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Women: Personality for leadership?

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From the BI Norwegian Business School media release: Personality is almost as significant as intelligence when it comes to our ability to perform work tasks efficiently. “For leaders, personality plays an even bigger role than… 

Lowering Your Cholesterol May Improve Your Sex Life

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From the Rutgers media release: A new Rutgers study is giving hope to older men concerned about the effects of cholesterol-lowering medications on their sexual health. The research, conducted at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical… 

Fair bosses pay a price

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From the Michigan State University media release: Bosses who are fair make their workers happier and their companies more productive, but in the end may be burning themselves out. A new study led by Michigan… 

New study shows we work harder when we are happy

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From the University of Warwick media release: Happiness makes people more productive at work, according to the latest research from the University of Warwick. Economists carried out a number of experiments to test the idea… 

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction

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From the Deutsches Aerzteblatt International media release: Older persons, in particular, tend to suffer from memory lapses and other types of cognitive impairment after undergoing surgical procedures (postoperative cognitive dysfunction, POCD). Surgery has been performed… 

Countering the caregiver placebo effect

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From the North Carolina State University media release: How do you know that your pet is benefiting from its pain medication? A new clinical trial design could help overcome pet owners’ unconscious observation bias and… 

Critical illness increases risk of psychological problems

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From the Aarhus University media release: Fortunately, more and more people survive critical illnesses and accidents. A new Danish-American survey shows, however, that hospitalisation where the patient has received mechanical ventilation can have serious consequences.… 

Understanding binge eating and obesity

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From the Journal of Visualized Experiments media release: Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a novel method for evaluating the treatment of obesity-related food behavior. In an effort to further scientific understanding of…