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Monkeys' calls - the beginnings of human language?
Rhesus macaques communicate between themselves using a complex series of sounds that can signify things as distinct as the presence of danger, particular social relationships, emotions or food alerts. Now scientists in the latest issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the... view more (2004-12-17)

State laws may limit implementation of CDC's recommendations for routine HIV testing
A new study concludes that routine testing for HIV recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) may violate many state laws.   view more (2007-10-10)

Making sense of ADHD
The research team studied 4000 school children in two age groups, either seven to eight years or 13-14 years. Case studies were carried out on triplets of children, parents and teachers. Although all members of each triplet tended to favour 'within child' explanations as contributing towards... view more (2001-08-31)

Low education predicts lower quality of life for prostate cancer patients
Among men who have received similar treatments for prostate cancer, those with less education -- particularly those who did not graduate from high school -- experience a significant drop in their quality of life after treatment compared with men who have more education, according to a study led by... view more (2007-04-13)

Disgusting videos used to study coping methods
Researchers conduct first-ever brain imaging study directly contrasting two techniques of emotion regulation.   view more (2008-03-20)

COMPUTER EXPERTS TO HELP INTENSIVE CARE PATIENTS TO COMMUNICATE
The researchers, based at the University of Dundee and Ninewells Hospital, are hoping to have produced a prototype computer-based communications system within the next 18 months. The work is being funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.   view more (1999-12-08)

Is GSK guilty of fraud? (p 1919)
This week's editorial calls on GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to make all its research on paroxetine (Seroxat/Paxil) publicly available. This follows the filing of last week's law suit by the state of New York against GSK: the state accuses the company of fraud, by depriving consumers of the information... view more (2004-06-09)

Scientists Present 'Moving' Theory Behind Bacterial Decision-Making
Biochemists at North Carolina State University have answered a fundamental question of how important bacterial proteins make life-and-death decisions that allow them to function, a finding that could provide a new target for drugs to disrupt bacterial decision-making processes and related diseases.   view more (2008-11-25)

Ambulance workers at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder
These were the findings of a study published today, Friday 10 September, in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology, by clinical psychologists Sue Clohessy and Professor Anke Ehlers of Oxford University.   view more (1999-09-03)

Can Anti-Depressant Drugs Induce Suicidality? The Controversy Continues
The publication of an article by North Wales psychiatry David Healy in Psychotherapy and psychosomatics (March-April 2003) on the relationship between Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) and suicidal risk sparked a heated debate. Such debate paved the way for the banning of paroxetine in... view more (2003-10-22)

Early universe was liquid
Experiments at the worlds largest nuclear collider, RHIC, at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, USA reveal striking new features of the state of the early Universe. A large Danish research group is part of this endeavor with professor Jens J'¸rgen Gaardh'¸je as a member of the top... view more (2005-04-19)

Fast quantum computer building block created
The fastest quantum computer bit that exploits the main advantage of the qubit over the conventional bit has been demonstrated by researchers at University of Michigan, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the University of California at San Diego.   view more (2008-08-21)

Joy Luck Club: The health benefits of daughters-in-law
In a new twist on the Confucian ideal of filial piety, a study finds that the assistance of daughters-in-law - but not their own children - helps mitigate depression among older people in China. This is particularly true in rural areas, where elders may rely more heavily on family to be support... view more (2008-07-28)

Novelty seekers have a ‘sweet tooth’
It has long been known that more adventurous and novelty-seeking animals also possess a `sweet tooth`. It now seems that humans may show the same characteristic.   view more (2002-02-27)

New particle explains odd behavior in cuprate superconductors
New fundamental particles aren't found only at Fermilab and at other particle accelerators. They also can be found hiding in plain pieces of ceramic, scientists at the University of Illinois report.   view more (2007-07-18)

Iron supplements may relieve unexplained tiredness in young women
Unexplained tiredness is common in young women. In this week's BMJ, researchers find that non-anaemic women with fatigue may benefit from taking an iron supplement. The study took place in Switzerland and involved 136 women aged 18 to 55 who consulted a doctor with fatigue, but who were not... view more (2003-05-22)

Great expectations -- Study looks at why placebo effect varies from person to person
Why do some people experience a "placebo effect" that makes them feel better when they receive a sham treatment they believe to be real - while other people don't respond at all to the same thing, or even feel worse"   view more (2007-07-19)

Electroconvulsive therapy improves quality of life for at least six months
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - shock treatment -improves quality of life in patients with major depression, and that improved quality of life continues for six months.   view more (2006-02-14)

ICSI and IVF are safe - results from world's largest, longest running study
Madrid, Spain: The world's largest and longest running study comparing children conceived through IVF and ICSI[1] with children conceived normally has confirmed that both assisted reproductive techniques are safe and that children conceived through these two techniques are healthy and, in general,... view more (2003-06-29)

Can fruit flies help treat stroke and transplant patients?
Reperfusion injury takes place when an animal or an organ is starved of oxygen, then exposed to oxygen again. This occurs in strokes and organ transplants and causes many deaths per year.   view more (2007-12-05)

What memories are made of
Why is it that amnesia patients can't remember their names or addresses, but they do remember how to hold a fork? It's because memories come in many flavors, says Fred Helmstetter, professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). Remembering what is not the same as... view more (2007-01-04)

New study reveals contemporary face of grandparents
Two out of three (60%) grandparents in the UK see their grandchild or grandchildren every week and slightly more (64%) live no more than half an hour away. And most find their role highly satisfying even if it involves hard work and responsibility for childcare when parents need to work. These are... view more (2004-03-23)

Scientists debate the accuracy of Al Gore's documentary
There is no question that Al Gore's 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth is a powerful example of how scientific knowledge can be communicated to a lay audience. What is up for debate is whether it accurately presents the scientific argument that global warming is caused by human activities.   view more (2008-04-15)

Study suggests simple way to make near-perfect lenses
A new study from the University of Edinburgh and Pennsylvania State University suggests a smart solution to one of the biggest challenges facing the optics and electromagnetics sector - how to produce near-perfect lenses cheaply.   view more (2005-09-08)

Study offers clues to brain's protective mechanisms against alcoholism
Why do some people with a strong family history of alcoholism develop alcohol dependency while others do not? A new study provides clues that differing brain chemistry may provide part of the answer.   view more (2006-09-05)
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