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• Global Warming
  Environmental Policies
  Climate
  Resource Shortage
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policy
   

  Predictions of the Human Cost of Climate Change

  February 8, 2013 — Scientists predict a grim future for billions of people by 2050 if climate change issues are not addressed ... > full story
• Racial Issues
  Political Science
  Anxiety
  Conflict
  Spirituality
  Social Psychology
   
  

  Tendency to Fear Is Strong Political Influence

  February 5, 2013 — Fear can play a role in influencing political attitudes on hot-button issues like immigration, according to new research. The study shows that individuals who are genetically predisposed to fear tend ... > full story
• Eye Care
  Brain Injury
  Perception
  Birth Defects
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Schizophrenia
   

  In Combat Vets and Others, High Rate of Vision Problems After Traumatic Brain Injury

  February 4, 2013 — Visual symptoms and abnormalities occur at high rates in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) -- including Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans with blast-related TBI, a new study ... > full story
• Cancer
  Lung Cancer
  Ovarian Cancer
  Breast Cancer
  Brain Tumor
  Lymphoma
   
  

  Milestone of Cancer Research: Arresting Cancers Rather Than Killing Them

  February 3, 2013 — Medical researchers have shown that the immune system is able to drive tumors and tumor cells into a form of permanent dormancy. The resulting growth arrest allows tumor control in the absence of ... > full story
• Sleep Disorder Research
  Sleep Disorders
  Insomnia
  Insomnia Research
  Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  Disorders and Syndromes
   

  Active Duty Military Personnel Prone to Sleep Disorders and Short Sleep Duration

  January 31, 2013 — A new study found a high prevalence of sleep disorders and a startlingly high rate of short sleep duration among active duty military personnel. The study suggests the need for a cultural change ... > full story
• Pharmacology
  Accident and Trauma
  Parkinson's Research
  Energy Policy
  Controlled Substances
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Toward a Better Cyanide Antidote for Terrorist Attacks and Other Mass Casualty Events

  January 30, 2013 — In an advance toward closing a major gap in defenses against terrorist attacks and other mass casualty events, scientists are reporting discovery of a promising substance that could be the basis for ... > full story
• Gender Difference
  Social Psychology
  Disaster Plan
  Psychology
  Relationships
  Staying Healthy
   

  Homicide-Suicides Unrelated to Social Class, Swiss Study Shows

  January 30, 2013 — Homicide-suicides in households occur across all social classes in Switzerland. A new study reveals that life stressors, such as divorce, temporary residency status, or cramped living conditions, are ... > full story
• Mental Health
  Depression
  Educational Policy
  Political Science
  Racial Issues
  Public Health
   
  

  Majority of Americans Support Dozens of Policies to Strengthen U.S. Gun Laws

  January 28, 2013 — The majority of Americans support a broad array of policies to reduce gun violence, according to a new national public opinion ... > full story
• Sexual Health
  STD
  Behavior
  HIV and AIDS
  Birth Control
  Public Health
   
  

  Penicillin, Not the Pill, May Have Launched the Sexual Revolution

  January 28, 2013 — The rise in risky, non-traditional sexual relations that marked the swinging '60s and advent of readily available contraception actually began as much as a decade earlier, during the conformist '50s, ... > full story
• Fossils
  Cultures
  Origin of Life
  Evolution
  Anthropology
  Lost Treasures
   

  War a Money-Spinner for Rank-and-File Soldiers in Late Middle Ages

  January 24, 2013 — Not just a King's ransom: war was a money-spinner for the rank-and-file soldier in the Late Middle Ages. A historian has found that the practice of ransom was widespread among all soldiers during the ... > full story

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