Category: Education
Getting the most from your stretching routine
For over 30 years, from the 1960s to the late 1990s, fitness professionals, enthusiasts and athletes were told that static stretching (stretching muscles while the body is at rest) was important for increased flexibility, improved performance and injury reduction. This […]
Impulsiveness is genetic
Researchers found that delay discounting, or the tendency to go for the smaller, immediate reward instead of waiting it out, is an inherited trait. According to a report presented at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology annual meeting in Hollywood, Florida, […]
Isopropyl alcohol eases nausea in the ER
Nauseated patients in the emergency department who sniffed pads saturated with isopropyl alcohol were twice as likely to obtain relief from their symptoms as nauseated patients who sniffed pads saturated with saline solution, according to a study published online in […]
Rudeness at work is contagious
Psychologists at Lund University in Sweden prove that rudeness is a major reason for dissatisfaction at work and that unpleasant behaviour spreads if nothing is done about it. Rudeness in this context refers to something that goes under the radar […]
New guideline addresses needs of breast cancer survivors
A new breast cancer survivorship care guideline created by the American Cancer Society and the American Society of Clinical Oncology provides guidance to primary care and other clinicians in caring for the female adult survivors of breast cancer. The guideline […]
Group meals boost productivity
Cornell University professors found that firefighter platoons who eat meals together have better group job performance compared with firefighter teams who dine solo. “Eating together is a more intimate act than looking over an Excel spreadsheet together. That intimacy spills […]
Black raspberries are the best antioxidant fruit
A current study from the University of Agriculture in Krakow suggests that black raspberries grown in Central Europe show greater health benefits than their better known cousins – raspberries or blackberries. A group of researchers led by Anna Małgorzata Kostecka-Gugała […]
Psychopaths result from insensitive parenting
Responsive, empathetic caregiving — especially when children are in distress — helps prevent boys from becoming callous, unemotional adolescents, according to a new Tulane University study of children raised in foster care. The research, which was published in the Journal […]
We become who we date, study says
A new study shows that teen who dated were more similar to their partner than their friends. And teens who just started dating started to become more similar to their romantic partners as well. “The results confirm what most friends […]
Couch potatoes have slower brains 25 years later
Young adults who live sedentary lifestyles are found to have worse cognitive functions 25 years down the line, according to an article published online by JAMA Psychiatry. Tina D. Hoang, M.S.P.H., of the Northern California Institute for Research and Education […]
