Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Kele Ding
By NICKOLAS BAKALAR
The randomized clinical trial, widely considered the most reliable biomedical research method, can have significant drawbacks, a new study suggests, because patients included may not be representative of the broader population.
The scientists, writing in the December issue of The Annals of Surgical Oncology, reviewed 29 clinical trials of surgical procedures in prostate, colon, [...]
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Filed under: Research Methods
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Kele Ding
By ERIC NAGOURNEY
If there is no such thing as free will, do you really have to put that money into the office coffee kitty when no one is looking?
A study suggests that when people are encouraged to believe their behavior is predetermined — by genes or by environment — they may be more likely to [...]
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Filed under: Just Reading
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Kele Ding
By ERIC NAGOURNEY
Why does it often seem that men enjoy playing video games more than women? Perhaps because they do.
A new study finds that when men play the games, a part of the brain involved in feelings of reward and addiction becomes much more activated than it does in women.
This may explain why men are [...]
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Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Kele Ding
10 Feb 2008
If you are sad you are more likely to spend more money to acquire the same commodities as a person whose emotional state is neutral, according to an article to be published in Psychological Science. Researchers from Carnegie Melon University, Stanford University, University of Pittsburg and Harvard University say people spend more if [...]
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Filed under: Experimental Study
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Kele Ding
13 Feb 2008
Active father figures have a key role to play in reducing behaviour problems in boys and psychological problems in young women, according to a review published in the February issue of Acta Paediatrica.
Swedish researchers also found that regular positive contact reduces criminal behaviour among children in low-income families and enhances cognitive skills like [...]
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Filed under: Adolescent Health
Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Kele Ding
15 Feb 2008
Growing old is a happier experience than many of us imagine that’s according to the findings of a study conducted at Queen’s University, Belfast, on behalf of the Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP).
The study, which was conducted by Dr John Garry from Queen’s University, looked at young people’s attitudes to happiness in old age [...]
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Posted on February 19th, 2008 by Kele Ding
“Predators” and Their Victims: Myths, Realities, and Implications for Prevention and Treatment, Janis Wolak, PhD, David Finkelhor, PhD and Kimberley J. Mitchell, PhD Crimes Against Children Center at the University of New Hampshire and Michelle L. Ybarra, PhD, Internet Solutions for Kids, Inc., American Psychologist, Vol. 63, No.2 . available from http://www.apa.org/journals/releases/amp632111.pdf
19 Feb 2008
Contrary [...]
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