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Rapid response was crucial to containing the 1918 flu pandemic

...ies where public health officials imposed multiple social containment measures within a few days after the f...he spread of the virus by imposing restrictions on social gatherings where person-to-person transmission can occur. The first of the two historical studies, c...

Good behavior, religiousness may be genetic

... in Journal of Personality shows that selfless and social behavior is not purely a product of environment, s...e popular idea that religious individuals are more social and giving because of the behavioral mandates set for them is incorrect. "This study shows that reli...

New report: Explosive growth changes salmon industry

...d salmon catches has had wide-ranging economic and social effects on wild salmon fishermen and fishing communities. "Wild salmon could never supply the market demand being met by farmed salmon. A fundamental point of the report is that the debate should not be about wild versus farmed, but whether each...

Selectivity is ultimate aphrodisiac

...finally, someone really gets me.) In the past, social psychologists have had a difficult time observing ...ld be a broad motivation that stretches across our social lives, the study concludes. "Just as this need plays an important role in intimate relationships and...

Female chimps keep the bullies at bay

...highest ranking males, namely those with important social and physical characteristics that their offspring ...robability that high-ranking males, with desirable social and physical attributes, will mate with the fertile females. These sought-after characteristics cou...

Mimicking how the brain recognizes street scenes

...ted set of object categories, and it has practical social applications." Near-term applications include surveillance and automobile driver's assistance, and eventually visual search engines, biomedical imaging analysis, robots with realistic vision. On the neuroscience end, this research is essential for...

Anxiety disorders surprisingly common yet often untreated

... panic disorder, post traumatic stress disorder or social anxiety disorder. The new study, which looked at 965 patients in 15 primary care clinics, found anxiety to be as prevalent as depression, and much more common than previously thought, in patients who were visiting a physician for a physical problem o...

A rarity among arachnids, whip spiders have a sociable family life

...r until they reach sexual maturity, and all mix in social groups. This is surprising behavior for these arac...nown arachnid species have been observed living in social groups. The research, appearing in recent issues of both the Journal of Arachnology and Natural Hist...

Are we killing the world's oceans?

..., the increase in ocean dead zones, scientific and social dynamics during fisheries crises, how we all play a role in the collapse of coastal fisheries, and environmental issues surrounding offshore petroleum resource development. There will be opportunities for questions and discussion. Dr. Daniel Pauly...

Early-stage sperm cells created from human bone marrow

...gation is required within a reasonable ethical and social framework to be able to take this work to its next stage or to say if it has potential applications in terms of fertility treatments in humans. Prof Nayernia gained worldwide acclaim in July 2006 when he announced in the journal Developmental Cell...

Autism gene identified by researchers at Yale working with a global research consortium

...bits a person’s ability to communicate and develop social relationships, and is often accompanied by extreme behavioral challenges. Autism Spectrum Disorders are diagnosed in one in 150 children in the United States, affecting four times as many boys as girls. The diagnosis of autism has increased tenfold i...

Indicators for risk of heart disease are higher in passive smokers

...d for lifestyle factors such as physical activity, social class and obesity. Restricting analysis to those 70 or younger with no history of heart attack, heart failure or stroke also made lifwttle difference in the association. Dr Venn said: "Our study shows that very low levels of exposure to second-han...

How badger culling creates conditions for spread of bovine TB

A stable social structure may help control the spread of bovine tu...nd adds further support to the contention that the social disruption of badger populations, for example by culling, is likely to promote disease spread." D...

Scientists find method to pick noncompetitive animals, improve production

...ethod of determining genetic traits that influence social interactions among animals may provide for more pr...k, he said. The method also aids in predicting how social interactions impact the natural evolution of species. Muir and his colleagues write about the too...

Ebola outbreaks killing thousands of gorillas and chimpanzees

...may be amplified by Ebola transmission between ape social groups. The study provides hope that newly develop... Direct encounters between gorilla or chimpanzee social groups are rare. Therefore, when reports of large ape die-offs first surfaced in the late 1990s, out...

Canadian study shows bilingualism has protective effect in delaying onset of dementia by four years

...e factors such as physical activity, education and social engagement may help build "cognitive reserve" in later years of life. Cognitive reserve refers to enhanced neural plasticity, compensatory use of alternative brain regions, and enriched brain vasculature, all of which are thought to provide a general...

Cancer vaccines -- Taking a jab at cancer by stimulating the immune system

...lomavirus, has moved from scientific discussion to social debate, other vaccine studies are continuing to make progress. While HPV vaccine efforts had the "benefit" of a viral source for the disease, other researchers are developing vaccines for cancers that are not virally based, in an effort to coax the i...

Does God answer prayer? ASU research says 'yes'

...is “yes.?David R. Hodge, an assistant professor of social work in the College of Human Services at Arizona S...e of the most prestigious journals in the field of social work. Hodge noted that his study is important because it is a compilation of available studies an...

New research says winning a Nobel Prize adds nearly 2 years to your lifespan

...r economists and medical researchers as to whether social status alone can affect people's well being and lifespan. Although the existence of some kind of effect is known from studies of monkey packs, in humans it has been difficult up till now to separate any perceived positive effect of "status" from the ...

Gene study shows three distinct groups of chimpanzees

...s. Yet chimps and bonobos have radically different social systems, cultures, diets and mating systems. On the other hand, in this study, looking at three "subspecies" of common chimpanzees, "we found significant genetic variation," said Przeworski, "but there's very little detectable difference between ...

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