Harvard to shut primate research center where monkeys died, citing tough economic climate
Source: The Boston Globe
Harvard :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-04-23 11:06:21 -0700 | health-news
The Harvard primate research center where four monkeys died because of animal care problems will be largely shut down by 2015, Harvard Medical School announced Tuesday afternoon. The university cited a tough economic climate for biomedical research funding and shifting...
Scientific Misconduct: From Darwin And Mendel To Poldermans And Matsubara
Source: Forbes
Harvard :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-04-08 14:29:35 -0700 | health-news
Luscher writes that scientific misdoncuct is morally inappropriate, damages the reputation of research and journals in which its products are published, may endanger patients, and misuses grant money of federal and private institutions. Nevertheless, he concludes, we must avoid an atmosphere...
New Interspecies Brain-to-Brain Interface Allows a Human to Wag a Rat's Tail (w/video)
Source: Medgadget.com
Harvard :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-04-05 08:43:56 -0700 | health-news
In a sort of digital telepathy, the experiment showed that information can be passed between brains of similar animals and used as though it was one's own. ONE has demonstrated similar results, but in a very different way. While the...
Happiness: The path to better hospital performance
Source: Hospital Impact
Harvard :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-04-03 13:44:02 -0700 | health-news
April 3rd, 2013 BMJ Quality and Safety released a paper in March that suggests a direct correlation between staff satisfaction and quality care. It seemed to indicate better performing hospitals make for happier workers ...Let's look to Harvard professor Shawn...
Health benefits of beer and economic impact of the beer industry - An Update
Posted by: dhreff
Harvard :: IL :: USA | updated 2012-07-27 23:16:12 -0700 | health-news
Health benefits of beer and economic impact of the beer industry - An Update By dhreff Olongapo City, Zambales Central Luzon, Philippines Wine and other alcoholic beverages are to satisfy a habit if not a vice. It is a commodity...
Coffee Prevent Skin Cancer
Posted by: kokolucky
Harvard :: IL :: USA | updated 2012-02-07 15:27:59 -0800 | health-news
One more proof that coffee, especially for women,positive impact to prevent skin cancer. Unfortunately, this potential is not affected for male coffee drinkers . Women who drank more than three cups of coffee per day had a 20 percent lower...
Sex Hormones and Stress
Posted by: chauhadry1
Harvard :: IL :: USA | updated 2012-04-16 11:19:51 -0700 | health-news
Hormones are not only the actors behind the scenes during pregnancy, but they’re a huge part of sexual dimorphism in the human brain. Androgens and estrogens determine brain sex during gestation, but some scientists believe testosterone also impacts such cognitive...
Reduce Your Stroke Risk
Posted by: Debbie Nicholson
Harvard :: IL :: USA | updated 2012-07-27 20:27:23 -0700 | health-news
The Harvard School of Public Health has just discovered that women who consume three or more servings of fish each week have less of a chance in enduring a stroke. Women in Sweden had a 16% chance for stroke over...
Touch Affects Impressions, Decisions
Posted by: LouiseRoys
Harvard :: IL :: USA | updated 2012-07-27 20:56:01 -0700 | health-news
July 12, 2010 Touch Affects Impressions, Decisions The physical characteristics of something you’re touching can influence your feelings about unrelated events, situations and objects, according to new research. Among the findings, heavy objects made job candidates appear more important,...
Government Health Committees/Congressmen Question Gay Blood Donor Ban
Posted by: Penguinduck95
Harvard :: IL :: USA | updated 2010-06-14 09:21:28 -0700 | health-news
In 1985 the FDA issued a ban where men that have had sex with other men since 1977 cannot ever donate blood. This was a response to the AIDS crisis in the 1980s to prevent more contaminated blood transfusions. However,...
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