As part of my doctoral program, I am conducting a survey among adult Social Media users to analyze their consumer behavior. No special skill or knowledge is required for this survey. This survey is totally anonymous; you don’t need to provide any personal information. I would appreciate if you...
People who participate in community gardening have a significantly lower body mass index - as well as lower odds of being overweight or obese - than do their non-gardening neighbors. Researchers at the University of Utah reported these and other findings in the American Journal of Public Health...
Participants in drug trials are often not fully informed about the effect of placebos, thereby undermining the process of "informed consent", concludes a new study published this week in the open access journal PLoS ONE. Placebos are used in randomized drug trials to act as a yardstick or...
I'm interested in becoming a foreign exchange student over the summer. I had heard about a program that allows students to spend a week or so in each country for a total of 4+ weeks. I don't have much information and am very interested in learning more. Does anybody know what program I heard about?
The infant formula manufacturer, Abbott, has advised the Alabama Department of Public Health's WIC Program of a proactive, voluntary recall of certain Similac brand powder infant formulas in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam and some countries in the Caribbean. Dr. Karen Landers, pediatrician with...
A group of more than 350 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) concluded a U.N. forum in Melbourne, Australia, on Wednesday with a call for world leaders to step up their commitments to achieving the U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Australian Associated Press/Sydney Morning Herald...
Every year, millions of patients worldwide participate in randomized clinical trials hoping to benefit from an experimental treatment or potentially help someone else with the same condition. However, rules and regulations are becoming a menace to academic clinical trials where resources are...
Every year, millions of patients worldwide participate in randomized clinical trials hoping to benefit from an experimental treatment or potentially help someone else with the same condition. However, rules and regulations are becoming a menace to academic clinical trials where resources are...
...sort of advocacy or an agenda rant? (For example, I once posted a simple question about the meanings of Total Solar Irradiance and solar constant and got incredible rants saying things like "nice try" and "You just refuse to wake up to the facts." The same questions posted on a Physics forum...
Quotes from the NFL Pro Bowl practice Friday Jan. 29, 2010HOUSTON TEXANS QUARTERBACK MATT SCHAUBOn his future with Houston“Everything happens for a reason. You try to control the things you can. I’m not going to lose sleep over it. It will come eventually. We’ll see what happens.”JACKSONVILLE...
Quotes from the NFL Pro Bowl practice Friday Jan. 29, 2010 HOUSTON TEXANS QUARTERBACK MATT SCHAUB On his future with Houston “Everything happens for a reason. You try to control the things you can. I’m not going to lose sleep over it. It will come eventually. We’ll see what happens.”...
Quotes from the NFL Pro Bowl practice Friday Jan. 29, 2010HOUSTON TEXANS QUARTERBACK MATT SCHAUBOn his future with Houston“Everything happens for a reason. You try to control the things you can. I’m not going to lose sleep over it. It will come eventually. We’ll see what happens.”JACKSONVILLE...
Quotes from the NFL Pro Bowl practice Friday Jan. 29, 2010HOUSTON TEXANS QUARTERBACK MATT SCHAUBOn his future with Houston“Everything happens for a reason. You try to control the things you can. I’m not going to lose sleep over it. It will come eventually. We’ll see what happens.”JACKSONVILLE...
Quotes from the NFL Pro Bowl practice Friday Jan. 29, 2010 HOUSTON TEXANS QUARTERBACK MATT SCHAUB On his future with Houston “Everything happens for a reason. You try to control the things you can. I’m not going to lose sleep over it. It will come eventually. We’ll see what happens.”...