Tag Archives: study

Taliban may be descended from Jews

The ethnic group at the heart of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan may descended from their Jewish enemy, according to researchers in India. Experts at Mumbai's National Institute of Immunohaematology believe Pashtuns could be one of the ten “Lost Tribes of Israel”. The Israeli government is funding a genetic study to establish if there is any proof of the link.

Follow this link:
Taliban may be descended from Jews

Jersey Shore: The Wild Animals of Atlantic City

For the most important sociological experiment of our time, we must observe our seven guidos not only in environments they are comfortable in, but abroad as well. Still, it as in their native habitat where they truly flourish

See the original post here:
Jersey Shore: The Wild Animals of Atlantic City

Bono’s net policing idea draws fire

Writing for the New York Times, Bono claimed internet service providers were “reverse Robin Hoods” benefiting from the music industry's lost profits. He hinted that China's efforts prove that tracking net content is possible. The editorial drew sharp criticism, both on its economic merits and for the suggestion of net content policing

See the original post here:
Bono’s net policing idea draws fire

CDC finds about 1 percent of kids have autism

The latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control indicate that as many as 1 in 110 children have some sort of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Read the original:
CDC finds about 1 percent of kids have autism

Attack of the killer tomatoes

Botanists have discovered for the first time that the plants are carnivorous predators who kill insects in order to “self-fertilise” themselves. New research shows that they capture and kill small insects with sticky hairs on their stems and then absorb nutrients through their roots when the animals decay and fall to the ground

Continue reading here:
Attack of the killer tomatoes

New mammogram recommendations don’t out most women at increased risk

This New York Times article gives the same scary media narrative repeated everywhere else in the past few days: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/health/18doctors.html?_r=1&hp "Despite new recommendations that most women start breast screening at 50 rather than 40, many doctors said Tuesday that they were simply not ready to make such a drastic change. “It’s kind of hard to suggest that we should stop examining our patients and screening them,” said Dr. Annekathryn Goodman, director of the fellowship program in gynecological oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital

See the article here:
New mammogram recommendations don’t out most women at increased risk

Uninsured ER patients twice as likely to die

Uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance, according to a troubling new study. The findings by Harvard University researchers surprised doctors and health experts who have believed emergency room care was equitable. “This is another drop in a sea of evidence that the uninsured fare much worse in their health in the United States,” said senior author Dr

Go here to see the original:
Uninsured ER patients twice as likely to die

Mars Needs Catholics

The Vatican has hosted a conference to study the possibility of alien life in the universe and its implication for the Catholic Church. The study was part of events marking the UN-designated International Year of Astronomy. The Rev Jose Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, said “the questions of life's origins and of whether life exists elsewhere in the universe are very suitable and deserve serious consideration”.

More:
Mars Needs Catholics

Why Doesn’t Exercise Lead To Weight Loss?

The New York Times' Well blog reports that 'for some time, researchers have been finding that people who exercise don't necessarily lose weight.' A study published online in September 2009 in The British Journal of Sports Medicine was the latest to report apparently disappointing slimming results. In the study, 58 obese people completed 12 weeks of supervised aerobic training without changing their diets.

Continue reading here:
Why Doesn’t Exercise Lead To Weight Loss?

Babies begin learning language in the womb

Science Daily reports findings from a new study which suggest that infants begin picking up elements of what will be their first language in the womb, long before their first babble or coo, and are able to memorize sounds from the external world by the last trimester of pregnancy, with a particular sensitivity to melody contour in both music and language. Newborns prefer their mother's voice over other voices and perceive the emotional content of messages conveyed via intonation contours in maternal speech (a.k.a.

Visit link:
Babies begin learning language in the womb