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Study finds that disruptive behavior in operating rooms often goes unreported
University of Manitoba researchers have found that disruptive behaviors are happening all too often in the operating room (OR) –
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Unexpected viral behavior linked to type 1 diabetes in high-risk children
New results from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study show an association between prolonged enterovirus infection
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Just seeing reminders of coffee can stimulate the brain
Just looking at something that reminds us of coffee can cause our minds to become more alert and attentive, according
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Emotionally attuned managers are better at judging workgroup effectiveness: Novel experiment shows an ability to detect others’ reactions is critical
People who are naturally more attuned to others’ emotions are better able to judge how well small groups are performing,
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Is our personality affected by the way we look? (Or the way we think we look?): Research team at the University of Göttingen disproves previous assumptions
To what extent is our personality an adaptation to our appearance or even our physique? A team of scien-tists at
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New analytic model to better identify patients likely to develop PTSD
New findings from an international research team led by psychiatrists at NYU School of Medicine show that a newly-developed analytic
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Does teen cannabis use lead to behavior problems—or vice versa?
More youth use cannabis than smoke cigarettes in the United States. In other parts of the world, cannabis use has
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Decoding how brain circuits control behavior
The mouse brain contains roughly 80 million neurons, all packed into a space about the size of a hazelnut. Those
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Virtual reality can help make people more compassionate compared to other media
A Stanford-developed virtual reality experience, called “Becoming Homeless,” is helping expand research on how this new immersive technology affects people’s
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