Medical News
Intel Beefs Up Fight Against Cancer With Cloud Technology And Data Analytics
Tech Times - 23 Aug 2015 19:48
Collaboration between Intel and OHSU will pioneer the use of next-gen computing and bio-sciences expertise to better manage and even personalize cancer care. In its pilot network called Collaborative Cancer Cloud, the pa...
Primary Care Doctor's Support Key To Successful Weight Loss
Tech Times - 23 Aug 2015 18:36
A doctor's care and consultation is critical when engaging in weight-loss programs, a study says. People who found their doctors to be the most helpful lost the most weight.
Study Shows Links Between Work Anxiety And Job Performance
Tech Times - 23 Aug 2015 18:17
Anxiety can be a problem in the workplace as it can affect job performance, researchers have found. Highlighting the need for more empathy and support at work.
X-Ray Laser Experiment Could Lead Do More Effective Drugs For Treating Brain Disorders
Tech Times - 23 Aug 2015 17:15
Researchers have come up with the three dimensional strucure of a two-part protein complex that triggers the release of neurotransmitters from one neuron to another. The findings could pave way for new drugs that can tre...
US has 5 percent of world's population, but had 31 percent of its public mass shooters from 1966-2012
EurekAlert! - 23 Aug 2015 06:00
(American Sociological Association) Despite having only about 5 percent of the world's population, the United States was the attack site for a disproportionate 31 percent of public mass shooters globally from 1966-2012, ...
Couples that split childcare duties have higher quality relationships and sex lives
EurekAlert! - 23 Aug 2015 06:00
(American Sociological Association) Heterosexual couples that split childcare duties have higher quality relationships and sex lives than those who don't, according to new research.
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EurekAlert! - 23 Aug 2015 06:00
(Georgia State University) If men take up more of the child-care duties, splitting them equally with their female partners, heterosexual couples have more satisfaction with their relationships and their sex lives, accord...
New study indicates magnetic stimulation effective in reducing bed-wetting
EurekAlert! - 23 Aug 2015 06:00
(IOS Press) Bedwetting, or nocturnal enuresis, causes distress in children and young adults, as well as for their parents or caregivers. The causes are not fully understood and there may be both physiological and psychol...
One in 5 over-65s who drink alcohol do so at unsafe levels
EurekAlert! - 23 Aug 2015 06:00
(King's College London) One in five older people who drink alcohol are consuming it at unsafe levels -- over 21 units of alcohol for men and 14 units for women each week -- according to a study by King's College London. ...
Study suggests same-sex couples face more obstacles to infertility treatment
EurekAlert! - 23 Aug 2015 06:00
(American Sociological Association) Same-sex couples encounter more obstacles to treatment for infertility than opposite-sex couples, suggests a new study.