Sexual behavior at work still a problem shows new study from U of T's Rotman School
Toronto – Be careful of that raunchy joke that gets all the laughs. As funny as folks at work may find it, it’s probably hurting morale.
That’s one conclusion of a groundbreaking new paper from the Journal of Applied Psychology co-authored by researchers from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management Read the rest of this entry »
Compendium of pancreatic cancer biomarkers established as strategic approach to early-detection
A cancer scientist from Johns Hopkins has convinced an international group of colleagues to delay their race to find new cancer biomarkers and instead begin a 7,000-hour slog through a compendium of 50,000 scientific articles already published to assemble, decode and analyze the molecules that might herald the furtive Read the rest of this entry »
MIT: Cooperative behavior meshes with evolutionary theory
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–One of the perplexing questions raised by evolutionary theory is how cooperative behavior, which benefits other members of a species at a cost to the individual, came to exist.
Cooperative behavior has puzzled biologists because if only the fittest survive, genes for a behavior that benefits everybody in a population should not Read the rest of this entry »
You wear me out: Thinking of others causes lapses in our self-control
Exerting self-control is exhausting. In fact, using self-control in one situation impairs our ability to use self-control in subsequent, even unrelated, situations. What about thinking of other people exerting self-control? Earlier research has shown that imagining actions can cause the same reactions as if we were actually performing them (e.g., Read the rest of this entry »
Link between widely used osteoporosis drugs and heart problems probed
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – New research at Wake Forest University School of Medicine evaluated the link between a common class of drugs used to prevent bone fractures in osteoporosis patients and the development of irregular heartbeat.
The study’s findings appear in the current issue of Drug Safety, a publication of the International Society Read the rest of this entry »
New risk variant for atopic dermatitis identified
Scientists of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and Charité – University Medical School, Berlin, Germany, in collaboration with researchers from the Klinikum rechts der Isar of Technical University Munich and Christian Albrecht University, Kiel, have identified a gene variant on chromosome 11 that is associated with an increased risk Read the rest of this entry »
Avastin effective at delaying brain tumor progression in recurrent disease
(SEATTLE) – The use of Avastin alone to treat a subgroup of recurrent Grade 3 brain tumors showed it was safe and effective at delaying tumor progression, according to a retrospective study of 22 patients conducted by a researcher at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
The patients all had a recurrent malignant glioma known as alkylator-refractory Read the rest of this entry »
Broccoli sprouts may prevent stomach cancer by defeating Helicobacter pylori
PHILADELPHIA – Three-day-old broccoli sprouts, a widely available human food, suppressed Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infections, according to a report in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. H. pylori infections are one of the most common bacterial infections worldwide and are a major Read the rest of this entry »
Heart Failure Congress 2009
Heart failure is by far the most prevalent chronic cardiac condition. Around 30 million people in Europe have heart failure and its incidence is still increasing: more cases are being identified, more people are living to an old age, and more are surviving a heart attack but with damage to the heart muscle.
According to Professor John McMurray, President of the Heart Failure Read the rest of this entry »
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5 AUTOGRAPHED COPIES OF ATKINS DIABETES REVOLUTION Read the rest of this entry »
