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Elevated testosterone causes bull market trading
Testosterone directly impacts financial decisions that drive prices up and destabilize markets, research has shown for the first time.
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Starting opioid addiction treatment in the ED is cost-effective
The most cost-effective treatment for people with untreated opioid addiction who visit the emergency department (ED) is buprenorphine, a medication...
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Combination of traditional chemotherapy, new drug kills rare cancer cells in mice
An experimental drug combined with the traditional chemotherapy drug cisplatin, when used in mice, destroyed a rare form of salivary gland tumor...
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Trying to resist the urge to splurge? Ditch the smartphone
You are more likely to indulge in guilty pleasures when shopping online with a touchscreen versus a desktop computer, according to research.
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Making surgery safer by helping doctors see nerves
A new noninvasive approach that uses polarized light to make nerves stand out from other tissue could help surgeons avoid accidentally injuring...
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New plant discovered in Shetland
Scientists have discovered a new type of plant growing in Shetland -- with its evolution only having occurred in the last 200 years.
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Candy cane supercapacitor could enable fast charging of mobile phones
Supercapacitors promise recharging of phones and other devices in seconds and minutes as opposed to hours for batteries. But current technologies...
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Voter behavior influenced by hot weather
Hot weather can affect human behavior and has been linked to political rebellions and riots. A new study, the first to examine the influence of...
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A decade of monitoring shows the dynamics of a conserved Atlantic tropical forest
Characterized with high levels of biodiversity and endemism, the Atlantic Tropical Forest has been facing serious anthropogenic threats over the...
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An extra 71000 care home places will be needed by 2025 in England as care needs increase, study predicts
As life expectancy increases, so too have the number of years that older adults spend with substantial care needs, now reaching an average of 3.0...
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Mosses used to evaluate atmospheric conditions in urban areas
Researchers have developed a method to evaluate atmospheric conditions using mosses (bryophytes) in urban areas, a development that could...
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Which research results in mice will help humans with MS? Now there's a way to tell
Researchers have developed and successfully tested a method for determining how relevant to the human disease findings are from mouse models.