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Anger, laden with numerous pitfalls - Deflecting an angry outburst always pays

...to probe into the events, prior to an injury. In a startling revelation, most had experienced bouts of anger before the injury, leading the researchers to analyze that anger elevated risk levels by up to eight times. Researchers went to the extent of comparing emotional levels in both men and women, 24 ho...

Youngsters, now have a good reason to interact online

...tely about their communities and the world. It was startling to find that there were no barriers to communication despite the distance, or the fact that they were not face to face, and surely without any form of adult involvement. The children exchanged ideas in this online forum about how technology can chang...

New Antibiotics, Need Of The Hour: IDSA

...lusive rights to drug companies that come out with startling discoveries. Such companies can then be encouraged through provision of tax credits that would encourage research and development and drug manufacture....

Older Diabetics not taking kidney and heart protective drugs

A new University of Michigan study reveals startling results that 43 percent of older people with diabetes receive medicines that could protect their heart and kidneys. //This is when these two damages are most common in diabetes. Although ACE inhibitors and ARBs, have been recommended by national dia...

Health Insurance Numbers Declining In American Families

... and our economy are at risk." The study finds a startling number of adults are now grappling with medical debt--unpaid medical bills. One of five (21%) adults, including insured and uninsured, currently has medical debt they are paying off over time, and one-third (34%) either had medical bill problems in t...

Take it if you can - Tough Times in Life Churn out Greenhorns

... equipped to steer through the pathways in life, a startling study has revealed exactly// the contrary. A finding from the University of Leicester has revealed that such people are the ones who are vulnerable to deception rather than those who have grown up protected. A six-month study in the University's Sc...

Striving to Make India Free from Tooth Decay

...(India) Limited said, “The primary reason for this startling feedback from our survey is lack of awareness. Through our concentrated efforts during the Oral Health Month, we want to empower people with the right knowledge so that they are motivated to give oral health adequate attention. At any time in your li...

All in the name of Fitness

... but the research that has been done provides some startling findings. "From club level to elite athletes, there are a lot of incidents to suggest that sport is very dangerous. You only have to go down to your local A&E to see the place packed out with ‘weekend warriors’ who are suffering breaks, joint injur...

Link between stem cells and aging

...f cancers at relatively young ages. Even more startling was the discovery that the mice that survived till old, had almost double the normal numbers of neurons in their forebrains Over expressing Ink4a in young mice also reduced the number of islet cells hastening the aging of the mice albeit prematurely....

Tune Your Brain to Hear Another in a Noisy Ambience

...the same task twice a day for two weeks and made a startling discovery. At first, the ferrets' ability to identify where the sound was coming from was dramatically reduced (because their spatial hearing had been disrupted by the earplug) but after two weeks they regained their ability and by the end of the per...

A Bad Swirl for the Good Old Whiff–Coffee

...earchers at Northwestern University has revealed a startling 265 caffeine abuse cases, which was made known to a U.S. regional poison control// center from 2001 through 2004, and alarmingly the average age of patients hovered around 21 years. Lead researcher Danielle McCarthy said “This study is a first step...

Commonplace Sugar Compound Silences Seizures

...es, a small, sweet-tasting compound is revealing a startling new face as a potential cure for epilepsy.// 2-deoxy-glucose, or 2DG, has long been used in radio labeling, medical scanning and cancer imaging studies in humans. But now, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found the substance ...

Show me your pet, and I’ll tell you, who you are

In a startling revelation, some researchers have discerned a thread of similarity running between owners and their pet dogs, portraying glaring likeness of character. //For instance, it was observed that owners of ferocious aggressive breeds, like pit bulls, invari...

Tobacco Smugglers are Helping Terrorists: WHO

...sm spreading its tentacles, the new development is startling and dangerous as well. Europol (the European Law Enforcement Organisation) is tracking such developments," said Bettcher. Besides their terrorist links, the smugglers did not pay any taxes on smuggled goods, which are sold away cheaply in the grey...

Urban Women , Beware Of Bulimia !!

...and vomiting or purging. This study has observed a startling correlation between cases of this disorder and the environment in which they live. Researchers found that whereas cases of anorexia, a starving disorder, appeared to occur at random, bulimia is more likely to be seen in urban environments. A numbe...

Heavenly Notes from a Life Etched With Disability: The Strangest Song

...nd breakthrough science, The Strangest Song offers startling insights into the mysteries of the brain and hope that science can find new ways to help the handicapped. Source-Eurekalert MT...

Cancer? Get A Second Opinion

...s tumor board for a second opinion. The result was startling as treatment recommendations for 77 (almost 52 %) were different. The tumor board consisted of specialists from pathology, radiology and oncology. Change in opinion was seen in all aspects beginning from interpretation of mammograms to the necessit...

Food Odors Linked With Lifespan in Fruit Flies

...their intake of calories is restricted have made a startling discovery – in fruit flies, just the smell of food can have a negative effect on longevity. Scientists have known for decades that restricted dietary intake can increase the lifespan of many species, but the mechanism that causes this is not under...

Madhya Pradesh Gets Tough on Sex Determination Tests

... 2001," he said. The 2001 Census figures paint a startling picture about the gender balance in some districts with the worst affected being Bhind (832 girls per 1,000 boys), Morena (837) and Gwalior (853). In some villages of Morena, there are as few as 400 to 700 females for every 1,000 males. "If condi...

Study Finds Many Older Women Also Victims of Partner Violence

... the prevalence of violence found in this study is startling enough, Bonomi said it is probably an underestimate of how much it actually occurred. One reason is that women were asked to recall abuse over a lifetime. There may have been a tendency for women to downplay violence experienced early in life. In...

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