The announcement of the discovery of a new bird comes with a twist: It’s a white-eye, but its eye isn’t white. Still, what this new bird lacks in literal qualities it makes up for as one of the surprises that nature still has tucked away in little-explored corners of the world.
Ornithologists, including one from Michigan State University, describe for science a new species of bird from the Togian Islands of Indonesia – Zosterops somadikartai, or Togian white-eye, in the March edition... متن كامل
There are over ۱۰۰ HPV types.
About ۳۰ of these types are sexually transmitted and cause genital HPV.
Genital HPV is spread through skin-to-skin contact, not through an exchange of bodily fluid.
Genital HPV cannot be entirely prevented by condom use.
This virus is often asymptomatic — people usually don’t know they have it.
About ۵.۵ million new genital HPV cases occur each year — this is about ۱/۳ of all new STD infections.
About ۲۰ million... متن كامل
Trichotillomania
Trichotillomania (TTM) is an impulse disorder that causes people to pull out the hair from their scalp, eyelashes, eyebrows, or other parts of the body, resulting in noticeable bald patches. It is currently defined as an impulse-control disorder, but there are still questions about how it should be classified. It may seem, at times, to resemble a habit, an addiction, a tic disorder or an obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is estimated to affect one to two percent of the population,... متن كامل
Children are harmed when deprived of the opportunity to grow up in a decent society by the crass commercial producers and distributors of hardcore pornography.
Children are harmed when the word “adult” is so often associated in our society with hardcore pornography - rather than with wholesome, loving, faithful, constructive behavior.
Children are harmed when their parents’ marriage is injured or destroyed by an addiction to hardcore pornography.
Children are harmed when their own... متن كامل
Because obscenity laws aren’t enforced.
In a report issued ۱۱ December ۲۰۰۱, the Kaiser Family Foundation said that seventy (۷۰%) of teenagers (defined as ages ۱۵-۱۷) “have accidentally come across pornography on the Web.” Fifty-seven percent of the teens said “being exposed to pornography would have serious impact on kids under ۱۸,” while ۴۱% teens responded that such exposure is “no big deal.”Commenting on the report, entitled, “Generation... متن كامل
People are becoming addicted to mobile phones, causing them to become stressed and irritable, work suggests. Dr David Sheffield, of the University of Staffordshire, found problem behaviour linked to using a mobile in ۱۶% of ۱۰۶ users who were studied.
In a separate study, to be presented at a conference in Essex later, he found blood pressure was lower in those who had given up using mobile phones.
But operators said mobile phones should be seen as a “liberating” tool.
Researchers... متن كامل
Almost ۷۰% of fertility clinics either have no access to donor sperm, or find it extremely difficult to obtain, a BBC survey suggests. Specialists say infertile patients are becoming desperate and more resources are needed for campaigns aimed at recruiting donors.
But the government said some clinics had managed to recruit new donors and the rest should follow suit.
Seventy-four of the UK’s ۸۵ fertility clinics responded to the poll.
Fifty of the clinics surveyed said they either... متن كامل
Scientists have devised a blood test for tuberculosis which they hope will help patients in the developing world. The team from St George’s Hospital and the Medical Research Council National Institute for Medical Research says its serum test is ۹۴% accurate.
It looks for biomarkers - indicators of infection - and could out-perform alternatives, a Lancet study said.
But a TB expert said many teams had tried to devise such a test but ultimately found they were ineffective.
There are... متن كامل
Anticipating a gruesome or traumatic event makes it more vivid and deeply imprinted in the memory, a study says. Researchers found if people were aware something was going to happen, a key memory-forming part of the brain fired.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison said the findings may have implications in the treatment of conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder.
The study, based on ۳۶ people, is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal.
Researchers... متن كامل
A patient in a vegetative state can communicate just through using her thoughts, according to research. A UK/Belgium team studied a ۲۳-year-old woman who had suffered a severe brain injury in a road accident, which left her apparently unable to communicate.
By scanning her brain, they discovered she could understand spoken commands and even imagine playing tennis.
They said their findings, published in Science, were “startling”, but cautioned this could be a one-off case.
Five... متن كامل
