UK researchers interviewed eleven people aged 49 to 61 in contact with voluntary sector drug treatment services. “This exploratory study, together with our…

High levels of the stress hormone cortisol strongly predict cardiovascular death among both persons with and without pre-existing cardiovascular disease…

“We have developed algorithms that allow a robot to determine whether it should deceive a human or other intelligent machine and we have designed techniques…

Chest compressions before defibrillation in patients with sudden cardiac arrest is equally successful as immediate treatment with an electrical defibrillator,…

The researchers found that women considered “underweight” or “obese,” or who had increased abdominal obesity prior to cancer diagnosis seemed to face a greater…

Findings from a study by John M. Drake, associate professor in the University of Georgia Odum School of Ecology, and Blaine D. Griffen, assistant professor at…

While it's true that online commerce has had an impact on all types of retail stores, it's not time to bring out the wrecking ball quite yet, says a team of…

Over the last thirty years cars sold in Sweden have become larger, and what's more they accelerate ever faster. This has entailed that some of the cars'…

The report's principal author is Jennifer Van Hook, professor of sociology and demographics at Penn State and non-resident fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based…

“Indoor and outdoor falls are both important,” says senior author Marian T. Hannan, D.Sc., a senior scientist at the Institute for Aging Research, “but people…

Changing how a person perceives and thinks about others was the most effective intervention for loneliness, a sweeping analysis of previous research has…

Now, a pilot study of six families living in a farm town in New Mexico suggests that small infusions of cash could fuel such cooperation and produce…

Schoolyard taunts of any type can potentially damage a child's sense of self-confidence. But a new study suggests that a particular kind of teasing – about…

Obesity has been associated with an increased incidence of many cancers, including leukemia, but it has been unknown whether the increase in incidence was a…

Penetrating injury rates were more than 20 times higher for persons living in the lowest income neighborhoods compared with those living in the highest income…

A study by a team of researchers from Warwick Medical School and the State University of New York at Buffalo has found short sleep duration is associated with…