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Hyperbaric treatment for autism reports significant clinical improvements

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Hyperbaric treatment for children with autism has reportedly led to improvements in the condition, though previous studies were uncontrolled. Now, a new study published in the open access journal, BMC Pediatrics, is the fi ...





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Study sheds light on link between sleep disorder, behavior issues in kids

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 09, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study by researchers at Hasbro Children’s Hospital offers a closer look at the association between childhood sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), including snoring and sleep apnea, and behavioral problems like hyperactivity ...


New approach to dental visits may ease kids' fears

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For many children, a trip to the doctor or dentist is a stressful experience. The sensory environment (i.e., the sounds, smells, and lights associated with the clinical setting) can cause a child's anxiety levels to rise. ...


Same-sex behavior seen in nearly all animals, review finds

Same-sex behavior seen in nearly all animals

Biology / Other

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (21) | comments 7

Same-sex behavior is a nearly universal phenomenon in the animal kingdom, common across species, from worms to frogs to birds, concludes a new review of existing research.


Genetic factors in smoking also increase risk of chronic bronchitis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 29, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smoking is a known risk factor for respiratory diseases like chronic bronchitis, but genes also play a significant role in its development, according to researchers in Sweden, who studied more than 40,000 Swedish twins to ...


Hormone treatment eases post-surgery distress in children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A scary unknown for many children, the prospect of surgery can cause intense preoperative anxiety. While some amount of stress is normal, what many parents do not know is that extreme anxiety before surgery can contribute ...


Teenage stress has implications for adult health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Most of us remember our teenage years with a mix of fondness and relief. Fondness for the good memories, and relief that all that teenage stress, angst and drama — first love, gossip, SATs, fights with parents — is behind ...


Treatment of personality disorders by psychotherapy: A French multicenter study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A French multicenter study headed by Jean Cottraux (Lyon) has investigated the role of psychotherapy in borderline personality disorder.


Checklist for going solar

Technology / Energy

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

With the sun setting before 5 p.m., solar power may be the last thing on your mind these days. But declining panel prices ans a federal tax credit make now a good time to at least investigate whether solar power might make ...


Exposure to young triggers new neuron creation in females exhibiting maternal behavior

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Maternal behavior itself can trigger the development of new neurons in the maternal brain independent of whether the female was pregnant or has nursed, according to a study released by researchers at Tufts University's Cummings ...


Scientists find emotion-like behaviors, regulated by dopamine, in fruit flies

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have uncovered evidence of a primitive emotion-like behavior in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Their findings, which may be relevant to the relationship betwee ...



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