Health
ERA results: Medical research is Australia's best
Australia's medical and health sciences are leading the country in research quality, according to the Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) report.
Dec 06, 2012
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News tagged with ranking
Neuroscience
Learning who's the top dog: Study reveals how the brain stores information about social rank
Researchers supported by the Wellcome Trust have discovered that we use a different part of our brain to learn about social hierarchies than we do to learn ordinary information. The study provides clues as to how this information ...
Nov 08, 2012
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Genetics
Social stress affects immune system gene expression in monkeys
The ranking of a monkey within her social environment and the stress accompanying that status dramatically alters the expression of nearly 1,000 genes, a new scientific study reports. The research is the first to demonstrate ...
Apr 09, 2012
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Other
Characteristics of patient panels appear associated with quality ratings of primary care physicians
Patients panels (used to rate the quality of care of physicians) with greater proportions of underinsured, minority and non-English speaking patients were associated with lower physician quality rankings, according to a study ...
Sep 07, 2010
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Boom amid bust: Med schools grow as economy tanks
(AP) -- You wouldn't know there was an economic crisis the way the medical school business is booming these days.
Mar 12, 2009
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