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Spiders' Size Exagerrated in Minds of Those Who Fear Them
If you re frightened of spiders, in your mind s eye they may seem much bigger than they really are, a new Israeli study finds. The research included female university students. They were divided into two groups, depending on whether they were afraid or unafraid of spiders. Each of the women was then shown pictures of spiders, birds and butterflies. Unsurprisingly, both groups said the spider pictu ...
Healthday - Thu. Feb 18
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How Business Leaders Can Help Foster Mental Health In The Workplace
The United Kingdom is taking a proactive approach to promoting mental health in the workplace. Prime Minister David Cameron met with British business leaders earlier this week to discuss how to better foster a work culture that encourages people to take care of their mental well-being.
Huffington Post - Thu. Feb 18
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National hospital hand-washing campaign effective but expensive
Many hospital patients were protected from a dangerous bug and at least 96 years of life will be saved each year, said Professor Nicholas Graves from QUT s Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation IHBI . Professor Graves conducted an NHMRC-funded evaluation of the National Hand Hygiene Initiative in 50 Australian hospitals across all states and territories from 2009 to 2012, published this we ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18
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Young people with mental problems should receive help in their own environment
Young people with mental problems - especially those with psychotic-like symptoms - should receive help as early as possible and in their own environment. This was the conclusion of a joint study of the University of Helsinki, the Helsinki University Hospital Department of Psychiatry and the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland. The purpose of the study was to determine the effective ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18
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Caltech biologists identify gene that helps regulate sleep
Caltech biologists have performed the first large-scale screening in a vertebrate animal for genes that regulate sleep, and have identified a gene that when overactivated causes severe insomnia. Expression of the gene, neuromedin U Nmu , also seems to serve as nature s stimulant--fish lacking the gene take longer to wake up in the morning and are less active during the day. The findings improve ou ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18
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Smokers with depression try to quit more often but find it harder
People diagnosed with depression are about twice as likely to smoke as the general population. A survey of 6811 participants from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the USA, published today in the scientific journal Addiction , found that although depressed smokers tried to quit smoking more often than other smokers, they were more likely to return to smoking within a month. This tendency ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18
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Georgia State: Health provider awareness can curb prescription drug abuse
Increasing health care providers level of concern about prescription drug abuse in their communities may be an effective public health tool in fighting America s prescription drug abuse epidemic, according to a study by researchers from the School of Public Health and the Department of Sociology at Georgia State University. The researchers found concern about prescription drug abuse may affect pro ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18
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NYU research: Hair sampling shows unintended 'bath salt' use
Ecstasy -- or MDMA, the active chemical ingredient--is one of the most prevalent party drugs it is estimated to be used by at least one out of ten young adults in the United States. The popularity of ecstasy use has increased in recent years since ecstasy became known as Molly , short for molecule which is often marketed as pure MDMA powder. However, the ecstasy Molly consumed is often far from pu ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18
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Testosterone treatment shown for first time to benefit men over 65
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 17, 2016 - The University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health was among a dozen sites nationwide to participate in the first clinical trial to show that testosterone treatment for men aged 65 and older improves sexual function, walking ability and mood. Results of The Testosterone Trials TTrials , led by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18
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Testosterone therapy boosts sexual function and mood in older men
New Haven, Conn.-- Treatment with testosterone improves sexual function and mood in older men with low testosterone levels, report Yale researchers. The results of the Testosterone Trials TTrials , conducted at 12 sites nationwide, including Yale School of Medicine, were the first to convincingly show the benefits of testosterone for men over age 65, said the researchers. The study, conducted in p ...
EurekAlert - Thu. Feb 18
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Understanding the Nature of Dog Intelligence
As I was reading a recent report describing research on the testing of dog intelligence I was reminded of an experience that I had some 15 or 20 years ago. I was visiting a respected breeder of German Shepherd Dogs. He bred and trained service dogs, so these particular German Shepherd Dogs did not look much like some of the specimens that one sees in the show ring today, with their strongly slopin ...
Psychology Today - Wed. Feb 17
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What Consumers Should Know About Good-Better-Best Pricing
These days, good-better-best pricing is everywhere. When purchasing an airplane ticket, for example, passengers can buy the default coach ticket good , pay for some extra leg-room by upgrading to premium economy better or pay through the nose and buy a business class seat best . With all three tickets, the basic service is the same aerial transportation from point A to point B. But the amenities o ...
Psychology Today - Wed. Feb 17
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