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Tai Chi Program Helps Prevent Falls Among Older Adults
Senior community centers in Oregon have successfully adopted an evidence-based Tai Chi program to prevent falls among older adults. Based on this success, the Oregon Department of Human Services has...
Parents Shape Whether Their Children Learn To Eat Fruits And Vegetables
To combat the increasing problem of childhood obesity, researchers are studying how to get preschoolers to eat more fruits and vegetables. One way is early home interventions -- teaching parents...
The Incredible Evolution of the Olympics
From the long defunct tug-of-war to the resurrected tennis matches and the tried-and-true gymnastics, a sea-change in Olympic events over the past 112 years provides a glimpse into the evolution...
Sound Adds Speed To Visual Perception
The traditional view of individual brain areas involved in perception of different sensory stimuli -- i.e., one brain region involved in hearing and another involved in seeing -- has been...
New Breastfeeding Study Shows Most Moms Quit Early
While the CDC recently reported that more moms than ever give breastfeeding a try, a new national study shows most moms do not stick with it as long as they...
Sleep doesn't help decision making
Despite popular belief, neither sleeping on a problem nor snap judgements are any better for complex decision making than conscious thinking, research has found.
Olympic Athlete Study Shows That Pride And Shame Are Universal And Innate Expressions
The victory stance of a gold medalist and the slumped shoulders of a nonfinalist are innate and biological rather than learned responses to success and failure, according to a University...
Balancing brain time-out in concussion recovery
(AP) -- Your brain needs more of a time-out than just missing the next game to recover from a concussion. New research suggests student athletes who are too active...
Review: Online Olympics is ambitious, but not TV
(AP) -- NBC Universal is running an unprecedented 3,600 hours of Olympics coverage on television and the Internet, most of it live online, letting fans track their favorite sports...
VIDEO: Dog Meat off Menu at Olympics
China has banned dog meat from being served in designated Olympic restaurants, though it is still on the menu elsewhere.
Scientists measure connection between the built environment and obesity in baby boomers
Does your neighborhood have a lot of fast food outlets, few sidewalks, and no parks? If yes, your physical neighborhood may be hampering your ability to be physically active and...
Referees Prefer Athletes in Red
Referees may be biased in favor of athletes wearing red, awarding them more points.
Lenseless glasses the new Games trend?
BEIJING (Reuters) - If film stars in sunglasses in dark clubs at night seem ridiculous, it looked even more baffling when beach volleyball players at the Olympics took to the...
Evolution as Described by the Second Law of Thermodynamics
(PhysOrg.com) -- Often, physics and biology appear as different worlds, from a scientist`s point of view. Each discipline has its own language and concepts, and physicists and biologists tend to...
New consumer research shows that Obama stands to gain from 'Hillary effect'
U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton may do more for U.S. Senator Barack Obama than Ralph Nader did for Al Gore: she could give him an unintended boost. Clinton sought the presidency...
Epson Develops New High-Resolution 3D LCD Display
(PhysOrg.com) -- Seiko Epson Corporation has developed a high-resolution (equivalent to QVGA) autostereoscopic 3D liquid-crystal display that affords extra freedom of viewing position compared to conventional 3D displays, without the...
Vacations put extra strain on pharmacist shortage
A drop in new pharmacy graduates has exacerbated a shortage of professionals staffing pharmacies across Newfoundland and Labrador.
Psst! Obama To Text Supporters Veep Pick
The Obama campaign has instituted text-message alerts to inform supporters of the candidate's choice for vice presidential running mate.
Health And Marriage: The Times They Are A Changin'
The health of people who never marry is improving, narrowing the gap with their wedded counterparts, according to new research that suggests the practice of encouraging marriage to promote health...
Wandering Minds Lead to Mistakes
The brain begins to wander as long as thirty seconds before the body makes an error.
Land gives indigenous people health
Keeping a strong connection between Aboriginal people and their traditional country can benefit their health and happiness, research has found.
CBI wants more pupils in science
British business leaders want brighter teenagers to be "opted in" to taking three separate science subjects.
Genes may make some people more prone to anxiety
Inborn differences may help explain why trauma gives some people bad memories and others the nightmare of post-traumatic stress. Scientists in Germany and the United States have reported evidence linking...
Reviews of Air Quality Are Mixed, and So Is Attendance
Athletes in Beijing were faced with a decision: whether to attend the opening ceremony in the smog and, if they did go, whether to do anything to protect their lungs.
Another Piece Of The Weight-control Puzzle Identified
As scientists investigate the brain's intricate neurocircuitry, they are forming a clearer picture of the myriad events that lead to weight loss and weight gain.
'Wurst' fears allayed as Swiss sausage saved
Swiss carnivores will breathe a sigh of relief after producers told Swiss media Sunday that the country's national sausge -- the cervelat -- has been "saved."
Opinion: Raising capital for our medical technologies and therapeutics
Australian governments have supported medical research for some time now and in a few areas we do have a worldwide reputation for ‘punching above our weight’, writes Carrie Hillyard.
Tuberculosis thrives in crowded houses
New Zealanders living in crowded households have a higher risk of contracting tuberculosis than the rest of the population, research has revealed.