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Feed Doctor - Patient Communication Has A Real Impact On Health (sciencedaily.com)

Good doctor-patient communication makes a difference not only in patient satisfaction but in patient outcomes including resolution of chronic headaches, changes in emotional states, lower blood sugar values in diabetics, improved blood pressure readings in hypertensives, and other important health indicators.
Biotech

Submission + - Fat 'counters vitamin C benefits'

Mark of THE CITY writes: A team at the University of Glasgow found that Vitamin C's health effects are negated by the presence of fat in the diet. Maybe all those doughnuts, washed down with V8, weren't such a good idea, after all.
United States

Submission + - Why cell phones are still grounded

jcatcw writes: Mike Elgan argues that the the real reason that cell phones calls are not allowed is fear of crowd control problems if calls are allowed during flight. Also, the airlines like keeping passengers ignorant about ground conditions. The two public reasons, interference with other systems, could easily be tested, but neither the FAA nor the FCC manage to do such testing.
Databases

Submission + - Data Centers Breathe Easier with Less Oxygen

danbert8 writes: PC World has an article about an interesting new idea for datacenter fire protection. What better protection is there than prevention? From the article:

Air is composed of about 21 percent oxygen, 78 percent nitrogen and 1 percent of other gases. Fire needs the oxygen to burn, and lower percentages of oxygen makes it more difficult or impossible for fire to start.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129918/article.h tml
Enlightenment

Submission + - 10 Reasons Why "Tech Speak" Is The Best La

Develdevil writes: "http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=1145 36

While knowing how to speak Spanish will secure you a customer service job in Los Angeles, knowing how to speak French will make you sound sexier, and knowing how to speak Japanese will make all of your hentai games more interesting, if you know "Tech Speak," you're already 10 times more versatile than all those other bilingual show-offs."

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