http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/study/ en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:14:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415089/posts Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist By Meg Sullivan December 14, 2005 Category: Research While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper's news pages are liberal, even more liberal than The New York Times. The Drudge Report may have a right-wing reputation, but it leans left. Coverage by public television and radio is conservative compared to the rest of the mainstream media. Meanwhile, almost all major media outlets tilt to the left.... http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Media-Bias-Is-Real-Finds-UCLA-6664.aspx?RelNum=6664 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415089/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:14:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411082/posts A new study has confirmed that Obama's "stimulus" spending is overwhelmingly targeting Democratic districts and being used as partisan constituent payoffs...while ignoring unemployment. The study, conducted by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Virginia, found that the porkulus funds have gone to Democrat districts almost twice as often as Republican districts. Now, as I have noted before, the worst economic disaster areas usually are run exclusively by Democrats and have been for decades. However, as Mercatus Center scholar Veronique de Rugy explains: "If the stimulus money was actually spent to create jobs, there would be more stimulus money... The Macon County Conservative Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411082/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:25:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410361/posts Many on the right view the Toyota Prius as a tree-hugger's feel-good car. They are much more expensive than non-tree-hugger cars of the same size, and while the mileage is better, the added cost of the vehicle will never equal the gas savings over the life of the car. But the enviro-buyers don't really care about the cost savings (if they did, why would they overpay for the car?). It is really only about one thing: showing the world that they care more about saving the planet than you or I do. To those of us in the global warming... Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410361/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:28:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402434/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the most systematic looks yet at the swine flu pandemic confirms that it is at worst only a little more serious than an average flu season and could well be a good deal milder, researchers said on Monday. ... Lipsitch's team calculated a potential range of 7,800 to 29,000 deaths. This compares to seasonal flu, which kills 36,000 people a year and puts 200,000 into the hospital. Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402434/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:14:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401541/posts I have been asked by numerous individuals as to how I manage to get through the Bible in one years time. It is a task I attempt to undertake every year, and I must admit that often times I find myself bunching up a few books around the end of the year to accomplish my task. There are many schedules put out every January by various Christian Churches and organizations that will guide you in accomplishing such an endeavor. I am sure those who attend church regularly will find that their Church offers a schedule every December. Unfortunately, what... Gate of The City http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2401541/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 16:33:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394188/posts Link only due to copyright issue Bloomberg http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394188/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:17:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390273/posts WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2009 – American forces are waiting to see what effect the veto of Iraqi election legislation may have on the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, the commander of Multinational Force Iraq said in Baghdad yesterday. “I think we’re set up and we’re flexible enough between now and the first of May,” Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno said. “So … we won’t have to make any decisions until the late spring.” Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi’s veto of an election law recently passed by Iraq’s legislature that would allow the election to take place has thrown the... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390273/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:39:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388429/posts Uninsured patients with traumatic injuries, such as car crashes, falls and gunshot wounds, were almost twice as likely to die in the hospital as similarly injured patients with health insurance, according to a troubling new study. The findings by Harvard University researchers surprised doctors and health experts who have believed emergency room care was equitable. "This is another drop in a sea of evidence that the uninsured fare much worse in their health in the United States," said senior author Dr. Atul Gawande, a Harvard surgeon and medical journalist. The study, appearing in the November issue of Archives of Surgery,... CBS News / AP (Obama) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388429/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:18:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383996/posts Study: 20 Percent of Women Using Abortion Drug Face Medical Complications Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Planned Parenthood says "Our monitoring shows that mifepristone medication abortion continues to be a safe abortion option." The distributor of Mifeprex (the trade name for RU 486) says that "Mifeprex is 92-95% effective for safely ending early pregnancy." But a new study from Finland says that 20% of the women using the abortion pill suffer at least one significant complication. Nearly 4% reported two or more complications or "adverse events." http://www.LifeNews.com/int1377.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383996/posts#comment Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:55:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2368074/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) – Researchers in the United States have found another good reason to go to the local espresso bar: several cups of coffee a day could halt the progression of liver disease, a study showed Wednesday. Sufferers of chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease who drank three or more cups of coffee per day slashed their risk of the disease progressing by 53 percent compared to patients who drank no coffee, the study led by Neal Freedman of the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) showed. For the study, 766 participants enrolled in the Hepatitis C Antiviral Long-Term Treatment... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2368074/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:35:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366423/posts The H1N1 vaccine will arrive too late to help most Americans who will be infected during this flu season, according to a study conducted by scholars at Purdue University, The Washington Times reported on Tuesday. The study also estimates that the virus — commonly referred to as the swine flu bug — will infect about 60 percent of the U.S. population, although only about 25 percent of Americans will fall ill. The Washington Times via FOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366423/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:46:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2362434/posts University of California, Davis, researchers studying the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, formerly referred to as "swine flu," have identified a group of immunologically important sites on the virus that are also present in seasonal flu viruses that have been circulating for years. These molecular sites appear to result in some level of immunity to the new virus in people who were exposed to the earlier influenza viruses. More than a dozen structural sites, or epitopes, in the virus may explain why many people over the age of 60, who were likely exposed to similar viruses earlier in life, carry antibodies... University of California - Davis http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2362434/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:31:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362610/posts LONDON (AFP) – The Arctic ice cap will disappear completely in summer months within 20 to 30 years, a polar research team said as they presented findings from an expedition led by adventurer Pen Hadow. It is likely to be largely ice-free during the warmer months within a decade, the experts added. Veteran polar explorer Hadow and two other Britons went out on the Arctic ice cap for 73 days during the northern spring, taking more than 6,000 measurements and observations of the sea ice. The raw data they collected from March to May has been analysed, producing some stark... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362610/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:53:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355815/posts In Philadelphia, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania find, possessing a gun is strongly associated with getting shot. Since "guns did not protect those who possessed them," they conclude, "people should rethink their possession of guns." This is like noting that possessing a parachute is strongly associated with being injured while jumping from a plane, then concluding that skydivers would be better off unemcumbered by safety equipment designed to slow their descent. "Can this study possibly be as stupid as it sounds?" asks Stewart Baker at Skating on Stilts. Having shelled out $30 for the privilege of reading the entire... Reason http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355815/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 12:19:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354564/posts Study: Earth is outside of ‘safe operating space’Planet taking environmental hits all at once; ‘it’s truly scary in a lot of ways’ By Emily Sohn updated 6:09 p.m. ET, Thurs., Sept . 24, 2009 We are on the verge of pushing nature into a state of instability like nothing humanity has seen before, according to a study published in the journal Nature. The study, which attempted for the first time to come up with real numbers for a set of conditions beyond which Earth may not be able to recover, found that we may have already crossed several tipping points.... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354564/posts#comment Sun, 4 Oct 2009 13:51:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344425/posts PARIS (AFP) – Two-thirds of the world's major deltas, home to nearly half a billion people, are caught in the scissors of sinking land and rising seas, according to a study published Sunday. The new findings, based on satellite images, show that 85 percent of the 33 largest delta regions experienced severe flooding over the past decade, affecting 260,000 square kilometres (100,000 square miles). Delta land vulnerable to serious flooding could expand by 50 percent this century if ocean levels increase as expected under moderate climate change scenarios, the study projects. Worst hit will be Asia, but heavily populated and... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344425/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:27:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2344156/posts Founded around 255 BC and named after his wife Laodice by the Seleucid King Antiochus II, this city was located about 100 miles directly east of the first church mentioned by Christ, "Ephesus". Situated on one of the great Asian trade routs, Laodicea become prosperous because of its garment industry which used a black wool that had a soft texture like silk and could be found only in the Lycus Valley. However, it was also known for a medical school that grew out if it’s temple worship of the Phrygian god Men Karou, located 13 miles west of Laodicea. Its... Post Scripts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2344156/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:23:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341249/posts Study Shows One Abortion Ups Premature Birth Risk for Women by 36 Percent Ottawa, Canada (LifeNews.com) -- A new study by a Canadian researcher finds that women who have just one abortion increase the risk of having a premature birth in a subsequent pregnancy by 36 percent. The research is the latest in a long string of studies confirming the link between abortion and premature birth. http://www.LifeNews.com/int1321.html LifeNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341249/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:06:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335186/posts WASHINGTON -- Terrorists are aiming for hotels and other easier-to-hit targets as security measures at military and government facilities continue to improve, says a global intelligence company. Al Qaeda is changing from a centralized organization with global goals to regional "franchises" with more parochial aims and strong grass-roots support, according to a report Tuesday from STRATFOR. These smaller cells get less training and less money, so they set their sights lower. That doesn't mean they aren't dangerous, "particularly if they are attempting to prove their value or if they are able to link up with someone who is highly tactically... Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335186/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 04:50:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334818/posts Vanda Terrell is still getting used to saying it. "Let's open our Bibles," the veteran Plano ISD teacher tells students daily at two public high schools in the district. And it's legal for her to do it. A new state law requires that Texas public schools incorporate Bible literacy into the curriculum. But the law provides no specific guidelines, funding for materials or teacher training. So high schools are left scrambling to figure out what to teach and how to teach it. A handful of North Texas districts are offering an elective class, but most are choosing instead to embed... Dallas News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334818/posts#comment Tue, 8 Sep 2009 19:59:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330933/posts A new report from UC Davis researchers finds that American gun shows are the leading source of guns used in crimes, not just in the United States, but Mexico and Canada as well. cali http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2330933/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 02:08:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303100/posts "Antiviral drug treatment of swine flu may be wasted on the elderly and should be reserved for young people, suggest researchers who created a model of the effect of antiviral treatment on the spread of the H1N1 virus." Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2303100/posts#comment Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:55:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294484/posts THURSDAY, July 16 (HealthDay News) -- Deaths and injuries on America's interstates have increased since the repeal of the federal 55-mile-per-hour speed limit in 1995, a new study finds, and some believe it's time to slow down again. Researchers tracking fatalities attributed 12,545 deaths and 36,582 injuries in fatal crashes to higher speed limits implemented during the 1995-2005 study period. "Our study clearly shows that policy can directly result in more deaths as well as reducing deaths on our country's roads," said lead researcher Lee S. Friedman of the division of environmental and occupational health sciences in the School of... MSN Health and Fitness http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2294484/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:26:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274810/posts NEW YORK (Reuters) – Medical device maker Medtronic Inc paid almost $800,000 in consulting fees to a former U.S. Army surgeon accused of fabricating a key study, according to published reports. The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal said the payments were made to Timothy Kuklo, who is accused of making up a report that showed positive results for Infuse, one of Medtronic's important spine products. The newspapers reported that the Army had said the study was based on false information, and that Kuklo had forged signatures of purported co-authors of the study. Medtronic told The Wall Street... Reuters-Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274810/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:54:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274287/posts Say hello, get socializing and be happy. Medical researchers have established a direct link between a buoyant, outgoing personality and better health. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274287/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:10:58 GMT