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• It's all coming back to me now: Researchers find caffeine enhances memory
• Minorities, poor have more advanced thyroid cancers when diagnosed
• Prisoners believe they are just as law abiding as non-prisoners

It's all coming back to me now: Researchers find caffeine enhances memory Posted: 12 Jan 2014 04:07 PM PST Caffeine is the energy boost of choice for millions. Now, however, researchers have found another use for the stimulant: memory enhancer.

Minorities, poor have more advanced thyroid cancers when diagnosed Posted: 09 Jan 2014 10:21 AM PST Researchers have found that minority patients and those of lower socioeconomic status are far more likely to have advanced thyroid cancer when they are diagnosed with the disease than white patients and those in higher economic brackets. In one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, the team looked at nearly 26,000 patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer and analyzed the impact of race and socioeconomic factors on the stage of presentation, as well as patient survival rates.

Prisoners believe they are just as law abiding as non-prisoners Posted: 09 Jan 2014 06:19 AM PST The belief that we consider ourselves better than our peers holds true to convicted criminals as well. Research has shown that prisoners believe themselves to have more pro-social characteristics - such as kindness, morality, self-control, and generosity - than non-prisoners. The research also showed that prisoners did not rate themselves as more law abiding than non-prisoners, but they did rate themselves as equal.

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