Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Testosterone limits for female athletes based on flawed science
Should high testosterone levels disqualify elite female athletes from competing among women?
Feb 11, 2019
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Health
Consensus decision pathway developed for tobacco cessation
(HealthDay)—An expert consensus decision pathway has been developed for tobacco cessation treatment; the report was published online Dec. 5 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Dec 12, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Expert: Vaccination myths must be debunked
An analysis of anti-vaccine witness statements presented during the Texas Legislature's 2017 session revealed recurring misconceptions that need to be challenged, according to an expert at Rice University's Baker Institute ...
Oct 30, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Virtual avatar-to-avatar interviews may improve eyewitness testimony
Immersive virtual environments—where officials interview eyewitnesses using digital representations, or avatars, instead of interacting in person—may increase the accuracy and amount of recalled information, shows research ...
May 14, 2018
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Health
DC's right-to-die law takes effect
Doctors in the nation's capital may now begin the process of prescribing life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients.
Jul 18, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Helping child witnesses—a new design for police lineups
More than 370 innocent people have been wrongfully convicted of crimes in Canada and the United States. Mistaken eyewitness identification is the leading cause.
Jul 14, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Rethinking the use of warnings with transcript and video evidence in trials
New research from the University of Liverpool examining the impact multiple forms of evidence has on juror perceptions during criminal trials has found the use of video material could be detrimental without the use of a judicial ...
Mar 14, 2017
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Pediatrics
AAP policy statement focuses on child witness well-being
(HealthDay)—In two policy statements published online Feb. 20 in Pediatrics, guidance is provided for safeguarding the well-being of child witnesses, and recommendations are given for pediatricians relating to expert testimony.
Feb 21, 2017
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Neuroscience
New brain target for potential treatment of social pathology in autism spectrum disorder
Researchers at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science have induced empathy-like behavior by identifying then manipulating a brain circuit in an experimental model, an indication that new strategies may help ...
Feb 7, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Eyewitnesses who collaborate make fewer mistakes in police interview
Witnesses correct each other's errors. Two recently published research studies by legal psychologists Annelies Vredeveldt and Peter van Koppen at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam show that witnesses make fewer errors when they ...
Jun 24, 2016
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