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Anxiety Disorders in Poor Moms Likely to Result from Poverty, Not Mental Illness, Study Suggests
July 20, 2012 Poor mothers are more likely to be classified as having the mental illness known as generalized anxiety disorder because they live in poverty -- not because they are suffering from a psychiatric ... > full story -
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Scientists Have Developed a Way to Detect Superparasites
July 19, 2012 Scientists have made a breakthrough in bridging high tech molecular biology research on microbial pathogens and the needs of the poorest of the poor. After sequencing the complete genome of ... > full story -
Environmental Concerns Increasing Infectious Disease in Amphibians, Other Animals
July 18, 2012 Climate change, habitat destruction, pollution and invasive species are all involved in the global crisis of amphibian declines and extinctions, researchers suggest in a new analysis, but ... > full story -
Humanizing Computer Aids Affects Trust, Dependence
July 17, 2012 Computerized aids that include person-like characteristics can influence trust and dependence among adults, according to an ... > full story -
Study: Wolverines Need Refrigerators
July 12, 2012 The distribution of wolverines in the wild relates to the species’ ability to store and “refrigerate” their food supply through tough times. The cold caches play a particularly ... > full story -
Climate Change May Lead to Fewer but More Violent Thunderstorms
July 10, 2012 Scientists are working hard to identify just how climate change will impact weather around the world. Now researcher says that, if temperatures continue to rise, Earth can expect a significant ... > full story -
New Study Maps Hotspots of Human-Animal Infectious Diseases and Emerging Disease Outbreaks
July 5, 2012 A new global study mapping human-animal diseases like tuberculosis and Rift Valley fever finds that an "unlucky" 13 zoonoses are responsible for 2.4 billion cases of human illness and 2.2 million ... > full story -
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Developing World Has Less Than 5% Chance of Meeting UN Child Hunger Target, Study Estimates
July 5, 2012 Insufficient progress has been made in most developing countries to meet the United Nations’ target of halving the proportion of children who suffer from hunger by 2015 compared with 1990 ... > full story -
Next Front in Worldwide AIDS Battle: Stretching Use of Anti-HIV Drugs
July 5, 2012 Medical researchers say it is possible to stretch the use of anti-HIV drugs. More efficient and cheaper manufacturing methods, better drug formulations, lower-dose prescriptions and shorter treatment ... > full story -
Potential Food Crisis With Global Warming, UK Scientists Warn
July 4, 2012 UK consumers could face dramatically reduced food choices in the future unless much more is done to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a hard-hitting report warns. Food which families now take for ... > full story
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