Category: Education
It’s confirmed: working hard in high school secures you a better future
High school students with solid reading and writing skills and who are responsible may be more likely to succeed in college and go on to secure a high-paying, prestigious job than their classmates who slack off, a new study confirms. […]
Many women with breast cancer fear radiation – study
Women with breast cancer are often afraid of getting radiation, but a new study of women who’ve had this treatment suggests their experiences with it were much better than they expected. Researchers surveyed 327 breast cancer patients treated from 2012 […]
Aerobic exercise slows cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease
Cardiovascular exercise training may help slow the decline in brain function among Alzheimer’s patients, researchers say. Researchers assessed data from 19 studies conducted between 2002 and 2015 that examined the effects of exercise on cognitive ability in 1,145 people at […]
Many mothers unaware about child burn risk, treatment
Many mothers of young children lack knowledge on the biggest burn risks to their little ones and even what age group is most likely to get burned, Australian researchers say. The study team surveyed almost 500 mothers of young kids […]
Eat healthy for a better environment
Experts advise people who want to reduce their carbon footprint to switch to better diets consisting of more plants than meat. Scientists say that food production including growing crops, raising livestock, fishing, and transporting all that food to our plates […]
Stand more in the office, not sit, to lose weight – study
Doing desk work in a standing instead of sitting position can help you to lose weight, according to a new US study. Published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, the study found that when standing a person burns 0.15 more […]
Carbs, sugar no link to PMS
The amount of foods containing sugars or other carbohydrates that a woman eats is not linked to the likelihood that she will start experiencing premenstrual syndrome (PMS), researchers say. “While there are dietary recommendations to alleviate symptoms, such as increasing […]
Recreational soccer is medicine, researchers find
People who play recreational soccer have lower cholesterol, blood pressure and resting heart rates as well as less fat mass compared to inactive people,, a research review suggests. Compared to some other forms of exercise, including running and Zumba, soccer […]
For perfectionists, self-compassion may prevent depression
A small-scale study of Australian teens and adults have found that learning to respond to your failures with kindness, or self-compassion, may help offset the negative effects of perfectionism at any age. “We know that perfectionism can often lead to […]
Large-scale study finds that anti-depressants work
A large-scale study, which analysed data from 522 trials involving 116,477 people, found 21 common anti-depressants were all more effective at reducing symptoms of acute depression than dummy pills. This settles the long-standing debate whether anti-depressants work. However, the study […]
