Science & Society

Children Of Depressed Mothers 3X As Likely To Suffer Accidental Injury

Infants and toddlers whose mothers are severely depressed are almost three times more likely to suffer accidental injuries than other children in the same age group, according to a new study. The study’s findings, published today in the Advanced Access edi ...

Article - News Staff - May 14 2008 - 3:51pm

Striving Toward A Rational Stem Cell Research Debate

Professor John Burn is Medical Director of the Institute of Human Genetics at Newcastle University, where some of the most controversial stem cell research in the UK takes place. He's taking on a formidable task as the UK parliament debates controvers ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2008 - 8:55pm

Women Make Lower Salaries Than Men Because They Ask For Less

Women ask for considerably lower salaries in salary negotiations than men but it may be because they are expected to do so, according to a dissertation in psychology by Una Gustafsson at Lund University in Sweden. Conceptions of good and poor negotiators a ...

Article - News Staff - May 18 2008 - 2:09am

Study Tackles Environmental Chemicals And Fertility

Each day we risk exposure to around 70,000 chemicals. In food packaging or even the air we breathe, contact with potentially-toxic substances could be affecting our health, including fertility. The Reproductive Effects of Environmental Chemicals in Females ...

Article - News Staff - May 20 2008 - 9:52am

Britian's NHS Tribulations As A Model For America's Health Care Future- Polyclinics And Cost

The government in the UK is proposing to change their NHS in response to complaints about waste, delays in treatment and quality concerns. The new idea is to create 'polyclinics'- general practitioners and specialists in one location. Will it lea ...

Article - News Staff - May 22 2008 - 7:14pm

Women In Bikinis Make Men Spend Stupidly- On Everything

It's no surprise that a woman in a bikini can increase a man's sexual appetite but research in the Journal of Consumer Research says that men who watched sexy videos or even handled lingerie had more appetite for everything- and it impacted their ...

Article - News Staff - May 30 2008 - 3:03pm

New Boffin/bobby Forensics Report Sends Rubber Glove, Metal Scraper Sales Skyrocketing

An article published in the Journal of Forensic Science details the fruits of a collaboration between the University of Leicester and the Northamptonshire Police, which led to a “major breakthrough” in crime detection, perhaps allowing “hundreds of cold ca ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Jun 2 2008 - 4:36pm

Study Tackles Short CEO Lifespans, Somehow Misses Sarbanes-Oxley

A new study by Yan Zhang at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Management seeks to determine why CEOs leave the job after a short period. Of the 204 company leaders Zhang studied from 1993 to 1998, 55 (27 percent) left their jobs within three ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 3 2008 - 9:54am

Sports- Does The Home Field Advantage Really Exist?

At Euro 2008, the soccer championship for European countries held every four years, this event, held jointly in two countries, means both Austria and Switzerland regard themselves as having the upper hand due to the "twelfth man"- home field adva ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 4 2008 - 5:27pm

Simplistic Health Service Reforms Are Hurting Patient Care

Simplistic and unpiloted NHS reforms are inadvertently damaging patient care in general practice, according to a group of academics writing in this week's BMJ. Professor Howie, from the University of Edinburgh, writing with colleagues, criticises rece ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 6 2008 - 12:21am