How Far Should Research Go?
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Do you know any kids who have diabetes? Living with the disease can mean having to prick your finger to test your blood and getting insulin shots to keep the disease from becoming even more serious.
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The American Medical Association is concerned, but says more research is needed before a definitive statement can be made.
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Researchers should study more  children and pregnant women in trying to figure out if cell  phones or other wireless devices could damage health, the U.S.  National Research Council advised on Thursday.
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But we don't know when, and by how much. Here's what to do.
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It is important to go beyond a raw statistic, like the percent of backup successes or failures, to properly analyze and interpret the actual meaning. To that end, here are three fundamental guidelines to apply when attempting to determine backup health.
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Researchers are trying to understand how much vitamin D is necessary for optimal health. Are you taking enough?
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher Virginia Dale likes to say the scientific process is all about studying vast amounts of evidence over time. In the case of global climate change, the Department of Energy lab has crunched 100 trillion bytes of information in its high-performance computers. The results went into the international studies credited by Al Gore for his Nobel Peace Prize.
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Life & style: Â· Focus on distance is too narrow, say researchersÂ· 'Only 2%' of impact due to transport from farm to shop
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&quot;While more research is needed to determine what effect MIT would have in rodent models, both at the cellular level and to a developing nervous system, our results thus far suggest there is potential that everyday exposure to the chemical could also be
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It's not exactly light reading, but there's plenty of good news in a report from the National Academy of Engineering. It's a list of the "Grand Challenges" in engineering this century compiled by an array of experts like the genetics researcher J. Craig Ventner and Google's Larry Page. What's encouraging isn't so much the list [...].
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The biggest-ever study into the causes of breast cancer was launched today. It will track 100,000 women for 50 years. The research aims to find out to what
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It is the season of exploration. Everywhere you look, prospective 2008 presidential candidates are forming exploratory committees. Three leading Republicans and one prominent Democrat who have long been pursuing the presidency announced  such committees in recent days, saying they are not ready to...
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In this era of drive-by searching when most people are satisfied with just about any 'information' that turns up in top ten result lists, it's refreshing to read a book by a professional researcher who's an unabashed skeptic about virtually all sources of online information.
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Fools can draw too many conclusions from too little data.
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Science & environment: Â· Scientists studied 1,000 brain tumour patientsÂ· Wider investigation into phones due later this year
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Scientists discuss their prefered targets for the next multi-billion-dollar
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Living to 100 is easier than you might think. Surprising new research suggests that even people who develop heart disease or diabetes late in life have a decent shot at reaching the century mark.