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Why Your Medical Care Depends on Weapons Grade Uranium

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A shortage of radioactive technetium-99m threatens the availability of nuclear medicine procedures.

Death by human stampede

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Over the past 30 years, stampedes have killed at least 7,000 people and injured another 14,000.

Reminder of disease primes the body and mind to repel other people

A disease-themed slide show makes people feel less sociable and extravert, and primes their motor system for repelling other people.

Sleep deprivation impairs emotion recognition

A single night of sleep deprivation significantly disrupts the ability to identify emotionally salient facial expressions in others.

Pay it forward? Cooperative behaviour spreads through a group, but so does cheating

Both cooperative behavior and selfish behavior spread equally in a small social experiment.

H1N1 Update

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A status update on the H1N1 pandemic flu after a year.

Your left brain has a bigger ego than your right brain

Psychologists have used an auditory version of the self-esteem 'implicit association test' to show that the left half of the brain has more self-esteem than the right half.

Do patients take their medications?

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Only just over half of patients might adhere to a medication regime as prescribed

Alzheimer's Disease May Protect Against Cancer and Vice Versa

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People with Alzheimer's disease may have a significantly reduced risk of being hospitalized for cancer.

What Zaps a High Achiever’s Performance Lights a Low Achiever’s Fire

High achievers may do worse on "fun" tasks compared to low achievers.

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