Pulse pressure is the systolic pressure, or the top number in a blood pressure reading, minus the diastolic, or the bottom number. Pulse pressure increases…
A new study published today in Nature Communications has found that part of the reason comes down to the processes that our brain performs when learning and…
A new study by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists shows that observed changes in global (ocean and land) precipitation are directly affected by…
Berkeley researchers analyzed longitudinal data from a nationally representative cohort of 2,700 U.S. adolescents of whom 30 percent reported bedtimes later…
A recent report issued by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) estimates that more than 22 million women aged between 50-84 years in the European…
A team led by Kathryn J. Ruddy, MD, MPH, and Dr. Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH, surveyed 585 women recently diagnosed with breast cancer at or under the age of 40…
The researchers are investigating polymers that “snap” when triggered by light, thereby converting light energy into mechanical work and potentially…
They were less depressed and stressed than the control group who didn’t receive parent training as well as the mothers who did receive the same parenting…
Biologists have known that bird populations decline near roads. But pinpointing noise as a cause has been a problem because past studies of the effects of road…
“Charities incorrectly assume that connecting with people through social media always leads to more meaningful support,” says Sauder PhD student Kirk…
This may be because many of these teenage parents are poor, uneducated, and lack parental safety and supervision skills. In a new study scheduled for…
Researchers from the University of Missouri have found a more accurate laboratory method for diagnosing pancreatic cancer, the fourth leading cause of cancer…
The research is published in the November 6, 2013, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study found that…
While playing a math video game either competitively or collaboratively with another player—as compared to playing alone—students adopted a mastery mindset…
New research shows that chronic stress changes gene activity in immune cells before they reach the bloodstream. With these changes, the cells are primed to…
A multi-institutional research team, led by Johns Hopkins engineers, says it has solved this puzzle. In an article published in the Nov. 4-8 online edition of…
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