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Quitline messages that stress benefits of quitting may improve smoking cessation

13 years ago from

Smokers who received gain-framed messaging from quitline specialists (i.e., stressing the benefits of quitting) had slightly better cessation outcomes than those who received standard-care messaging (i.e., potential losses from smoking...

White House answers some questions on video chat

13 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- The White House wanted to make sure the public asked their questions, too - at least the online public.

Race-based misdiagnosis still remains a health care problem

13 years ago from Science Daily

Black men are over-diagnosed with schizophrenia at least five times higher than any other group -- a trend that dates back to the 1960s, according to new research.

Liver donations from living donors increase 42 percent after educational intervention

13 years ago from Science Daily

A recent study found that living donation increased 42 percent and the number of individuals who presented for donation evaluation increased 74 percent at centers in New York. The surge...

Cosmic Log: What’s new with Neanderthals?

13 years ago from MSNBC: Science

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: Did Neanderthals have an artistic bent, and did they interbreed with humans? Newly published research seems to support affirmative answers. Alan...

No evidence to support psychological debriefing in schools, experts argue

13 years ago from Science Daily

There is no evidence to support psychological debriefing in schools after traumatic events such as violence, suicides and accidental death, which runs counter to current practice in some Canadian school...

Want To Prevent Alzheimer's? Use Your Cell Phone More

13 years ago from

If your friends and family give you trouble for spending too much time on your cell phone, scientists at the University of South Florida may have discovered the ultimate excuse...

Que. in gambling addiction treatment deal: report

13 years ago from CBC: Health

A settlement may be in the works between the Quebec government and Loto-Québec in a legal battle over the cost of treating people with gambling addiction, according to a published...

Help! I've fallen for a much younger man

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

The Guardian's Evolutionary Agony Aunt Carole Jahme shines the cold light of evolutionary psychology on readers' problemsHe's young and fitFrom Nicola, age 37I began a bit of fun with a much younger...

Crossing may help motor skills

13 years ago from Science Alert

A new study is testing whether children with motor skill problems can be helped by using movements that cross the body.

Music therapy can assist toddlers' communication rehabilitation process

13 years ago from Science Daily

Music therapy can assist in the speech acquisition process in toddlers who have undergone cochlear implantation, as revealed in a new study.

Setting the record straight on weight loss

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It's time to set the record straight. The only reliable way to lose weight is to eat less or exercise more. Preferably both...

Behavioral identification can help stop terrorists like Abdul Mutallab, researcher says

13 years ago from Science Blog

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The effective use of multiple layers of intelligence gathering, including existing behavioral identification programs, could have excluded the murderous Farouk Abdul Mutallab from...

Seeing with your hands? Hand amputation may result in altered perception around the hands

13 years ago from Physorg

where actions such as grasping and touching occur - is known as the "action space." Research has shown that visual information in this area is organized in hand-centered coordinates...

The Year 2020, As Seen By the Scientists Who Will Take Us There

13 years ago from PopSci

Leading scientists present their 2020 visions The journal Nature, ever the forward-looking publication, is finished with all of this best-of-the-last-decade nonsense. To celebrate the dawn of a new decade, the editors tapped experts...

Denis New obituary

13 years ago from The Guardian - Science

Embryologist behind a breakthrough in culture techniqueGreat science is often stimulated by events, and so it was with the seminal work of Denis New, who has died aged 80. As a young embryologist in the...

Yar'Adua illness fuels fear of new oil war

13 years ago from UPI

ABUJA, Nigeria, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Uncertainty over the health of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua -- hospitalized in Saudi Arabia for more than a month -- and a ferment...

Zomm hopes wireless tether can prevent lost phones

13 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- Losing your cell phone can be exasperating and expensive. But what if your phone could call out to you, letting you know it was about to be...

Chimp's dance suggests a mental grasp of fire

13 years ago from Science Blog

The use and control of fire are behavioral characteristics that distinguish humans from other animals. Now, a new study by Iowa State University anthropologist Jill Pruetz reports that savanna...

New eating device retrains dietary habits and helps children lose weight

13 years ago from

A new computerised device that tracks portion size and how fast people eat is more successful in helping obese children and adolescents lose weight than standard treatments, according to research...

Speech and gesture mutually interact to enhance comprehension

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Your mother may have taught you that it's rude to point, but according to new research in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, gesturing may actually...

Bridging the digital divide through open access

13 years ago from SciDev

Kenyan researcher Joseph Juma Musakali asks what African research institutes can do to exploit the open access movement.

Most High School Students Are Sleep Deprived

13 years ago from Physorg

Only about 8 percent of high school students get enough sleep on an average school night, a large new study finds. The others are living with borderline-to-serious sleep deficits that...

Why nature`s way of avoiding detection is smarter than first appears

13 years ago from Physorg

University of Glasgow experts have provided the first empirical demonstration of the benefits of ‘masquerading` as distinct from simply avoiding detection.

Women With Partner, Baby Gain More Weight Than Single Women

13 years ago from Physorg

Young women with a weight problem often say the weight started creeping up when they had their first child and they found they had less time to exercise. However, when...

Musical illusion fools audiences and performers, says researcher

13 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Musicians take advantage of a previously undocumented musical illusion to change the way audiences hear their performances. Intriguingly, the performers themselves are generally unaware of what they...

Tactile input affects what we hear

13 years ago from Science Daily

Humans use their whole bodies, not just their ears, to understand speech, according to new linguistics research. It is well known that humans naturally process facial expression along with what...

Tehran presses on IPI

13 years ago from UPI

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Islamabad views its relationship with Iran and China as among its most important in the region, the Pakistani foreign minister said.