Science & Society

Government Health Care Forcing Canadian Doctors To Become 'Medical Brokers'

Health-care system constraints combined with a lack of a uniform referral process are leaving Ontario physicians brokering which patients are in greatest need of hip and knee replacement, a study led by a St. Michael's Hospital researcher funded by th ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2008 - 5:22pm

Doctors Help Cure Some Premature Ejaculation By Redefining It

Dr. Ira Sharlip, President of the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) detailed a new definition of premature ejaculation. He addressed the audience of the American Urological Association during the ‘late breaking science forum’, a session desi ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 20 2008 - 9:01am

Because Apparently This Needs To Be Clarified- Mouths And Jewelry Do Not Mix

Skin piercings might be the rage among teens, but researchers from Tel Aviv University have found good reasons to think twice about piercing one's tongue or lip. Dr. Liran Levin, a dentist from the Department of Oral Rehabilitation, School of Dental M ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 20 2008 - 3:01pm

Ice On Mars- Now That Is Cool, Very Cool!

Courtesy of the Phoenix landing craft on Mars we just discovered that there is ice on Mars. Now that is cool, very cool! In the last century there has been a constant fascination and debate about whether there might be, or might have been, life on Mars. We ...

Article - David Houle - Jun 21 2008 - 10:33am

Is It Worse To Be Fat Or Just Feel Fat?

Is it worse to be fat or just to feel fat? Quality of life is lower in obese children but it is unknown how much of that correlates to self-evaluation. If adolescents think they are “far too fat,” they forfeit a lot of their quality of life, whatever their ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 22 2008 - 2:32am

Brits Are Throwing Away Enough Food Every Meal To Feed An Army- 51 Times Over!

LONDON, June 23 /PRNewswire/--- As Food Waste Awareness Week Starts, Ocado Reveals That Brits Throw Away Enough Food at Dinnertime to Feed 19 million. The kitchen is the heart of the home but over-enthusiastic Brits are cooking up enough food at mealtimes ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 23 2008 - 12:57am

Architect Dr. David Fisher Announces The Launch Of The Dynamic Tower, The World's First Building In Motion

NEW YORK, June 24 /PRNewswire/--- First Rotating Skyscraper to be Self Powered and Completely Prefabricated Visionary Italian architect Dr. David Fisher today announced the launch of the revolutionary Dynamic Tower, the world's first building in moti ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2008 - 11:28am

Religious Behavior And Political Participation Studied

A study recently published in Social Science Quarterly finds that religious beliefs play a more significant role than church attendance or religious traditions in political participation. Religious beliefs affected political participation more than other m ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2008 - 12:25pm

New Antimicrobial Wash Kills Salmonella And E. Coli In Minutes

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that, in the U.S. alone, foodborne pathogens are responsible for 76 million illnesses every year. Of the people affected by those illnesses, 300,000 are hospitalized and more than 5,000 die. These wi ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2008 - 4:02pm

Plastic Surgeons Hope For 55 Million Plastic Surgery Customers By 2015

More than 55 million cosmetic surgery procedures will be performed in 2015, predicts a recent study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). That's 4 times the number of procedures performe ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2008 - 1:23am