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Cleanliness Makes People Less Severe In Moral Judgments
New research in
Psychological Science has
found that the physical
notion of cleanliness
significantly reduces the
severity of moral judgments,
... > full story
Study Reveals Smoking's Effect On Nurses' Health, Death Rates
A new UCLA School of Nursing
study is the first to reveal
the devastating consequences
of smoking on the nursing
profession. The findings de ... > full story
Bullies May Enjoy Seeing Others In Pain
Unusually aggressive youth
may actually enjoy
inflicting pain on others,
research using brain scans
shows. Scans of the
aggressive youth's brains
showed that an area that is
... > full story
Nighttime Tornadoes Are Worst Nightmare: Twisters That Occur From Midnight To Dawn Are 2.5 Times More Likely To Kill
A new study underscores the
danger of nighttime
tornadoes and suggests that
warning systems that have
led to overall declines in
... > full story
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Children With Sickle Cell Disease Receiving Inadequate Care, Study Finds
December 1, 2008 — A new study finds that youth populations with sickle cell disease are receiving inadequate health care, and thus may fail to benefit from scientific advances. The study finds that the patients, ... > full story -
Prejudice Affects Perception Of Ethnic Minority Faces
November 27, 2008 — Prejudice can be a powerful influence, biasing the way we think about and act towards ethnic minorities. Now, a new study revels that the way people view ethnic minority faces is related to their ... > full story -
Hypertension Develops Early, Silently, In African-American Men
November 25, 2008 — Young and healthy African-American men were found to silently develop hypertension earlier than their white counterparts, and this rise in blood pressure may go undetected unless young ... > full story -
Race Bigotry Falling In Britain, Study Finds
November 25, 2008 — Racial prejudice in Britain has been declining sharply in Britain since the 1980s thanks to the greater tolerance of younger generations, according to a new study. The research finds that social ... > full story -
Heart Pumps: High Cost, High Mortality In An Emerging Technology
November 25, 2008 — Ventricular assist devices, or VADs -- surgically-placed mechanical pumps that can support failing hearts or buy time to transplant -- are associated with high hospital costs and high rates of early ... > full story -
Improvement Seen Regarding Disparities For Liver Transplantation
November 25, 2008 — Following introduction of a new system in 2002 to determine the allocation of donated livers, black patients no longer are less likely to receive a liver transplant, but disparities for women remain, ... > full story -
Safety In Numbers For Community Hospitals Performing Emergency Angioplasty
November 24, 2008 — Heart experts at Johns Hopkins have evidence that life-saving coronary angioplasty at community hospitals is safer when physicians and hospital staff have more experience with the ... > full story -
Expert Says Layoffs Could Worsen Economic Woes
November 24, 2008 — Widespread layoffs that stem corporate financial losses but leave workers out in the cold would deepen the looming recession that sparked them, a labor expert ... > full story -
Attending Religious Services Sharply Cuts Risk Of Death, Study Suggests
November 20, 2008 — A new study strongly suggests that regular attendance at religious services reduces the risk of death by approximately 20 ... > full story -
African-Americans With Depression And Heart Attack Have Greater Risk Of Death
November 20, 2008 — African-American patients with acute myocardial infarction and previously treated depression that persists at their MI hospitalization have an increased risk of post-MI death, according to new ... > full story
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