http://www.orshe.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 21 May 2013 16:55:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 http://www.orshe.com/the-risky-side-to-taking-risks http://www.orshe.com/the-risky-side-to-taking-risks#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:55:45 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/the-risky-side-to-taking-risks Researchers have long believed that people’s risk-taking tendencies are genetic and unchanging. Recent research is shattering that view, revealing context and mood have a big impact. Sue Shellenbarger and Elke Weber, Columbia University Center for Decision Sciences director, join Lunch Break.]]> http://www.orshe.com/the-risky-side-to-taking-risks/feed http://www.orshe.com/new-tracking-of-a-patients-radiation-exposure http://www.orshe.com/new-tracking-of-a-patients-radiation-exposure#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:54:48 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/new-tracking-of-a-patients-radiation-exposure In an unusual approach to reduce medical-radiation exposure, Intermountain Health Care of Utah will announce a program to track patients’ cumulative radiation exposure and use it to help guide treatment decisions. Laura Landro reports on Lunch Break. Photo: AP.]]> http://www.orshe.com/new-tracking-of-a-patients-radiation-exposure/feed http://www.orshe.com/no-quick-fix-for-contaminated-rice-in-china http://www.orshe.com/no-quick-fix-for-contaminated-rice-in-china#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 07:43:56 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/no-quick-fix-for-contaminated-rice-in-china Nearly half the rice samples from markets in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou contain excessive levels of dangerous cadmium, official tests found. Jean-Yves Chow, a senior industry analyst at Rabobank, talks about why the contamination will take time to clean up.]]> http://www.orshe.com/no-quick-fix-for-contaminated-rice-in-china/feed http://www.orshe.com/taking-meds-goes-high-tech http://www.orshe.com/taking-meds-goes-high-tech#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 20:39:07 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/taking-meds-goes-high-tech Startups are coming up with new technologies, such as "digital pills," aimed at getting people to take medicine only as directed. Timothy Hay joins The News Hub]]> http://www.orshe.com/taking-meds-goes-high-tech/feed http://www.orshe.com/why-naps-are-better-than-sleep-binges http://www.orshe.com/why-naps-are-better-than-sleep-binges#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 20:36:03 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/why-naps-are-better-than-sleep-binges Can you catch up on lost sleep by bingeing on the weekend? ]]> http://www.orshe.com/why-naps-are-better-than-sleep-binges/feed http://www.orshe.com/how-social-behavior-may-point-to-brain-problems http://www.orshe.com/how-social-behavior-may-point-to-brain-problems#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 16:26:29 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/how-social-behavior-may-point-to-brain-problems With many neurological disorders, from Alzheimer's to ADHD, the first clue something is wrong may be atypical social behavior. Shirley Wang reports on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.]]> http://www.orshe.com/how-social-behavior-may-point-to-brain-problems/feed http://www.orshe.com/employers-eye-bare-bones-health-plans http://www.orshe.com/employers-eye-bare-bones-health-plans#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 16:22:55 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/employers-eye-bare-bones-health-plans Employers are increasingly recognizing they may be able to avoid certain penalties under the federal health law with very limited plans that can lack key benefits like hospital coverage. Christopher Weaver joins Lunch Break. ]]> http://www.orshe.com/employers-eye-bare-bones-health-plans/feed http://www.orshe.com/new-cancer-drugs-harness-power-of-immune-system http://www.orshe.com/new-cancer-drugs-harness-power-of-immune-system#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 17:11:09 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/new-cancer-drugs-harness-power-of-immune-system New data on experimental drugs that enlist the immune system against cancer suggest a broad impact for the strategy against a variety of tumors. Ron Winslow reports on Lunch Break]]> http://www.orshe.com/new-cancer-drugs-harness-power-of-immune-system/feed http://www.orshe.com/scientists-take-step-towards-human-cloning http://www.orshe.com/scientists-take-step-towards-human-cloning#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 18:36:51 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/scientists-take-step-towards-human-cloning Scientists have used cloning technology to transform human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, an experiment that may revive the controversy over human cloning. WSJ’s Gautam Naik reports. Photo: OHSU]]> http://www.orshe.com/scientists-take-step-towards-human-cloning/feed http://www.orshe.com/google-crosses-900-and-more http://www.orshe.com/google-crosses-900-and-more#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 17:52:57 +0000 admin http://www.orshe.com/google-crosses-900-and-more What's News: Google shares cross $900 for the first time on the same day the company announces a music-streaming services. ]]> http://www.orshe.com/google-crosses-900-and-more/feed