The key to good health is to be physically active. The key to being active is… to be born that way?The well-documented importance of exercise in maintaining…
Their discovery might lead to a better understanding and the improved treatment of psychiatric affections in which people feel distressed when meeting others,…
Ohio State University students who used the devices to answer multiple-choice questions during physics lectures earned final examination scores that were…
CMU psychology professor Bryan Gibson surveyed undergraduate college students by measuring their preference for a variety of soft drinks, including Coke and…
The Head of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department at the Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Miguel Ángel Herráiz, who presented the results of the survey this…
A fascinating new study in the Journal of Consumer Research looks at the role advertising has played in China’s transformation. Authors Xin Zhao (University of…
Traditionally, risky drinking in young men and women receives most attention but the ageing process means that older people experience alcohol-related problems…
Cancer survival varies widely between countries according to a worldwide study published online today in Lancet Oncology.* More than 100 investigators…
The study shows that stress and fear reduce the likelihood of successful identification, bringing into question a victim’s ability to identify the perpetrator…
The study also demonstrated that stenoses can be diagnosed with the same high accuracy as with invasive x-ray angiography. At the University Hospital in Zürich…
Growing evidence indicates that exposure to irregular patterns of light and darkness can cause the human circadian system to fall out of synchrony with the…
A study published today in BioMed Central’s open access journal Environmental Health found that among women from the San Francisco Bay Area, those exposed to…
The study, led by researchers at the University of Illinois, is detailed this month in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. It relied on a genetic…
With their waiting rooms crowded and exam rooms full, many physicians say they are too busy to be good communicators. Those who study physician time-management…
Children in full-day kindergarten have slightly better reading and math skills than children in part-day kindergarten, but these initial academic benefits…
It is a complex field, however, revealed by the lack of consistent and replicable findings across multiple studies, but some encouraging results are beginning…