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Stealthy leads to healthy in effort to improve diet, Stanford study shows
How do you get college students to eat better? A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests that a 'stealth' strategy of raising the students' awareness of...
Athletes turn to plasma therapy, but the data are mixed
Treatment of joint issues with platelets is believed to speed up healing. But studies reveal conflicting results. ...
You, your doctor and the Internet
Should a caregiver ever Google a patient? Would you ask your physician to be a Facebook ‘friend’? Ethical questions abound, and the doctor-patient relationship is at stake. ...
Weighing the risk and rewards of vaginal birth after a C-section
She knew the statistics about vaginal birth after a C-section, that only about 60% to 80% who try for a VBAC actually have one. But she also knew that when the time...
Tapping away desire for those favorite foods and snacks
Psychological acupuncture has been shown to be successful in reducing food cravings for up to six months in people who are overweight or obese. The technique combines gentle tapping on...
Video: YouTube Turns 5
Ben Tracy runs the numbers on the cultural phenomenon known as YouTube. Five years after its inception, it is the third most popular website in the world.
Walking in Holden Caulfield's footsteps through Manhattan
Nearly 60 years after the publication of 'The Catcher in the Rye' you can still see much of the New York that he saw. Holden Caulfield was a flâneur . That's not...
Wanted: one foolhardy OAP | Victoria Coren
Scientists are suggesting older people take up judo. Back to the drawing board, chapsYou are 85. You've had a long, hard life. There have been some great moments along the way (ah,...
Jonathan Balcombe: 'Stop being beastly to hens
Animal behaviour scientist Jonathan Balcombe says that our treatment of animals remains medieval despite a flood of studies shedding light on how they experience the worldChickens recognise human beauty, starlings can be pessimistic...
Winning without the straight A's
The ‘varsity’ students on decathlon teams keep the others loose and sometimes earn top scores. ...
SciFi: The New Mythology? -- The Art Of Story Telling
Even we scientists and philosophers have the need to believe in something greater than ourselves--that we are serving a purpose for the good of each and all. Now science and...
How true is the one-in-four mental health statistic? | Jamie Horder
It's taken as fact that one in four people will suffer a mental health problem, but the research is less conclusiveHow many people in the UK will suffer a mental health problem...
The joy is in the social hunt
The popularity of social networking websites has grown dramatically in recent years. One of the most popular sites, Facebook.com, now boasts more than 350 million users worldwide. With so many...
Health Care Cost Increase Is Projected for New Law
Republicans said their concerns have been vindicated, while the White House saw bright spots in a Medicaid actuary’s study.
What I'm really thinking: The teenager
'If there's one thing that makes me want to crash around the house swearing, it's when parents say, "Bloody teenagers! Always slamming doors and making a racket!" 'The thing that really gets...
Sex ed opponents claim victory in Ontario
Opponents of Ontario's new sex education curriculum are cheering after the premier backed down and said the material needs a "serious rethink."
Online goal-setting raises university grades
(PhysOrg.com) -- Online goal-setting helps struggling university students raise their grades and stay in school, according to new psychology research from the University of Toronto and St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center.
Does H. Sapiens Need a New Tune?
Protest songs typified environmental music for decades. Is a new kind of music needed now?
NIH Research Radio - April 23, 2010
#0108 Report from NIH Research Radio - Topics for Friday, April 23, 2010 Coming up in this episode two reports important to moms: news on vitamin supplements, and delivery options; also...
Stop the wedding! | Ask Carole, Evolutionary Agony Aunt
Carole Jahme shines the cold light of evolutionary psychology on readers' problems. This week: Ill-advised weddingsFrom an anonymous maleDear Carole, A close friend has recently become engaged to her boyfriend. We, her friends,...
Bosses behaving badly
(PhysOrg.com) -- The formula for positive leadership may be the holy grail of management training, but there's also increasing interest in the negative flipside.
Stress make women social and men antisocial
(PhysOrg.com) -- New studies by scientists at the University of Southern California have found that while stress may result in a universal physiological "fight or flight response" there are gender...
Business affiliation could increase potential risk of farm-to-farm transmission of avian influenza
A new study examines the potential influence that the business connections between broiler chicken growers may have on the transmission of avian influenza, H5N1. According to the study, the risk...
Rainfall linked to skewed sex ratios in African buffalo
An increased proportion of male African buffalo are born during the rainy season. Researchers collected data from over 200 calves and 3,000 fetuses, finding that rain likely exerts this effect...
Candidates Keep Eye on Polls, and the Scales
Voters’ anti-incumbent mood has many politicians in Albany worried about image, and their weight has become an issue as they hit the campaign trail.
Havasupai Case Highlights Risks in DNA Research
Researchers need to fully inform participants how their DNA may be used, legal experts and civil rights advocates say.
Study finds earnings disparity for women following community college education
(PhysOrg.com) -- Women who receive postsecondary career and technical education are still being short-changed in their career earnings when compared with male counterparts, according to a study released online today...
Workplace friendships can distract yet provide valuable info for employees
(PhysOrg.com) -- It pays to keep employees who are good friends side by side in the workplace, suggests a University of Florida study that finds pals often help each other...