From the Elsevier Health Sciences press release via EurekAlert!: As populations move even further away from urban centers, more people spend longer hours behind the wheel on their way to and from work. While sedentary…
From the Flinders University press release via HealthCanal: Dr Michael Gradisar, a senior lecturer in clinical child psychology, is about to begin a new study to determine whether childhood insomnia and separation anxiety can be…
From the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health press release: A new study finds that a stressful home life predisposes young girls to early onset obesity. Interestingly, the study did not find a similar…
From the UC Irvine press release: Being cut off from work email significantly reduces stress and allows employees to focus far better, according to a new study by UC Irvine and U.S. Army researchers. Heart…
From the Norwegian Institute of Public Health via HealthCanal: What significance do relationships have for the mental health of each partner? Data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) suggests that low satisfaction…
From the Cornell University press release via MedicalXpress: The social pain of loneliness produces changes in the body that mimic the aging process and increase the risk of heart disease, reports a recent Cornell study…
From the American Academy of Pediatrics press release via EurekAlert!: While it may be cute when a 3-year-old imitates his parent’s bad behavior, when adolescents do so, it’s no longer a laughing matter. Teens who…
From the American Academy of Pediatrics press release via EurekAlert!: Efforts to prevent obesity among low-income infants should focus not only on what babies are being fed but also the reasons behind unhealthy feeding practices,…
From the American Physiological Society press release via Newswise: Coronary artery disease continues to be a major cause of death in the U.S., killing hundreds of thousands of people per year. However, this disease burden…
From the Asociación RUVID press release via AlphaGalileo: Working in an environment of continuous contact with suffering and death, in which far-reaching decisions have to be made urgently as in the case of intensive care…