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'Happy Life Years'; Costa Rica Outscores U.S.
Quality-of-life in nations is measured using an index of ‘Happy Life Years’, developed at Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Netherlands. This index combines average appreciation of life with average length of life. Costa Rica is on top with 66.7 and Zimbabwe at the bottom with only 12.5 happy life years. The USA rank in the sub-top with an average of 58 years lived happily. [Obvious] Study: Sleepy Doctors Make More Errors
From prescribing overdoses to sticking a tube in the wrong vein, doctors-in-training made one-third more serious mistakes during typically long shifts than they did during "short"16-hour ones, a Harvard study found. Personal Genomes: Mainstream In Five Years, But Who Should Have Access
Imagine this: you visit your clinician, undergo genetic testing and then you are handed a miniature hard drive containing your personal genome sequence, which is subsequently uploaded onto publicly accessible databases. This may sound like science fiction, but it is scientific fact, and it is already happening. It may not be long before companies are able to offer Facebook-like social networking services centred around our genomes. In an article published in the journal Science, University of Alberta researcher Tim Caulfield and co-authors highlight the need to proceed cautiously when it comes to personal genomics. Washington State Jail Industries Board: Statewide Offender Labor Repor
This annual publication contains statistics on labor performed by Washington state "offenders working in jails and for communities."Includes total labor hours and value to the community, type of work performed, and related data. Includes data for specific counties. Reports go back to 1998. Chronically High Blood Sugar Linked To Risk Of Cognitive Impairment
A four-year study of elderly women has found that chronically elevated blood sugar is associated with an increased risk of developing either mild cognitive impairment (MCI) ordementia. Biomedical Engineers Use Electric Pulses To Destroy Cancer Cells
Biomedical engineers have developed a new minimally invasive method of treating cancer, and they anticipate clinical trials on individuals with prostate cancer will begin soon. Human-like Brain Disturbances In Insects: Locusts Shed Light On Migrai
A similarity in brain disturbance between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address these conditions. Old math reveals new thinking in children's cognitive development
Five-year-olds can reason about the world from multiple perspectives simultaneously, according to a new theory by researchers in Japan and Australia. Using an established branch of mathematics called Category Theory, the researchers explain why specific reasoning skills develop in children at certain ages, particularly at age five. The new theory shows that these reasoning skills have similar profiles of development because they involve related sorts of processes. DNA 'Packaging' Linked With Cancer
New laboratory findings at the University of Illinois at Chicago suggest that what lies outside cancer cells is at least as important as the genes inside in explaining a tumor's malignancy. Global Warming Could Halt Ocean Circulation, With Harmful Results
Absent any climate policy, scientists have found a 70 percent chance of shutting down the thermohaline circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean over the next 200 years, with a 45 percent probability of this occurring in this century.
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