News tagged with science issues
Scientists study how to reduce salt, but not flavor, in cheese
From soup to nuts, supermarket shelves teem with products trumpeting their reduced-salt status. Not in the cheese cooler, though.
Health
Dec 24, 2012 |
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30 year study uncovers linkages between mothers and their children's health
Researchers at The University of Queensland have been documenting the lives of mothers and their children over 30 years to uncover what role genetic and environmental factors have on mental illness, substance abuse and heart ...
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Dec 05, 2012 |
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Embattled childhoods may be the real trauma for soldiers with PTSD
New research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in soldiers challenges popular assumptions about the origins and trajectory of PTSD, providing evidence that traumatic experiences in childhood - not combat - may predict ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 19, 2012 |
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Taking on the challenges of replication in psychological science
Psychological science has come of age. But the rights of a mature discipline carry with them responsibilities, among them the responsibility to maximize confidence in our findings through good data practices and replication.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Addressing relationship concerns early on key to happy marriage
(Medical Xpress)—Couples about to tie the knot shouldn't ignore any nagging doubts about getting married, warns a University of Alberta researcher.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 02, 2012 |
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Social psychologists espouse tolerance and diversity—do they walk the walk?
Every ten years or so, someone will make the observation that there is a lack of political diversity among psychological scientists and a discussion about what ought to be done ensues. The notion that the field discriminates ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 06, 2012 |
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Researchers call for new tactics in drug abuse fight
(Medical Xpress) -- Current U.S. drug policy is proving insufficient in shrinking the damage caused by drug abuse, but promising alternative approaches could lead to improved results, according to an article ...
Medications
Aug 02, 2012 |
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Synthetic Biology Scorecard finds federal agencies responding to bioethics report
Federal agencies have started taking steps to address the recommendations in a 2010 report from the presidential bioethics commission to improve the governance of synthetic biology research and development, though the government ...
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Jul 16, 2012 |
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Impoverished schools, parent education key factors in student weight
Attending a financially poor school may have more of an effect on unhealthy adolescent weight than family poverty, according to Penn State sociologists.
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Feb 01, 2012 |
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Researchers find possible therapeutic strategy to combat premature birth
Scientists who developed a novel mouse model mimicking human preterm labor have described a molecular signaling pathway underlying preterm birth and targeted it to stop the problem.
Medical research
Oct 24, 2011 |
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