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Asthma may be over-diagnosed by up to 30 percent
When the individuals were retested for asthma using the accepted clinical guidelines, it was found that 30 per cent had no evidence of asthma. Two thirds of…
How often will you use that treadmill?
Why not buy that treadmill? You'll be exercising every day, right? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines why our expectations of our…
Photonics emerges from the shadows
In 2005, Europe’s photonics sector earned €43.5 billion and was growing at 12% a year. It employed 246,000 people, accounted for 19% of world production and…
Black entrepreneurs 4 times more likely to be refused credit than white businesses
Black and Bangladeshi owned businesses are the most likely to be refused credit, facing up to four times as many refusals as white owned businesses. Warwick…
New evidence for homeopathy
– That the results of the Lancet review were very sensitive to the definition of 'large' trials. – Because of heterogeneity between the trials included in the…
Cancer treatment may result in bone loss
A new cross-Canada study has found that breast and prostate cancer treatment can foster bone loss. In the online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology,…