Health And Social Care Bill – British Medical Association Says What Changes Are Needed

Monday, October 31st, 2011

Further changes to the Health and Social Care Bill in order to mitigate damage to the health service were published by the BMA as the legislation reaches the Lords Committee Stage. The BMA addresses eleven areas of continuing concern in its latest briefing paper, including: It ...

Twitter Reveals People’s Mood Changes As The Day Progresses

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Most of us throughout the world tend to have better moods at weekends and during the first couple of hours of the morning - mood gradually deteriorates as the day develops, researchers from Cornell University reported in the journal Science. They gathered data on 509 million Tweets (Twitter posts) ...

Magic Mushrooms Can Bring About Lasting Personality Changes

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Taking magic mushrooms (psilocybin) can have a lasting change on the individual's personality, making them more open about their feelings and the way they perceive things, researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, wrote in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. The authors explained that those who had ...

Rio Says Oyu Tolgoi Accord Changes May Alarm Mongolia Investors

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

Rio Tinto Group said that potential changes by Mongolia to an investment accord that at present gives partner Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. control of one of the world’s largest copper mines will alarm investors. Find more info about Rio Says Oyu Tolgoi Accord Changes May Alarm Mongolia Investors photos videos pictures. read ...

Predicting Alzheimer’s Disease More Accurate Through Cognitive Changes Than Biomarkers

Tuesday, September 6th, 2011

Measuring people's changes in cognitive abilities is a better predictor of Alzheimer's disease than changes in biomarkers, researchers from the Benito Menni Complex Assistencial en Salut Mental, Barcelona, Spain, reported in Archives of General Psychiatry, a JAMA journal. The authors explain that changes in cerebrospinal fluid levels of some proteins ...