Researchers from Queensland and the USA have made a unique discovery about how the brain computes sensory information. The study by scientists at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) at The University of Queensland (UQ) and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in the USA was conducted to better...
Survey results reveal that an overwhelming majority of clinicians believe that the electronic exchange of health information will have a positive impact on improving the quality of patient care, coordinating care, meeting the demands of new care models, and participating in third-party reporting...
A favorite physical activity engaged in by Americans is bicycling, and children are perhaps its most ardent participants; it has been estimated that 70% of children ages 5 to 14 ride bicycles. Bicycling is not without its dangers, however, and one of the worst is the risk of head and brain...
When reminded of money (not cost), consumers are more likely to evaluate a new product based on its primary features or brand name, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. "Money and symbols of money are ubiquitous in our daily consumer environment, and money is linked to...
Parkinson's disease is the second leading neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. Now, researchers at The Technical Research Centre for Dependency, Care and Autonomous Living (CETpD) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, BarcelonaTech (UPC) have designed a new wearable...
New data released by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) to coincide with World Spirometry Day has revealed a worrying lack of understanding and concern among the public about the world's biggest killer - lung disease, which now claims the lives of almost 4 million people a...
May 31 marks the 25th anniversary of World No Tobacco Day, but does the day really inspire anyone to think about quitting smoking? Yes it does, according to a new study led by investigators from the Informatics Program at Children's Hospital Boston and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...
The Pharmacovigilance Legislation Will Come into Effect in July As the European Medicines Agency's new PV (pharmacovigilance) Legislation implementation date of July 2012 approaches, US and European pharmaceutical and biotech companies need to ask themselves if they are ready for the changes...
Diseases and injuries trigger warning signals in our cells. As a result, genes are expressed and proteins produced, modified or degraded to adapt to the external danger and to protect the organism. In order to be able to produce a particular protein, the corresponding DNA segment, the gene...
Sleep-deprived surgeons can perform a previously learned task or learn a new task as well as surgeons who are rested, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. However, in sleep-deprived surgeons, the brain must work harder, which could lead to problems during unexpected events...
I have to write an essay on how information and communication technology (ICT) will impact us by the year 2020 - basically eight years from now.
So far my points are:
- less paperwork, everything would be done online.
- more CCTV cameras in neighbourhoods, not just commercial areas. This could...
respective composers? For instance Julius Reubke died only a few years after composing his masterpiece of a piano sonata. Many people who knew him attributed his early death and quick atrophy to the work he spent on that single piano sonata.
I argue that if Chopin attempted to orchestrate a...
from Europe upon Indians and three items? I need some help with this. I know a little about it but not enough to form an opinion for my discussion post.
I have tickets for a TNA Impact Wrestling event this week, and the TNA Impact website says if you buy the 50 dollar tickets, you get a special meet and greet at 5:30, before the show at 7:30. But, I've been reading on the reviews that people have had to pay extra money for meet and greets for...
A report published in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia, a publication of the Australian Medical Association, reveals that nearly 40% of individuals with extensive atherothrombotic disease will experience a cardiovascular event within one year. The team, led by professor...
Drug companies currently developing therapeutic cancer vaccines may be determining the cancers they target based on the number of annual cases, not the number of deaths they cause. This approach may limit the patient benefits of such drugs, according to a new University of Michigan report...