Archive: 13/03/2017

Tackling depression by changing the way you think

A thought is a thought. It does not reflect reality. New research shows that learning how to ruminate less on thoughts and feelings has a positive effect for individuals with depression.

Mar 13, 2017

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Media multitasking linked to distractibility among youth

The aim of Mona Moisala's doctoral dissertation was to study patterns of activity in cortical networks related to attention and working memory, as well as to investigate associations between performance in working memory ...

Mar 13, 2017

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The evidence base for hormone replacement therapy

The 'facts' that most women and clinicians consider in making the decision whether to use hormone replacement therapy are frequently wrong or incorrectly applied says Professor Robert D Langer in a paper titled "The evidence ...

Mar 13, 2017

How technologies are personalizing surgical procedures

Before Sonia Ramamoorthy, M.D., chief of colon and rectal surgery at UC San Diego Health, took a scalpel to Larry Smarr, Ph.D., director of Calit2 and Harry E. Gruber Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San ...

Mar 13, 2017

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Help for chocoholics

Does a bowl full of luscious Lindt balls make you drool? Or can you learn to turn those cravings into other thoughts?

Mar 13, 2017

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'Preventable' asthma attacks in Houston cost millions

"Preventable" asthma attacks among schoolchildren cost millions in health care dollars over 10 years, according to a new study by the city of Houston, Rice University and the Houston Independent School District (HISD).

Mar 13, 2017

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Never before seen images of early stage Alzheimer's disease

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have used the MAX IV synchrotron in Lund – the strongest of its kind in the world - to produce images that predate the formation of toxic clumps of beta-amyloid, the protein believed ...

Mar 13, 2017