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What’s your reaction when you see something violent on TV? A new study finds that your response may have a lot to do with your natural aggression levels. The study, which has been published in the journal PLoS One, was carried out by Nelly Alia-Klein, an associate professor of neuroscience and psychiatry at the Friedman […]
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A new study adds to a growing and increasingly heated discussion about the overuse of antibiotics. Specifically, the study found that most hospital doctors are using too many antibiotics for too long to treat their patients. For some time it’s been known that antibiotics are becoming less effective. The problem is overuse and misuse — […]
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New research from the University of Carolina at Greensboro finds that the way a mother responds to her baby’s crying has a lot to do with her own experiences as a child. The University of Carolina study, which also involved researchers from Fuller Theological Seminary and Hebrew University of Jurusalem, included roughly 250 women who […]
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A respiratory illness that primarily affects children is now emerging in states across the U.S. Public health officials suspect the illness may be related to the germ behind the common cold. It’s estimated that about five hundred children have been treated at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, with hundreds of others receiving treatment […]
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Health researchers have discovered new evidence which appears to tie Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS (otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease), with contact sports. For some time there have been suspicions that professional athletes are more prone to ALS. Most of the research involving this topic has been done across the Atlantic in Europe; for […]
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