Archive: 24/03/2014

Why can't a man think like a woman, and a woman think like a man?

Men and women may feel like they differ on much more than just the possession or not of a Y chromosome. How we react emotionally to a situation, remember events and navigate our way around the environment has also been shown ...

Mar 24, 2014

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Researcher studes "no-makeup" selfie phenomenon

A psychologist at Bangor University has been fascinated by the the #nomakeupselfie social media phenomenon seen on social media this week.

Mar 24, 2014

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Pooling budgets no panacea for integrated care

New research published today by the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York says that pooling funds across health and social care services is not a panacea that will lead to the successful delivery of integrated ...

Mar 24, 2014

Don't believe all you read, health reviews can be misleading too

A BBC report has uncovered that nearly half of the reviews for a single NHS trust on NHS Choices were submitted from the trust's own computers. The reviews had been provided by Patient Opinion, which gathers online comments ...

Mar 24, 2014

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Family TV saturated with junk food adverts

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Liverpool have found that young people are exposed to adverts that promote unhealthy food during primetime TV, which are normally banned from children's programming.

Mar 24, 2014

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Widely used heartburn and peptic ulcer medicines increase risk of rare kidney disease

(Medical Xpress)—New Zealanders taking a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), a type of medicine used to treat gastric acid reflux disorders and peptic ulcer disease, are at an increased risk of a rare kidney disease, according ...

Mar 24, 2014

Lack of support for stroke survivors with visual impairment

More than a quarter (26%) of stroke survivors living with visual impairment do not receive adequate support, new research from the University of Liverpool reveals.

Mar 24, 2014