Between 2008 and 2014, more than 53 million people in 88 countries stopped smoking due…
Month: December 2016
Meeting patients’ socioeconomic needs can improve cardiovascular risk factors
Patients enrolled in a program designed to help meet socioeconomic needs that can affect their…
Applying the ’80/20 rule’ to social costs
An analysis of the lives of nearly a thousand people shows that a small group…
New blood draw protocol could minimize risk for critically ill children
Researchers report that implementing a checklist-style set of procedures appears to cut almost in half…
Rather than waiting for a NES Classic, you could just make one yourself
The NES Classic is impossible to find in retail stores these days, probably because the…
Sumner Redstone and daughter pull CBS, Viacom merger plan
By Jessica Toonkel and Greg Roumeliotis NEW YORK (Reuters) – Media mogul Sumner Redstone and…
Brain tests predict children’s futures
Brain tests at the age of three appear to predict a child’s future success in…
Study shows effectiveness of testimonial warning labels on tobacco products
Cigarette warning labels featuring photos of real smokers who were harmed by their habit are…
New laser scanning test to assess fire-damaged concrete
Laser scanning is a new and viable structural safety technique to detect the damaging effects…
How physical exercise aids in stroke recovery
Mice that had free-access to a running wheel were able to maintain ocular dominance plasticity…