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Psychiatric assessments for predicting violence are ineffective

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From the University of Queen Mary London media release: Standard approaches for investigating risk of violence in psychiatric patients and prisoners are inaccurate and should be abandoned in all future studies, according to researchers from Queen… 

Stroke: Weigh Paitents Before Giving Drugs

From the University of Royal Holloway London media release: A new study has revealed stroke patients receiving emergency clot busting drugs, the correct dose of which depends on the patient’s weight, may be receiving the wrong… 

Faster brain waves make shorter gaps in visual stream

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From the University of Wisconsin-Madison media release: “Blink and you’ll miss it” isn’t only for eyelids. The human brain also blinks, dropping a few frames of visual information here and there. Those lapses of attention come… 

Smart but shy: What women want in a sperm donor

From the Queensland University of Technology media release: A QUT study into how women choose sperm donors online has revealed men who are intellectual, shy, calm and methodical are selected to produce more children than those… 

Surge in heroin use tied to prescription opioid abuse

From the Texas A&M University media release: Heroin use has increased a staggering 63 percent over the last 10 years according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That increase, according to the agency,…