Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Food Industry Adapts to Consumer Hygiene Concerns

A report from the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR) says that an education campaign following the 1996 outbreak raised the profile of food…

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Study Reveals Untreated Learning Disorders in Aggressive Students

A study in the August issue of The Journal of Pediatrics shows that students displaying violent behaviors often have untreated learning disorders and…

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New Study Reveals True Cost of Surgical Wound Infections

Dr Nicholas Graves, from QUT's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, said the true cost of surgical infections post hospital discharge was just $74 -…

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Climbing Everest: Understanding the Rising Fatalities

It used to be thought that it would be physiologically impossible to climb Mount Everest with or without oxygen. In 1953 Hillary and Tenzing proved that it was…

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Dartmouth Researchers Discover Key Immune System Regulator

“Our finding is a complete surprise. We were studying transplant tolerance and what's required to protect a graft from rejection,” says Randolph Noelle,…

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Two strokes and you're out?

Having a stroke is bad enough. But having another one after surviving the first one is especially bad, more than doubling a person's risk of dying in the next…

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Rainforest Insects Consume Similar Tree Species as Temperate Counterparts

“This is a big step forward in the quest to understand why there is so much biodiversity in the tropics,” said Weiblen, principal investigator and senior…

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Teen Girls’ Self-Harm Rates: Insights from Recent Study

In a survey of more than 6,000 15 and 16-year-old school pupils, researchers found that girls are four times more likely to have engaged in deliberate…

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Liver-Kidney Transplant: Enhancing Recovery and Reducing Rejection

New UCLA research shows that combined liver-kidney transplants appear to benefit patients with diseases in both organs, including patients with potentially…

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First study to show how immune cells 'speak' to each other in vivo

WHAT: Researchers at the Board of Governors' Gene Therapeutics Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have confirmed the existence of anatomical…

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How Alcohol Affects Sleep Intensity in Young Women

While numerous studies have linked alcohol abuse to sleep disruption, especially in males, there has been little research on alcohol and its effects on sleep…

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Constant lighting may disrupt development of preemie’s biological clocks

That is the suggestion of a new study reported in the Aug. 21 issue of the journal Pediatric Research. The study, which was headed by Douglas McMahon,…

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Dogs Exhibit Jealousy: Insights From 1,000 Owners’ Study

The study of 1000 domestic animal owners in the south of England also uncovered examples where jealous dogs acted as 'uninvited chaperones' between couples…

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Innovative Cold-Asphalting Techniques Enhanced by UGR Study

Researchers of the group ‘Physics of fluids and biocolloids’ of the University of Granada [http://www.ugr.es], have worked with a system in which bitumen…

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Ocean Noise Growth Since 1960s: New Scripps Analysis Insights

With populations increasing around the globe in recent decades, no one would be surprised by an increase in the amount of noise produced in terrestrial…

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Long-Term Health Effects of West Nile Fever Revealed

The study reports that those patients who were diagnosed with the relatively benign manifestation of West Nile fever are just as likely to suffer later health…

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