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Neurons in the frontal lobe may be responsible for rational decision-making
You study the menu at a restaurant and decide to order the steak rather than the salmon. But when the waiter tells you about the lobster special, you decide lobster trumps steak. Without reconsidering the salmon, you place your order-all because of a trait called "transitivity." view more (2007-12-10)
Comparative effectiveness research should inform decision making
Comparative effectiveness research should inform clinical decision making and enhance value for patients and the healthcare delivery system, according to an American Heart Association policy statement published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. view more (2009-05-12)
Cognitive, genetic clues identified in imaging study of alcohol addiction
People with clinical addictions know first-hand the ravages the disease can take on almost every aspect of their lives. So why do they continue addictive behaviors, even after a period of peaceable abstinence" view more (2007-12-26)
Worksite wellness programs may reduce employee absenteeism
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health researchers will present Nov. 11 on a range of topics at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting in Philadelphia, including a study that found reduced absenteeism among employees participating in a large-scale worksite wellness program. view more (2009-11-11)
US Climate Change Science Program making good progress in documenting and understanding changes
Climate change research directed by the federal government has made good progress in documenting and understanding temperature trends and related environmental changes on a global scale, says a new report from the National Research Council. view more (2007-09-14)
PET accurately identifies esophageal cancer patients' positive responses to chemotherapy
Early metabolic imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) accurately identifies patients responding to chemotherapy for esophageal cancer, noted German researchers at the 54th Annual Meeting of SNM, the world's largest society for molecular imaging and nuclear medicine professionals. view more (2007-06-04)
Lancet Readers To Join WHO Election Debate
This week's issue heralds the start of THE LANCET's coverage of the build-up to the election of a new Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO)-and Lancet readers are being invited to join the debate about who should be proposed as the next WHO leader. Gro Harlem Brundtland's announcement in August this year that she would not stand... view more... (2002-10-09)
Social life-history response to individual immune challenge of workers of Bombus terrestris: a possible new cooperative phenomenon
Solitary organisms can minimise fitness loss from parasitism with a facultative change to an earlier reproduction. Such a shift of the reproductive effort gives the host a chance to compensate for the cost on future reproduction resulting from the infection. In the case of social insects, where brood care and reproductive effort are shared between... view more... (2004-02-05)
Hope remains for Alzheimer's sufferers
The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), who last week rejected appeals to allow patients with mild Alzheimer's to receive the life-changing medication donepezil (Aricept®), will hopefully re-appraise their decision in three-years time. view more (2006-10-31)
Research Fortnight 26 June issue: stories on DEFRA cuts, FSA advice, knowledge transfer, cancer funds and the life sciences federation
Research councils fear impact of DEFRA cuts The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council is calling for "urgent" action to protect the science base it supports. The council's chief executive, Julia Goodfellow, has expressed concerns about the fate of the BBSRC's research institutes in the face of continuing and "unacceptable" funding... view more... (2002-06-26)
The UK BSE crisis as a failure of government
Roman Gerodimos considers the BSE ('mad cow disease') disaster to highlight the failings of the British core executive during a crisis event. view more (2004-11-18)
Regional Development Toolkit Goes Online
A toolkit designed mainly for regional decision-makers and other people with responsibility for drawing up and implementing development plans within regions is now available online. The toolkit is part of the EMERGENCE (Estimation and Mapping of Employment Relocation in a Global Economy in the New Communications) project which has benefited from... view more... (2003-10-02)
New ASCO/AUA guideline recommends men and their doctors discuss using 5-ARIs to reduce prostate cancer risk
A newly released joint guideline produced by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Urological Association (AUA) recommends that healthy men who are screened regularly for prostate cancer and show no symptoms of the disease should talk to their doctors about using a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor (5-ARI) to prevent the... view more... (2009-02-26)
Voice-command wheelchair developed at Coimbra University
A wheelchair robot developed by scientists at Coimbra University already has a prototype "capable of navigating without colliding with obstacles by commanded human voice", as professor Urbano Nunes states, the person with joint responsibility, with professor Gabriel Pires, for the team of professors and students of the Electro-technical... view more... (2002-10-30)
Governments Back Environmental Rescue Plan for the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Governments Back Environmental Rescue Plan for the Occupied Palestinian Territories UNEP Governing Council 3-7 February 2003: Environment for Development Nairobi, 7 February 2003 - Action to improve the environment of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) was given the go-ahead today by governments, in an historic decision that it is hoped... view more... (2003-02-07)
Picking quality health care: New study shows a little context makes a big difference
A hospital pneumonia survival rate of 93 percent may sound good, but knowing that it's actually merely "fair" can help people pick a better hospital, according to new research. A "good" survival rate would be from 95 percent to 98 percent, medical experts say. view more (2009-09-11)
New Director for Zuckerman Institute
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is pleased to announce that Professor Kerry Turner will be Director of the new Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research. Professor Turner is currently Director of the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) based in the School of Environmental Sciences, and he... view more... (2002-10-22)
Charles Clarke opens 'green, joined-up thinking' research centre
Secretary of State for Education, Charles Clarke MP, will visit the University of East Anglia (UEA) today (Thursday 4 September) to officially open the Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research. The Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research (ZICER), within UEA's internationally-acclaimed School of Environmental... view more... (2003-09-01)
Customized treatments for sepsis lower treatment time and reduce length of ICU stays
Using a blood test and a decision algorithm, rather than standard hospital protocols, to determine the appropriate length of antibiotic therapy in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock can reduce duration of treatments, shorten ICU stays, and lower hospital costs- all without adverse effects on patients, according to new research. view more (2008-02-29)
Portuguese school teachers and scientists meet for a made to measure workshop
"Inspiring Science" is the name of the workshop for school teachers, to be held at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC), Portugal, from 13-15th April 2004. This innovative workshop, aimed at secondary school science teachers, is being co-organised by the IGC, the Instituto de Medicina Molecular (IMM), Portugal, and the European... view more... (2004-04-12)
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