Over the years, media has had many reasons to address the issue of care and support to people with mental illnesses. The Swedish mental hospitals have been…
The discovery was made when the researchers blocked the production of the two enzymes in transgenic mice. This resulted in inhibition of cell growth, fewer…
At the request of the EU, researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have looked at the risk of “chemical cocktails” and have proposed a number of…
A new study from University of Utah psychologists found a small group of people with an extraordinary ability to multitask: Unlike 97.5 percent of those…
Now a study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has contradicted a leading theory, which held that the animals moved their heads so…
Northwestern University researchers have found that even before infants begin to speak, words play an important role in their cognition. For 3-month-old…
The findings are available now in the online edition of the journal “AIDS and Behavior” and are scheduled for publication in an upcoming print issue.”We found…
“Educationally relevant health disparities” are key drivers of the achievement gap, “but they are largely overlooked,” said Charles Basch, the Richard March…
The study, which appears in the April 2010 edition of the journal Addiction, was conducted by Jonathan Howland, professor of community health sciences at BUSPH…
Facelifts and other wrinkle-reducing procedures have long been sought by people wanting to ward off the signs of aging, but new research suggests that it takes…
The authors of the study — published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association — recommend that researchers resist pressures to…
A physical therapy exercise and health education program is effective in improving postnatal well-being and reducing the risk for postnatal depression (PND),…
People with Alzheimer's disease experience a rate of cognitive decline four times greater than those with no cognitive impairment according to a new study by…
“Working in the emergency room is very stressful and physicians need information fast,” said lead author Galit Aviram, M.D., head of cardiothoracic imaging in…
Since the mid-1990s, these women have dramatically increased the time they spend coordinating and driving their children to organized activities, trading in…
“Wherever we look, we observe a recurrent emptiness and disenchantment in the way citizens negotiate urban spaces,” write authors Luca M. Visconti (Università…