From the Georgia Institute of Technology press release via ScienceDaily: A new study from Georgia Tech and the University of Toronto suggests that memory impairments for people diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer’s disease may be…
From the Vanderbilt University press release by David Salisbury via ScienceDaily: When people – and monkeys – look at faces, a special part of their brain that is about the size of a blueberry “lights…
From the University of Miami press release via EurekAlert!: Approximately 19 percent of children with a sibling diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) will develop Autism due to shared genetic and environmental vulnerabilities, according to…
From the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute press release via EurekAlert!: Being obese at any age is commonly associated with a litany of health issues, ranging from diabetes and chronic fatigue to heart…
From the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab press release: Would you rather eat “carrots” or “crunchy yummy carrots”? Or, if you’re a youngster, “X-Ray Vision Carrots”? Kids seem to have an aversion to eating…
From the American Heart Association press release via ScienceDaily: Because depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder are common among people with implanted cardioverter defibrillators, doctors and nurses should provide gender- and age-specific information on the…
From the UC Santa Barbara press release via EurekAlert!: The orientation of a diagram on the page of a textbook may seem inconsequential, but it can have a significant impact on a reader’s ability to…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via EurekAlert!: Pacifiers may stunt the emotional development of baby boys by robbing them of the opportunity to try on facial expressions during infancy. Three experiments by a…
From the Yale University press release via MedicalXpress: Youngsters who receive instant lottery tickets as a gift tend to begin gambling earlier in life—a possible risk factor for more severe gambling disorders later, Yale School…
From the Springer Science+Business Media press release via AlphaGalileo: Why do people in deprived areas live life in the fast lane? It may be because of the age of people they observe in the street,…