Sat, 29 Jun 2024 01:22:43 -0400WeeblySun, 17 Oct 2010 21:45:17 GMThttp://www.scientistafoundation.com/in-the-news/good-decision-making-groups-need-more-women-not-geniusesA study published in Science revealed that decision-making groups perform better when they include women.  Anita Woolley and colleagues theorize that the better performance rates may be due to the fact that women tend to exhibit greater social sensitivity.

Read more about Anita Woolley's study here:
http://www.livescience.com/culture/cooperation-social-sensitivity-impacts-collective-intelligence-100930.html]]>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:06:35 GMThttp://www.scientistafoundation.com/in-the-news/hip-size-correlated-to-memory-loss-in-women-according-to-diana-r-kerwin-mdAccording to a study by Diana R. Kerwin, MD, assistant professor of medicine and a physician at Northwestern Medicine at Northwestern University, obese older women experience more memory loss if their weight is distributed around their hips.

Read the original article from WebMD here:
http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20100714/excess-weight-on-hips-linked-to-memory-problems
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Dr. Miriah Meyer, Harvard Postdoc, discusses the joys of being a computer scientist specializing in the field of visualization. Her current research combines computer science and biology, focusing on gene expression. Read the Harvard Gazette interview about her path to research and her experience being a post doctoral fellow. 


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http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/07/computer-imaging-that-aids-science/]]>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:15:46 GMThttp://www.scientistafoundation.com/in-the-news/-dr-reisa-sperling-of-brigham-and-womens-creates-new-online-service-to-improve-alzheimers-research
Dr. Sperling, of Brigham and Womens, created an online matching service, called TrialMatch, that will help enroll Alzheimers patients into clinicial trials. Right now, though there are may drugs being created that can potentially treat this disease, it would take years to get enough people enrolled to even test them. You can read more about Dr. Sperling's promising and innovative solution below.


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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66B66E20100712]]>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:13:49 GMThttp://www.scientistafoundation.com/in-the-news/childrens-hospital-boston-dr-carla-kim-sheds-light-on-cancer-stem-cellshttp://ht.ly/27L2p]]>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:51:33 GMThttp://www.scientistafoundation.com/in-the-news/mina-bissel-awarded-american-italian-cancer-foundations-prize-for-scientific-excellence-in-medicineAWIS member Mina Bissel, known for her contributions to Breast Cancer research, awarded the 2010 AICF Prize. See below for article.
http://www.lbl.gov/publicinfo/newscenter/tabl/2010/june/06-24-10/]]>