Medical students with higher levels of distress (burnout) were more likely to self-report unprofessional conduct…
Month: September 2010
Improving crisis prediction, disaster control and damage reduction
Earthquakes, homicide surges, magnetic storms, and the US economic recession are all kindred of a…
Bone-anchored leg prostheses improve quality of life, Swedish study finds
A new study from Sweden shows the results of treatment using prostheses attached to titanium…
Ending the oceans’ ‘tragedy of the commons’
Leading international marine scientists are proposing radical changes in the governance of the world’s oceans…
First US trial of bone-marrow stem cells for heart attack patients appears safe
The first randomized, placebo-controlled US clinical trial to assess the use of bone marrow-derived mononuclear…
Selfishness can sometimes help the common good, yeast study finds
Scientists have overturned the conventional wisdom that cooperation is essential for the well-being of the…
Facebook-fed Aussie plant killed by kindness (AFP)
AFP – An Australian plant fed via Facebook has given proof to the adage “killing…
Discrimination hurts, but how much? A lot, if you’re a teen, study finds
Researchers have found that adolescents from Latin American and Asian backgrounds experienced more discrimination than…
How do your crystals grow?
New research uses fluorescence correlation spectroscopy to investigate the processes at the surface of a…
Underlying dysfunction of seemingly non-critical heart condition identified
Repairing small, seemingly benign holes in a child’s heart may be more clinically important than…