at the Faculty of…

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Zanzibar Study: Safe Co-Delivery of Three Anti-Parasitic Drugs

The study shows the safety of delivering three drugs simultaneously – ivermectin, albendazole and praziquantel – in order to tackle three diseases,…

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Study Examines Diversity Issues in Investors in People Award

A new study of almost 15,000 people by Nottingham University Business School found that a wider range of minority groups suffer disadvantage with regard to…

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Understanding Alexithymia: Why Some Struggle to Express Emotions

According to the clinical literature alexithymia tends to evoke negative countertransference reactions in the therapist, such as boredom and dullness.However,…

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New Implants Combine Radiation and Chemotherapy for Brain Tumors

The study, published in the February issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery, revealed that patients treated with simultaneous implantation of radioactive seeds…

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Face facts: People don't stand out in crowds

Why is it difficult to pick out even a familiar face in a crowd? We all experience this, but the phenomenon has been poorly understood until now. The results…

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MRSA Evolution Insights: New Findings from NIAID Study

The study, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of NIH, resolves debate about the molecular evolution of CA-MRSA in the…

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Non-Invasive Method Reveals Headbanging Benefits for Women

Jesse Ruan of the Ford Motor Company and colleagues at Tianjin University of Science and Technology have devised a non-invasive method for determining and…

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Cancer Stem Cell Marker Boosts Transcription in Normal Cells

Initiation of transcription requires sophisticated coordination of many different regulatory factors. Coactivators are multi-subunit complexes that facilitate…

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Disability Living Allowance Gaps for Ethnic Minorities Uncovered

A study carried out by researchers at the Peninsula Medical School and the Institute of Child Health (UCL) has revealed that families from an ethnic,…

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Scottish Sheep Evolution: Key Gene Discovered by Researchers

Dr Jacob Gratten and Dr Jon Slate, from the University’s Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, led the team, which found that the gene responsible for dark…

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Military Techniques Enhance Early Stroke Diagnosis Methods

The Leicester study has discovered that techniques used in radar systems can be modified and have the potential to improve early diagnosis and effective…

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Keeping young South Africans in school: A “social vaccine” against AIDS

The study, a collaboration between the School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM),…

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Front-of-Pack Logos: Simplifying Healthy Choices for Shoppers

In the journal Appetite, the scientists report on the efficacy of eight front-of-pack nutrition labels involving 2406 men and women from the United Kingdom,…

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Relatives who decline organ donations face conflict and guilt and don’t always follow the wishes of the deceased

Researchers from the University of Southampton, UK, spoke to 26 people who had decided not to let their relatives’ bodies be used for organ donations about…

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