From the Pennsylvania State University press release: Comparing yourself to others with the same health problem can influence your physical and emotional health, according to researchers who conducted a qualitative… Read more »
From the Loyola University Health System press release via Newswise: On Valentine’s Day, people who have been unlucky in love will be said to suffer from a “broken heart.” It… Read more »
From the JAMA and Archives Journals press release via EurekAlert!: Smoking in men appears to be associated with more rapid cognitive decline, according to a report published Online First by… Read more »
From the Canadian Medical Association Journal press release: An analysis of research on physical punishment of children over the past 20 years indicates that such punishment is potentially harmful to… Read more »
From the University of Haifa press release: A worker experiencing the stress of intense workdays might develop somatic symptoms, such as stomach ache or headache, which will eventually lead to… Read more »
From the Biomed press release via AlphaGalileo and ScienceDirect: It can be difficult to distinguish between people with normal age-associated memory loss and those with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI)…. Read more »
From the Kavli Foundation press release via ScienceDaily: After years of existing only in fiction, social robots are finally being designed that can more closely emulate how people express themselves,… Read more »
From the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK press release: Older people feel that their health problems pose a challenge to their sense of independence, dignity and identity and… Read more »
From the Swinburne University of Technology via MedicalXPress: A daily mental ‘work-out’ has given a group of over 50s the brain performance of people several years younger, a Swinburne University… Read more »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Placebos reduce pain by creating an expectation of relief. Distraction—say, doing a puzzle—relieves it by keeping the brain busy. But do they… Read more »
