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Tragic Human Error Lead to Transplantation of HIV-positive Organs |
 ...s on another case of "malasanita".
A month ago another case shocked Italy, when doctors removed the appendix of a 16-year old girl and did not plug into a generator the girl's ventilator. When the power in the operating room suddenly failed the girl died. The mistakes that doctors make today are highly disputed in various societies, despite this fact mistakes and errors are still present.... |
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Doctors Prescribe Antidepressants for Babies |
 ...ed even for kids less than a year old. Babies are not subjected to depression and doctors could not name any reason for giving them antidepressant drugs.
It's not a secret that antidepressants are powerful psychiatric drugs that often have severe side-effects. According to the recent research, antidepressants could increase the risk of suicide. They shouldn't be prescribed to children under 8, and as a rule are not pre... |
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Tongue Drive System to Operate Computers |
 ...nly a size of a grain of rice, is attached to an individual's tongue using implantation, piercing or adhesive. This technology allows a disabled person to use tongue when moving a computer mouse or a powered wheelchair.
Scientists chose the tongue to control the system because unlike the feet and the hands, which are connected by brain through spinal cord, the tongue and the brain has a direct connection through crania... |
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Baby's Smile Lights Up Mother's Brain |
 ...her images. Mothers' brains turned on "reward centers" of the brain, which supports the theory that mothers are biologically programmed to care.
"The smile just by itself - just by seeing it - is a powerful social reward," outlined Dr. Ross Thompson, a professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis.
"And it's a social reward, especially for mothers who are invested in helping that baby feel good," he... |
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China Denies the Accusations on its Military Build-up |
 ...nce held on Tuesday, Qin Gang, the spokesman of Chinese Foreign Ministry, stated that China continues walking on the road of peaceful development. He also mentioned that China represents an important power of maintaining world peace.
Qin said that the peaceful position of China can be proved by the role it has played as an opposition to the development of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction in North Korea.
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First Antarctic Educational Center to be Opened Soon |
 ...ill learn about the things that they can do for protecting our planet.
The base itself has a size of 40 by 10 feet. The material from which it is made is recyclable. It functions using alternative power supply systems: wind and sun. On the roof of the base a camera will be set. Thus the teachers will be able to use in class the educational material provided by the website. The online broadcast will include images and s... |
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Iraq Asks for Help to Stop Violence |
 ...rime Minister of Lebanon. One of the main concerns still remains Iran's nuclear program.
Despite the fact that there were no one-on-one conversations between U.S. and Iran regarding the use of EFPs (powerful bombs), that are considered by the U.S. officials to be made in Iran and afterwards exported to militants in Iraq, the problem of foreign arms was nevertheless discussed. The EFPs were amongst the most deadly to be u... |
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Japanese Scientists Work on a Flexible Battery |
 ...e a high level of charging and discharging.
According to Dr. Nishide the high charge and discharge capacity of their development is one of many advantages it has over other organic materials, as the power of the organic materials is limited to the amount of charge they get. Dr. Nishide also mentioned that it took only one minute to charge a pfilm polymer battery and that it's life cycle could be over 1000 charges.
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No PowerPoint, please! |
 ...Scientists from the New South Wales University in Australia have studied, again, the effects Microsoft PowerPoint has on viewers of presentations made with the help of this software.
The Australian scientists think that according to the "cognitive load theory" the human brain cannot receive and 'decode' visual and audio information at the same time for longer than a few seconds. Thus information consisting of diagrams an... |
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Fake Nature of a Rolex is Hidden in Details |
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Rolex President models have 18k yellow or white gold or platinum cases. Only fake watches have cases produced from stainless steel or two-tone stainless steel and gold.
Very few Rolex watches are powered by a quartz movement. Ten percent of the Oyster Perpetual models make up the exception. As for the other ninety percent, they are equipped with automatic movement of the brand.
Day and date indications are featured o... |
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Men look at face, women look down there |
 ...howed increased brain activity in amygdalia viewing sexual stimuli. As amygdalia is known to deal with our emotions, there can be a link between this part of the brain and men's reaction to faces.
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Schools include MySpace in the curriculum |
| ...seen as a an obstacle and were banned, now many teachers see it a helpful tool as this attracts great interest among teenagers.
Every participant taking part in the project will have a blog with profile page, and have an opportunity to share photos, ideas and communicate with friends in online communities.
Some tutors fear that such innovations will be ineffective, while inventors of the Elgg assure that this will... |
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