Category: Education
New test diagnoses your shopping addiction
The Bergen Shopping Addiction Scale is a seven-item test to check if your shopping habit is a full-blown shopping addiction. All items are scored on the following scale: (0) Completely disagree, (1) Disagree, (2) Neither disagree nor agree, (3) Agree, […]
“Healthy smokers” may hold key to health
Smokers reach old age may hold the key to better lung health for all, according to a study funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) The new findings, which used the first analyses of genetic data from participants in UK […]
New study identifies four types of millennial news readers
A new study groups millennial news readers as Unattached, Explorers, Distracted, or Activists. The study, a deeper analysis of a survey conducted earlier in 2015 by the Media Insight Project, finds that as it relates to their information use and […]
CT-scan follow ups improve lung cancer survival rates
A new study shows that regular CT-scan follow ups improve a patient’s chances of surviving lung cancer. The findings, presented at the ERS International Congress 2015 in Amsterdam, are the first to show improved overall survival after surgery for a […]
Your “bacteria cloud” is like a fingerprint
The bacteria you give off to the air cover you in a “bacterial aura” or a microbial cloud that is as unique as your fingerprint. As gross and unsettling as that sounds, researchers effectively identified people through microbes in the […]
Seniors with poor vision can still use touch screens
Should you get grandma a Kindle? Researchers say yes. They didn’t use the same wording, but a study confirms that seniors with age-related vision problems can still use touch screen devices. The study was published in the October issue of […]
Bad karma is bad for your health
A recent study shows that patients who blame their sickness on karma experience more pain than those who don’t. Karma believers also have worse physical and mental health. The team studied nearly 200 individuals to find out how their spiritual […]
Repeating words to babies makes them learn faster
Hey mom and dad! Your persistence to teach kids “mama” and “dada” helps them learn words faster in the long run. “Parents who repeat words more often to their infants have children with better language skills a year and […]
Best way to avoid prolonged sitting
A new study shows that the best methods to reduce prolonged sitting time have nothing to do with exercise. More effective techniques involve tracking the total amount of time you spend hunched in a chair. The research, led by the […]
Intuitive kids are picky with teachers
New research shows that children are not as gullible as we might think — and that’s especially true for those who have a good understanding of what’s going on inside someone else’s head. In a paper recently published in the […]
