Archive: 21/04/2017

Rethinking the exercise paradigm for breast cancer survivors

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Professions are rethinking the exercise paradigm for breast cancer survivors.

Apr 21, 2017

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Researchers are starting to uncover its scientific basis of hypnosis

Some argue that hypnosis is just a trick. Others, however, see it as bordering on the paranormal – mysteriously transforming people into mindless robots. Now our recent review of a number of research studies on the topic ...

Apr 21, 2017

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Research shows black licorice has little-known negative health effects

Black licorice. You either love it – or you hate it. But one Western researcher is offering a reason to pass the next time you think about reaching for that black licorice jelly bean, twist or whip – your health.

Apr 21, 2017

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More prime-time ads could kick drunken driving to the curb

Drunken driving has taken a back seat in recent years to other public health concerns, such as texting while behind the wheel and other kinds of impaired driving, according to Cornell researchers.

Apr 21, 2017

New findings from research into multiple concussions in hockey players

The relationship between head injuries suffered during contact sport and Alzheimer's disease is now being called into question thanks to research by the Sahlgrenska Academy, which has revealed that hockey players with multiple ...

Apr 21, 2017

What makes a vegetarian? It's not what's on the plate

They say you are what you eat. But that may not be true for vegetarians.

Apr 21, 2017

How gut bacteria change cancer drug activity

The activity of cancer drugs changes depending on the types of microbes living in the gut, according to a UCL-led study into how nematode worms and their microbes process drugs and nutrients.

Apr 21, 2017

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First-time marijuana use in college at highest level in three decades

Levels of first-time marijuana use in college have increased sharply in the past three years to the highest levels recorded in the past three decades. In 2015, about one in five college students became a first-time marijuana ...

Apr 21, 2017

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Why are we dragging our feet when more automation in health care will save lives?

As a neonatologist, I worry about patients with pulmonary hypertension. This unforgiving disease, sometimes seen after premature birth, can end with sudden death from constricting blood vessels in the lungs. One minute a ...

Apr 21, 2017

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Context and distraction skew what we predict and remember

Context can alter something as basic as our ability to estimate the weights of simple objects. As we learn to manipulate those objects, context can even tease out the interplay of two memory systems.

Apr 21, 2017

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