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Noise Exposure Can Cause 'Ringing In the Ears'
2 Feb 11:41 | SciTech
New research at the University of Michigan Health System suggests over-exposure to noise can cause lasting changes to our auditory circuitry – changes that may lead to tinnitus, commonly known as ringing in the ears.read more »
Child abuse and neglect cost the United States $124 billion
1 Feb 17:19 | USA News
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read more »Daily Diet Soft Drink Consumption May Increase Risk Of Stroke And Heart Attack
31 Jan 12:12 | SciTech
Individuals who drink diet soft drinks on a daily basis may be at increased risk of suffering vascular events such as stroke, heart attack, and vascular death, according to a new study.read more »
Oxford, Harvard Scientists Lead Data-Sharing Effort
30 Jan 12:56 | SciTech
Researchers at University of Oxford and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) at Harvard University are leading more than 50 collaborators at over 30 scientific organizations around the globe in creating a common standard that will make possible the consistent description of enormous and radically different databases compiled in fields ranging from genetics to stem cell science, to environmental studies.read more »
Milk Drinkers Score Better On Memory And Brain Function Tests
30 Jan 12:19 | SciTech
Pouring at least one glass of milk each day could not only boost your intake of much-needed key nutrients, but it could also positively impact your brain and mental performance, according to a recent study in the International Dairy Journal.read more »
Divorce Hurts Health More At Earlier Ages
30 Jan 12:13 | SciTech
Divorce at a younger age hurts people’s health more than divorce later in life, according to a new study by a Michigan State University sociologist.read more »
Bedwetting Can Be Due To Undiagnosed Constipation, Research Shows
27 Jan 12:58 | SciTech
Bedwetting isn't always due to problems with the bladder, according to new research by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Constipation is often the culprit; and if it isn't diagnosed, children and their parents must endure an unnecessarily long, costly and difficult quest to cure nighttime wetting.read more »
Diabetes Affects Hearing Loss, Especially In Women: Study
26 Jan 12:50 | SciTech
Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well controlled with medication, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.read more »
Radical Theory Explains the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life
26 Jan 12:47 | SciTech
The earth is alive, asserts a revolutionary scientific theory of life emerging from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.read more »
Health and Environmental Effects of Nanotechnology Remain Uncertain
25 Jan 12:57 | SciTech
Scientists say despite extensive investment in nanotechnology and increasing commercialization over the past decade, insufficient understanding remains about the environmental, health, and safety aspects of nanomaterials. read more »
Being Ignored Hurts, Even by a Stranger, Study Finds
25 Jan 12:48 | SciTech
A new study has found that a feeling of inclusion can come from something as simple as eye contact from a stranger.read more »
Compounds In Mate Tea Induce Death In Colon Cancer Cells
23 Jan 2012 | SciTech
Scientists have shown that human colon cancer cells die when they are exposed to the approximate number of bioactive compounds present in one cup of yerba mate tea, which has long been consumed in South America for its medicinal properties.read more »
Personal Care Products Chemical May Contribute To Childhood Obesity
20 Jan 2012 | SciTech
Researchers from the Children's Environmental Health Center at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York say they have found an association between exposure to the chemical group known as phthalates and obesity in young children – including increased body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference.read more »
Prevalence Of Obesity In US Still High
17 Jan 2012 | SciTech
There has not been significant change in the prevalence of obesity in the U.S., with data from 2009-2010 indicating that about one in three adults and one in six children and teens are obese.read more »
Anthrax Vaccine Protects Monkeys From Lethal Infection
16 Jan 2012 | SciTech
Vaccination with the anthrax capsule, a naturally occurring component of the bacterium that causes the disease, protected monkeys from lethal anthrax infection, according to U.S. Army scientists. read more »
Controllable Pill Can Film Inside Your Body
10 Jan 2012 | SciTech
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have successfully tested a controllable endoscopic capsule, inspired by science fiction, that has the ability to "swim" through the body and could provide clinicians with unprecedented control when photographing the inside of the human body.read more »
Onset Of Cognitive Decline Begins At 45: Study
9 Jan 2012 | SciTech
Scientists say increased life expectancy implies fundamental changes in the composition of populations, with a significant rise in the number of elderly people. read more »
Hopes For Reversing Age-Associated Effects In MS patients
8 Jan 2012 | SciTech
New research highlights the possibility of reversing ageing in the central nervous system for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. read more »
Tobacco Company Misrepresented Danger from Cigarettes, Study Finds
6 Jan 2012 | SciTech
A new UCSF analysis of tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris USA manipulated data on the effects of additives in cigarettes, including menthol, obscuring actual toxicity levels and increasing the risk of heart, cancer and other diseases for smokers.read more »
Low Vitamin D Levels Linked To Depression
5 Jan 2012 | SciTech
Low levels of vitamin D have been linked to depression, according to UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatrists working with the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study. read more »
Blogging May Help Teens Dealing With Social Distress
4 Jan 2012 | SciTech
Blogging may have psychological benefits for teens suffering from social anxiety, improving their self-esteem and helping them relate better to their friends, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.read more »
CDC Awards $339 Million to Health Departments for High-Impact HIV Prevention
4 Jan 2012 | USA News
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read more »Researchers Create Healthier Cigarette
3 Jan 2012 | SciTech
For the millions of people who try to quit smoking every year, researchers from Cornell University may have found a way to make cigarette smoking less toxic.read more »
Humble People More Likely To Lend A Helping Hand: Study
2 Jan 2012 | SciTech
Humble people are more likely to offer time to someone in need than arrogant people are, according to findings by Baylor University researchers.read more »
Most Paramedics Are Victims Of Abuse In The Workplace: Study
29 Dec 2011 | SciTech
More than two-thirds of paramedics surveyed have experienced verbal, physical or sexual abuse on the job, new research has found.read more »
How did our emotions evolve?
23 Dec 2011 | SciTech
Researchers say humans share common expressions with chimpanzees and other apes suggesting that the expressions appeared first in a common ancestor.read more »
City Noise Exposes Most To Hearing Loss Risk
22 Dec 2011 | SciTech
Nine out of 10 city dwellers may have enough harmful noise exposure to risk hearing loss, and most of that exposure comes from leisure activities.read more »
Teens Who Express Own Views With Mom Resist Peer Pressures Best
22 Dec 2011 | SciTech
Teens who more openly express their own viewpoints in discussions with their moms, even if their viewpoints disagree, are more likely than others to resist peer pressure to use drugs or drink.read more »
Babies Remember Even As They Seem To Forget
20 Dec 2011 | SciTech
Fifteen years ago, textbooks on human development stated that babies 6 months of age or younger had no sense of "object permanence" – the psychological term that describes an infant's belief that an object still exists even when it is out of sight. read more »
Pregnant women advised to stay cool for baby’s sake
15 Dec 2011 | SciTech
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) world-first research has found a link between increases in temperature and the incidence of stillbirth and shorter pregnancies.read more »
CDC: Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Intimate Partner Violence Widespread in the US
14 Dec 2011 | USA News
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read more »New educational program reminds parents to keep medication "Up and Away and Out of Sight"
13 Dec 2011 | USA News
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read more »A twist on gift-giving this season could change hearts
13 Dec 2011 | USA News
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read more »Working Moms Feel Better Than Stay-At-Home Moms, Study Finds
12 Dec 2011 | SciTech
Mothers with jobs tend to be healthier and happier than moms who stay at home during their children's infancy and pre-school years, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association.read more »
Exercising Harder And Shorter Can Help Type 2 Diabetes
12 Dec 2011 | SciTech
Regular exercise has proven benefits in preventing and treating type 2 diabetes, but many patients find it tough to meet the American Diabetes Association guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise a week. read more »
Lab Reveals How Babies Learn Language
9 Dec 2011 | SciTech
New research from the University of Notre Dame shows that during the first year of life, when babies spend so much time listening to language, they're actually tracking word patterns that will support their process of word- learning that occurs between the ages of about 18 months and two years. read more »
CDC Issues Recommendations on Use of New Treatment Option for Latent TB Infection
8 Dec 2011 | USA News
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read more »Human Brains Unlikely To Evolve Into A 'Supermind'
7 Dec 2011 | SciTech
Human minds have hit an evolutionary "sweet spot" and - unlike computers - cannot continually get smarter without trade-offs elsewhere, according to research by the University of Warwick.read more »
Low Vitamin D Levels May Contribute To Type 2 Diabetes
5 Dec 2011 | SciTech
A recent study of obese and non-obese children found that low vitamin D levels are significantly more prevalent in obese children and are associated with risk factors for type 2 diabetes.read more »
Asthma Rates Double For WTC First Responders
2 Dec 2011 | SciTech
The American Journal of Industrial Medicine has published a study showing that World Trade Center (WTC) responders suffer from asthma at more than twice the rate of the general U.S. population as a result of their exposure to the toxic dust from the collapse of the WTC towers in 2001. read more »
Kindergarten Friendships Matter, Especially For Boys: Study
30 Nov 2011 | SciTech
High-quality friendships in kindergarten may mean that boys will have fewer behavior problems and better social skills in first and third grades, said Nancy McElwain, a University of Illinois associate professor of human development and co-author of a study published in a recent issue of Infant and Child Development.read more »
CDC New Eagle Books Youth Novel Release
29 Nov 2011 | USA News
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read more »Mid-Morning Snacking May Sabotage Weight-Loss Efforts
29 Nov 2011 | SciTech
Women dieters who grab a snack between breakfast and lunch lose less weight compared to those who abstain from a mid-morning snack, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.read more »
Creative People More Likely To Cheat, Study Finds
28 Nov 2011 | SciTech
Creative people are more likely to cheat than less creative people, possibly because this talent increases their ability to rationalize their actions, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.read more »
Consuming Canned Soup Linked To Greatly Elevated Levels Of BPA
23 Nov 2011 | SciTech
A new study from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found that a group of volunteers who consumed a serving of canned soup each day for five days had a more than 1,000% increase in urinary bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations compared with when the same individuals consumed fresh soup daily for five days. read more »
Happy Holiday Seasons Start With Healthy Choices At Thanksgiving
23 Nov 2011 | SciTech
While most people only gain about a pound of weight during the holiday season, that pound may never come off, increasing the likelihood of becoming overweight or obese and the risk of related health problems, according to a National Institutes of Health study.read more »
Physical activity impacts overall quality of sleep
23 Nov 2011 | SciTech
People sleep significantly better and feel more alert during the day if they get at least 150 minutes of exercise a week, a new study concludes.read more »
Scientists Create Organic Brain Cells For First Time Using Stem Cells
22 Nov 2011 | SciTech
University of Central Florida researchers, for the first time, have used stem cells to grow neuromuscular junctions between human muscle cells and human spinal cord cells, the key connectors used by the brain to communicate and control muscles in the body.read more »
Walking Through Doorways Causes Forgetting, New Research Shows
19 Nov 2011 | SciTech
Have you experienced the frustration of entering a room and forgetting what we were going to do? Or get? Or find? A researcher says it's the doorway's fault.read more »
Teen birth rate hit record low in 2010
17 Nov 2011 | USA News
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