351. Finding out what they think: a rough primer to user research, part 1
June 21, 2012
However, many, many books have been written on research methodologyand I cannot cover everything. Therefore these two articles cannotbe taken as completely comprehensive. In the first of the articles I will be covering a few generalpoints about Games User Research and then discussing three metho...
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352. Facebook users share and 'like' too much, report says
June 20, 2012
Facebook has nearly 1 billion users, but a good chunk of them areclueless when it comes to using the social network safely, a newstudy conducted by Consumer Reports has found. Consumer Reports projected its findings after questioning Facebook, security experts, privacy lawyers, appdevelopers, ...
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353. Samhsa awards more than $6.2 million to help colleges anduniversities prevent suicide
June 20, 2012
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration(SAMHSA) is awarding $6.2 million in grants to 21 colleges anduniversities to assist in their efforts to prevent suicide andenhance mental health services for students in crisis. The grants are designed toenhance services for students wit...
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354. Majority of nurses' and doctors' hospital uniforms carry dangerousbacteria
June 19, 2012
According to a study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Infection Control , the official publication of APIC (Association for Professionalsin Infection Control and Epidemiology), over 60 percent of hospitalnurses' and doctors' uniforms tested positive for potentiallydanger...
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355. Mental and physical illness of 9/11 recovery and rescue workersstill on-going after ten years
June 19, 2012
An article in this week's 9/11 special issue of The Lancet , written by Dr Juan P Wisnivesky of the Mount Sinai School ofMedicine in New York, USA, and his colleagues states that from over50,000 rescue and recovery workers estimated to have givenassistance following the attack on the World Trade ...
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356. Suicide bombs in iraq caused 200 coalition soldier and 12,000civilian casualties from 2003-10
June 19, 2012
In The Lancet's special 9/11 issue, a report details the devastating impact ofsuicide bombs on both Iraqi civilians and coalition troops. Theeditorial is by Dr Madelyn Hsiao-Rei Hicks, Institute ofPsychiatry, King's College London, UK, and Iraq Body Count, London,UK, and colleagues. In Iraq...
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357. Obesity-induced brain changes may be reason weight control is sohard
June 17, 2012
The biggest obstacle to the successful treatment of obesity is the tendency to regain weight lost through diet and exercise,and evidence is increasing that this could be due to physiologicalcauses. Recently, an Australian study reported that after large weight loss, appetite-regulatinghormones ap...
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358. Aquatic therapy soon after total knee arthroplasty improvesoutcomes
June 17, 2012
Despite increased use of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and totalknee arthroplasty (TKA), there is a notable lack of consensus aboutoptimal postoperative treatment. Aquatic therapy has been shown tohave a beneficial effect, and it is typically begun two weeks aftersurgery, after the wound has heal...
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359. Updated treatment guidelines for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
June 16, 2012
Patients who are diagnosed in the emergency room with a specifictype of brain bleed should be considered for immediate transfer toa hospital that treats at least 35 cases a year, according to a newscientific statement from the American Heart Association/AmericanStroke Association. The Guidelines f...
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360. Presentation at breast cancer conference reveals breast cancer inyoung women is a distinct disease
June 16, 2012
Breast cancer in young women is a biologically unique disease that requirescustomized management strategies, researchers reported at the 4thIMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference, in Brussels, Belgium, 3-5 May2012. The reported findings have potentially important implications fortreatment, because br...
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