Archive: 11/02/2015

Real-time brain feedback reduces attention lapses

Your attention, please. People make mistakes every day because they lose focus. Maybe your car drifts across the center line or an error slips into a report at work.

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Chest compressions save lives, says cardiologist

Imagine being with someone who suddenly collapses and doesn't respond to you.

Feb 11, 2015

Book reveals teens' questions about sex and relationships, then provides the answers

A new book co-authored by a Virginia Commonwealth University professor reveals the frank questions teenagers have about sex and relationships, and answers them all with factual, medically based responses.

Feb 11, 2015

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Nationwide survey reveals widespread use of mind and body practices

More Americans of all ages are rolling out their yoga mats in an effort to improve their health. A large nationally representative survey shows that the number of Americans using mind and body approaches to improve health ...

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Large numbers of teenage girls experience sexual coercion in relationships

More than four in ten teenage schoolgirls in England have experienced sexual coercion, new research by University of Bristol academics launched today [11 February] reveals. Most were pressured to have sex or other sexual ...

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Exercise science study shows no increased risk of injury from uphill/downhill running

Like many runners, former BYU track star Katy Andrews Neves has had her share of injuries. Unlike most runners, one of those injuries has been witnessed by millions of people around the world.

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Rate of Latino physicians shrinks, even as Latino population swells

Latinos are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States, with their numbers having risen 243 percent since 1980. Yet the number of Latino physicians per 100,000 Latinos has declined by 22 percent during ...

Feb 11, 2015

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Researchers uncover signal that switches cells to cancerous metabolism

Abnormal metabolism within the cells is a distinctive characteristic of cancer, but until now, the mechanism that causes cells to undergo this metabolic shift remained unknown.

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Taking too much folic acid while pregnant may put daughters at risk of diabetes and obesity

Mothers that take excessive amounts of folic acid during pregnancy may predispose their daughters to diabetes and obesity later in life, according to a new study published today in the Journal of Endocrinology. With high ...

Feb 11, 2015

New strategic approach against bowel cancer

Colorectal carcinoma is the most frequent type of bowel cancer and the second most common tumour disease among men and women in Germany. So-called microsatellite stable colorectal cancer with mutations in the BRAF gene represents ...

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