Archive: 26/09/2014

New study lists top psychologists of modern era

Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Ivan Pavlov, Charles Darwin – all eminent scientists who made major contributions to the understanding of human and animal behavior. They achieved their lofty reputations primarily during the 19th ...

Sep 26, 2014

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Accurately measuring the time children spend performing physical activity

To improve health and help combat childhood obesity, more schools are changing physical education requirements and finding new ways to keep children active throughout the day. It's recommended that children get at least 60 ...

Sep 26, 2014

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Popular pain killer linked to behavioural disorders

Research at the University of Auckland has reinforced the discovery of a link between mothers taking a common pain killer during pregnancy and their children developing behavioural problems.

Sep 26, 2014

Psychiatrists alleviate mental illness – don't attack them

Psychiatrists are here to try to make sense of the complexities of human behaviour in those who see them, and to help them get better. Many of those who are seen by psychiatrists are very ill indeed, and suffer greatly – ...

Sep 26, 2014

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Study ties aging to oxidative damage in mitochondria

As long as humans have been alive, they've been seeking ways to extend life just a little longer. So far no one has found the fountain of youth, but researchers have begun to understand how humans age, little by little, offering ...

Sep 26, 2014

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Device lets docs stay 'tuned in' to brain bloodflow

For Dr. John Murkin, the medical device business is all about "making a better mouse trap."

Sep 26, 2014

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New data may help nutrition monitoring

A new combination of household food purchases and nutrition data is being used to assess population exposure to sodium, saturated fat, and sugar in New Zealand.

Sep 26, 2014

Simulations provided early warning to deadly potential of Ebola

The Ebola epidemic could claim hundreds of thousands of lives and infect more than 1.4 million people by the end of January, according to a statistical forecast released this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

Sep 26, 2014

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How plankton gets jet lagged

A hormone that governs sleep and jet lag in humans may also drive the mass migration of plankton in the ocean, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have found. The molecule ...

Sep 26, 2014

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Strategy to reduce side effects in modern cancer therapy

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Vienna (Institute of Inorganic Chemistry) and the Medical University of Vienna (Institute for Cancer Research) has successfully developed a new strategy for ...

Sep 26, 2014

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