Category: Education
Exercise helps kick the smoking habit
Exercise can help anxious people quit their smoking habit, says psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin. People with high anxiety smoke cigarettes to cope with stress, making it harder to quit. “Anxiety and depressive symptoms and syndromes are […]
Gaming can help treat brain injury
First person shooting games were found to help people recover from traumatic brain injuries. Traumatic brain injury can leave patients with brain damage unable to carry out basic day to day tasks or return to work, because they have problems […]
Pregnant drinkers affect future grandchildren
Pregnant mothers who drink alcohol increase the chances that their children and their grandchildren may take the bottle, too, says a new study from Binghamton University. In the study, pregnant rats received the equivalent of one glass of wine, four […]
Mindfulness linked to healthy glucose levels
In a new study, researchers found that those who were more aware of their present thoughts of feelings were significantly more likely than people with low scores to have healthy glucose levels. The results show an association and do not […]
Vaginal ring protects women from HIV
A vaginal ring that continuously releases an antiretroviral drug protected women against HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ring reduced HIV infection by 27 percent in the study population overall and by 61 percent among women ages 25 years and older, […]
Two little secrets to lasting relationships
Couples who thanked each other and laughed together were found to be happier in their relationships. For a study, 47 couples were asked to either carry out mundane discussions or to express gratitude toward each other. After 30 days, couples […]
Fair punishments vary with age
A teacher who rewards or punishes a whole class for the good deed or misdeed of just one student is more likely to be seen as fair by five-year-olds but as less fair by older children, said research investigator […]
Air pollution linked to obesity
Just eight weeks of exposure to Beijing’s polluted air caused lab rats to gain weight and have heart and metabolic problems. A study appearing in the March issue of the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology […]
Why “sleeping on it” helps
A new research at the University of Bristol reveals how brain activity during sleep sorts through the huge number of experiences we encounter every day, filing only the important information in memory. The new discoveries, made by researchers from Bristol’s […]
Alzheimer’s drug may help smokers quit
University of Pennsylvania researchers Rebecca Ashare and Heath Schmidt studied an Alzheimer’s drug to help people stop smoking. In a study consisting of a rat trial and a human trial, Ashare and Schmidt studied the effects of two acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, […]
