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Month: November 2013
Hurricane Sandy’s impact measured by millions of Flickr pictures
A new study has discovered a striking connection between the number of pictures of Hurricane…
Gambling addicts present brain function abnormalities that affect their decision-making capacity
Researchers have analyzed similarities and differences in psychological profile and brain function when comparing cocaine…
Bad boys: Research predicts whether boys will grow out of it or not
Using the hi-tech tools of a new field called neurogenetics and a few simple questions…
Pleasure, pain brain signals disrupted in fibromyalgia patients
New research indicates that a disruption of brain signals for reward and punishment contributes to…
Considerable gender, racial, sexuality differences in attitudes toward bisexuality
Men who identify themselves as heterosexual are three times more likely to categorize bisexuality as…
Microbes in the gut help determine risk of tumors
Transferring the gut microbes from a mouse with colon tumors to germ-free mice makes those…
Access to health care increases prescription opioids, associated abuse
Researchers say one way to gauge the extent of prescription opioid pain reliever abuse in…
Higher rates of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke in ‘food desert’
A study has examined the health impact of developing a grocery store in a low-income…
Knife-wielding robot trains for grocery checkout job using new coactive learning technique
Engineers have taught a robot to work in a mock-supermarket checkout line, modifying a Baxter…