Spiritual effects of hallucinogens persist, researchers report July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 87 vote(s)
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In a follow-up to research showing that psilocybin, a substance contained in "sacred mushrooms," produces substantial spiritual effects, a Johns Hopkins team reports that those beneficial effects appear to last more than ... | |
Mayo researchers discover how measles virus spreads June 21, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Textbooks will require revisions, researchers say
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Novel mechanism for long-term learning identified by Carnegie Mellon researchers January 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 65 vote(s)
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Practice makes perfect — or at least that’s what we’re told as we struggle through endless rounds of multiplication tables, goal kicks and piano scales — and it seems, based on the personal experience of many, to be true. ... | |
Scientists propose explanation for out-of-body experiences August 23, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 62 vote(s)
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Using virtual reality goggles to mix up the sensory signals reaching the brain, scientists have induced out-of-body-like experiences in healthy people, suggesting a scientific explanation for a phenomenon often thought to ... | |
 Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee a day may help prevent gout May 25, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Long-term study links increased coffee consumption to decreased risk of gout in men over age 40
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A virtual toothache helps student dentists July 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Masha is a dental patient. Her oral health problems continue to change as she meets new Case Western Reserve University student dentists in Second Life's virtual dental office. | |
Loud music can make you drink more, in less time, in a bar July 19, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Commercial venues are very aware of the effects that the environment – in this case, music – can have on in-store traffic flow, sales volumes, product choices, and consumer time spent in the immediate vicinity. A study of ... | |
 Record number of babies born last year July 18, 2008 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- More babies were born in the United States last year than ever before, according to preliminary data, but it's not another baby boom just yet. | |
Family sues co. for muscular dystrophy drug July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- A Minnesota family is trying to force a New Jersey drug company to give their son an experimental drug for a fatal form of muscular dystrophy, saying he'll die without it. | |
 Donor kidneys removed with single bellybutton cut July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Brad Kaster donated a kidney to his father this week, and he barely has a scar to show for it. The kidney was removed through a single incision in his bellybutton, a surgical procedure Cleveland Clinic ... | |
Drugs industry protecting 'morally unacceptable' patent system July 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Major drugs companies are using fierce lobbying tactics to protect a pharmaceutical patent system that is "simply morally unacceptable", a world-leading political philosopher will tell a major meeting of UK and European pharmacologists ... | |
Study reveals potential reasons for school absenteeism July 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A questionnaire of Swiss schoolchildren has revealed the extent of truancy and school fear. The research, published in BioMed Central's open access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, links truancy ... | |
New study ties ending moderate drinking to depression July 08, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Scientific evidence has long suggested that moderate drinking offers some protection against heart disease, certain types of stroke and some forms of cancer. | |
A baby's smile is a natural high July 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The baby's smile that gladdens a mother's heart also lights up the reward centers of her brain, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears in the journal Pediatrics today. | |
Watermelon may have Viagra-effect June 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 61 vote(s)
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A cold slice of watermelon has long been a Fourth of July holiday staple. But according to recent studies, the juicy fruit may be better suited for Valentine's Day. | |
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