Parental hopes of a "miraculous intervention," prompted by deeply held religious beliefs, are leading to very sick children being subjected to futile care and needless suffering, suggests a small study in the Journal of Medical ...
Aug 13, 2012
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Decision-making by a surrogate for a family member who is unable to make medical decisions is more complicated than decision-making by patients themselves, according to a study from the Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University ...
Aug 15, 2013
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The classic computer science adage "garbage in, garbage out" lacks nuance when it comes to understanding biased medical data, argue computer science and bioethics professors from MIT, Johns Hopkins University, and the Alan ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Feeling anxious can direct our attention and memory toward supernatural beings such as gods, a University of Otago study has found.
May 24, 2021
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You might not care about the fast-food commercial shots of juicy burgers or creamy milkshakes, but they might change your beliefs about these items, whereas shots of fresh salads and berries might not, according to a new ...
Apr 25, 2023
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When parents can no longer get "personal-belief" exemptions from childhood vaccinations, they may get around it by asking for religious exemptions for their kids, a new study finds.
Nov 4, 2019
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The characteristics of peoples' brains might offer clues about the political beliefs they hold dear. In a study of around 350 US citizens, we examined the relationship between individuals' cognitive traits—the unconscious ...
Feb 23, 2021
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A study conducted by a team of psychologists has uncovered that belief in conspiracy theories flourishes in teenage years.
Feb 9, 2021
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An 18-month-old child has been left paralysed after contracting polio in Ukraine in a new case linked to low vaccination rates in the country, the health ministry said Wednesday.
Oct 6, 2021
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hey grow up in the same home, eat the same food, share the same genes (and sometimes the same jeans), but somehow siblings are often no more similar than complete strangers.
Jun 17, 2015
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