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Health Care Apps Often Offer Little Privacy Protection: Study
If you re relying on your smartphone to share medical information with your doctor, you may be risking the privacy of your health records, a new study warns. The new research finds that privacy policies for health programs -- or apps -- designed for smartphones that share highly sensitive medical information between patients and doctors are lacking, and often are completely missing. The study look ...
Healthday - Wed. Mar 9
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Expert outlines medical approach to treatment of traumatized refugees
March 9, 2016 - What s the best approach to mental health treatment for refugees with posttraumatic symptoms One clinic with extensive experience in managing traumatized refugees recommends a medical approach combining psychoactive medications, long-term psychotherapy, and screening and treatment for associated health issues, according to a paper in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice , published ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 9
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Want a younger brain? Stay in school -- and take the stairs
This news release is available in French . Montreal, March 9, 2016 --Taking the stairs is normally associated with keeping your body strong and healthy. But new research shows that it improves your brain s health too -- and that education also has a positive effect. In a study recently published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging , researchers led by Jason Steffener, a scientist at Concordia Uni ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 9
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Periorbital transplantation may be promising alternative to protect vision in ...
March 9, 2016 - Transplantation of the periorbital tissues--the area surrounding the eyes--is a technically feasible alternative to protect a functioning eye in some patients being considered for facial transplant, according to a study in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery--Global Open reg , the official open-access medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons ASPS . The periorbital ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 9
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Short man or overweight woman? Your size could make you poorer
Scientists at the University of Exeter have found the most robust evidence yet that simply being a shorter man or a more overweight woman leads to lower chances in life, including a lower income. It has long been known that there is a link between height and weight and how well off a person is, in terms of socioeconomic factors including earnings, postcode, level of education and job type. People ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 9
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Banning words on Instagram doesn't help -- it makes it worse
A new Georgia Tech study finds that Instagram s decision to ban certain words commonly used by pro-eating disorder pro-ED communities has produced an unintended effect. The use of those terms decreased when they were censored in 2012. But users adapted by simply making up new, almost identical words, driving up participation and support within pro-ED groups by as much as 30 percent. The Georgia Te ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 9
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Get sleep sorted by age 5 to help children settle at school
A child who soothes themselves back to sleep from an early age adjusts to school more easily than those who don t, new QUT research has found. The Australian study revealed one in three children have escalating problems sleeping across birth to five years which increased their risk of emotional and behavioural issues at school and put them at risk of attention deficit disorders. Dr Kate Williams c ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 9
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Quebeckers' sexual tastes and interests: A new study debunks preconceived not...
This news release is available in French . Are the sexual interests and behaviors of Quebeckers abnormal According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition DSM-5 , sexual interests fall into two categories normal normophilic and anomalous paraphilic . However, findings recently published in The Journal of Sex Research contradict the DSM-5, as they demonstrate tha ...
EurekAlert - Wed. Mar 9
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There Is in This World No Function More Important
There is in this world no function more important than that of being charming. The forest glade would be incomplete without the humming-bird. To shed joy around, to radiate happiness , to cast light upon dark days, to be the golden thread of our destiny, and the very spirit of grace and harmony, is not this to render a service Victor Hugo, Toilers of the Sea A thoughtful reader sent me this quotat ...
Psychology Today - Tue. Mar 8
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Introducing Peanuts Early in Life Reduces Allergies
If your head spins from all the food research reversals, you re not alone. Despite a 2010 report stating that there was no reason to delay introducing potentially allergenic foods to kids, most parents are afraid to go there. I understand. We ve been fully educated on the perils kids face with regard to eating something that could produce an allergic reaction. And habits in this case feeding habit ...
Psychology Today - Tue. Mar 8
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When Is Depression Not Depression? Part 4
You feel sad and the world seems without color or flavor. You do not see the point of getting out of bed, but you have felt like this for several days and there are things that need to be done, so you get moving. This feels a lot like a depression , but there is a good reason to feel this way you are grieving . When depression is grief, the feelings can be very similar, and can last for some time. ...
Psychology Today - Tue. Mar 8
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Time spent playing video games may have positive effects on young children
Video games are a favorite activity of children, yet its affect on their health is often perceived to be negative. A study by researchers at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues at Paris Descartes University assessed the association between the amount of time spent playing video games and children s mental health and cognitive and social skills, and found that playing video game ...
EurekAlert - Tue. Mar 8
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