research

Hacking into a spam network was a means by which researchers could detail how email generates capital. It may be surprising how much email a spammer needs to convert a sale:
“Spammers are turning a profit despite only getting one response for every 12.5m e-mails they send, finds a study.
…The analysis suggests [...]

Locally, bottled water is just expensive. By comparison, it is more expensive than gasoline. And depending on location, it is more expensive than milk, soda drinks and draft beer. The buyer assumes that, for the extra costs, the product is free of contaminants. It seems that recent findings place doubts on [...]

Research has supported the hypothesis that using the internet helps cognitive functions:
“For middle aged and older people at least, using the internet helps boost brain power, research suggests.
A University of California Los Angeles team found searching the web stimulates centres in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning.”
link: Internet use ‘good for [...]

A finding from Kaiser Permanente Northern California indicates that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) may be reduced by using a fan:
“…The study’s findings, based on data collected from nearly 500 mother-and-child pairs in California between 1997 and 2000, indicate that the use of a fan in an infant’s room may reduce the likelihood of sudden [...]

It seems like a kindness from the physician. A free drug sample of prescription medication saves some dollars and it allows some exposure to the product before purchasing. However, for children, this free drug sample may be unsafe:
“…The researchers found that one in 20 American children received free drug samples in 2004. And [...]

Volunteers are needed. Healthy volunteers are welcomed. It is an effort to understand and eradicate breast cancer:
“We need to look at women with and without breast cancer to understand the molecular changes.”
— Kim Baltzell, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
link: An Army of Women
For women, it is simply in our best interest to [...]

In research design, two important concepts are reliability and validity. During this political campaign season, these two constructs are being mangled constantly. Here is a simplified look at these two variables.
A concept is deemed reliable when one person can use the methodology and then communicate it well enough to another person to follow [...]

Rachael Ray is known as a food expert - a human food expert. She is hoping to expand her culinary skills to include dog food and dog treats. She is launching a premiere line of dog food and treats. It will be called Rachael Ray (TM) Nutrish.
link: Rachael Ray Launches Line [...]

It is an irony that is commented upon by many. Scientists are using the tobacco plant to produce a component of a cancer vaccine:
“…They are using the plants as factories for an antibody chemical specific to the cells which cause follicular B-cell lymphoma, a type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
These antibodies are put into a [...]

This may be the medical model of the future. In an attempt to prevent future cardiac problems, cholesterol drugs are suggested for children as young as eight years old:
“…It is the strongest guidance ever given on the issue by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which released its new guidelines Monday. The academy also recommends [...]