THURSDAY, Sept. 29 — Campus-wide smoking bans appear to help university students cut back on their nicotine habit, new research suggests.
The finding stems from a comparative analysis of smoking patterns on two campuses: one with a ban and one…
THURSDAY, Sept. 29 — Using Twitter to track people’s moods from every corner of the globe, new research suggests that folks seem to awaken in good cheer and get grumpier as the workday progresses, regardless of where they live.
The novel study by…
THURSDAY, Sept. 29 — Singing helps some stroke patients suffering from non-fluent aphasia — severe difficulties with speech — re-learn how to speak, according to a new study.
Researchers in Germany pointed out, however, it’s the rhythm and…
THURSDAY, Sept. 29 — A loss of a sense of smell can be one of the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
New research suggests that an abnormal form of a protein — amyloid precursor protein, or APP — which has been previously associated with the…
THURSDAY, Sept. 29 — One-quarter of American adults received treatment for high blood pressure in 2008, according to new research from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Of those 55.1 million people with high blood pressure, also…
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Reebok Kicked by FTC for Sneaker Health Claims
So much for those claims that wearing Reebok EasyTone sneakers will give you better legs and…
THURSDAY, Sept. 29 — In new research that will almost certainly create controversy, scientists working with the hallucinogen psilocybin — the active ingredient found in “magic mushrooms” — have found that a single dose of the drug prompted an…
THURSDAY, Sept. 29 — The bellowing of male koalas during mating season is a boast about their size, researchers report.
They found that the largest koalas produce the deepest baritone bellows, a message to females and rival males that they’re the…
– Gestational diabetes occurs when blood sugar levels become abnormally high during pregnancy.
The Womenshealth.gov website says gestational diabetes increases the risk of these complications:
Having a premature delivery.
Developing…
– Exercise can help improve many symptoms of osteoarthritis, a joint disease that causes pain and stiffness.
The Arthritis Foundation mentions these potential benefits of exercise to people with osteoarthritis:
Reduced stiffness and…