Both boys and girls negatively affected by sexual harassment 22 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly explored the outcomes of sexual harassment on both boys and girls. While girls were harassed more frequently, boys were indirectly yet negatively affected through a school ... | |
5 more children die of virus in China 22 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Five more children have died of hand, foot and mouth disease in China, bringing the death toll to 39 since late March, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday. | |
Are anxiety disorders all in the mind? 22 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Using single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), researchers in The Netherlands were able to detect biochemical differences in the brains of individuals with generalized social anxiety disorder (also known as social ... | |
Physical activity more likely to prevent breast cancer in certain groups 5 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Physically active women are 25 per cent less likely to get breast cancer, but certain groups are more likely to see these benefits than others, finds a review of research published online ahead of print in the British ... | |
Patients' expectation of getting better is crucial in recovery from whiplash 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Research into whiplash published in this week’s PLoS Medicine has found that an individual’s expectation of getting better plays a crucial role in the likelihood of his or her recovery, even after the severity of their ... | |
Chronic disease management: Does it improve health and save money? 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A study published in the May/June issue of Health Affairs reports on the first randomized trial providing a scientifically valid look at what one might expect from chronic disease management programs that serve low-income ... | |
Prism glasses expand the view for patients with hemianopia 18 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Innovative prism glasses can significantly improve the vision and the daily lives of patients with hemianopia, a condition that blinds half the visual field in both eyes. The peripheral prism glasses, which were invented ... | |
Glypican-3 gene function in regulating body size helps inform novel cancer treatments 18 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
In a leading study that has implications for the development of novel therapies for a number of breast, lung and ovarian cancers that have lost the expression of a gene called glypican-3 (GPC3), Sunnybrook researchers have ... | |
Anti-inflammatory drugs do not improve cognitive function in older adults 18 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The anti-inflammatory drugs naproxen and celecoxib do not appear to improve cognitive function in older adults with a family history of Alzheimer’s disease, and naproxen may have a slightly detrimental effect, according to ... | |
High blood pressure, high cholesterol may be associated with retinal vascular disease 18 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
High blood pressure and high cholesterol levels appear to be risk factors for retinal vein occlusion, a condition that causes vision loss, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. | |
Research shows timing improves cleft palate surgery 21 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Research by Dr. Damir Matic, a scientist with Lawson Health Research Institute in London, Ontario is changing the way cleft palate surgeries are performed throughout North America and around the world. Matic has been conducting ... | |
End-stage dementia patients deserve the same access to palliative care as people with cancer 21 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
There is an urgent need to improve end-of-life care for older people in the final stages of dementia, according to an international review published in the May issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing. | |
Key step in the 'puncture' mechanism of cell death revealed 21 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A team of medical researchers led by Dr Ruth Kluck at Melbourne’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) has discovered a key step in the mechanism by which cells destroy themselves. In this process, called “apoptosis”, certain ... | |
Quit smoking message not getting air time in mental health care 21 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
People with mental illness are not receiving the support they need to stop smoking, despite high rates of nicotine dependence and deaths from cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses. | |
 ISU researcher performs first veterinary corneal implant procedure in US 21 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Sinisa Grozdanic an assistant professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences performed the surgery that restored sight to 7-year-old Dixie, a Mountain Cur breed owned by Brett Williams of Runnells. | |
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