Category: Education
Why superstitions are hard to shake
Even when people recognize that their belief does not make sense, they can still allow that irrational belief to influence how they think, feel and behave, finds Associate Professor Jane Risen from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business […]
Childhood obesity linked parenting style
A team of Montreal-based researchers embarked on a study to find out how parenting styles and the broader social environment combine to affect children’s obesity risk. “We thought that certain types of parenting would be associated with a higher risk […]
Self-weighing can lead to depression in women
Self-weighing may have negative effects for adolescents and young adults. Researchers from the University of Minnesota tracked the self-weighing behaviors of more than 1,900 young adults as part of Project EAT (Eating and Activity in Teens and Young Adults) and […]
Wireless implant can trigger and block pain
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign developed implants that one day may be used in different parts of the body to fight pain that doesn’t respond to other therapies. […]
Waiting doesn’t help self-control
The idea that natural urges ‘die down’ with time seems intuitive, but new research shows that it’s being reminded about what not to do, not the passage of time, that actually helps young children control their impulsive behavior. The findings […]
Body clock controls insulin, blood sugar in pancreas
New research says that our body clock dictates how the pancreas controls blood sugar, which can lead to new methods to treat diabetes. The body’s circadian clocks coordinate behaviors like eating and sleeping, as well as physiological activity like metabolism, […]
New research helps us understand the immune system
A new research reveals a protein than can help protect people from allergies, infection, and cancer. Researchers from Medicine, Chemistry and Biological Sciences in the University’s Institute for Life Science (IfLS) have been collaborating with Microsoft Research UK to investigate […]
Videos are effective as mannequins to teach CPR
Using videos to teach CPR may be just as effective as using hands-on methods with mannequins, says a new study by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Videos are cheaper compared to video self-instruction kits (VSI) with […]
Rashes a sign of virus infection in kids
According to pediatrician Dr. Heidi Renner, most childhood rashes will resolve by themselves or can be easily treated. Still, rashes can be a symptom of another illness or virus and a child should be seen by a doctor. Some common […]
Sex talks with parents lead to more responsible teens
Discussing sex with parents, especially mothers, had an effect on safer sex behavior among adolescents, especially girls, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics. Laura Widman, Ph.D., of North Carolina State University, Raleigh, and coauthors reviewed medical literature […]
