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Lower childhood IQ associated with higher risk of adult mental disorders

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have hypothesized that people with lower IQs may have a higher risk of adult mental disorders, but few studies have looked at the relationship between low childhood IQ and psychiatric disorders later in life. ...





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Ventilation treatment in prone position for ARDS does not provide significant survival benefit

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Despite a current suggestion that patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome be positioned lying face down while receiving mechanical ventilation, study results indicate that this positioning does not significantly ...


Device enables world's first voluntary gorilla blood pressure reading

Device enables world's first voluntary gorilla blood pressure reading

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 11 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Zoo Atlanta recently became the first zoological institution in the world to obtain voluntary blood pressure readings from a gorilla. This groundbreaking stride was made possible by the Gorilla Tough Cuff, ...


Experts: Placebo power behind many natural cures

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(AP) -- People looking for natural cures will be happy to know there is one. Two words explain how it works: "I believe." It's the placebo effect - the ability of a dummy pill or a faked treatment to make people feel better, ...


Study shows brief training in meditation may help manage pain

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created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Living with pain is stressful, but a surprisingly short investment of time in mental training can help you cope.


The upside of feeling down

The upside of feeling down

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 5

A chill wind chases you into the door of your local newsagent. Rain is drumming down outside. As you pay for your newspaper, you briefly notice a number of strange items on the checkout counter - a matchbox ...


Study examines quality and duration of primary care visits

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adult primary care visits have increased in quality, duration and frequency between 1997 and 2005, according to a report in the November 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.


Diet switching can activate brain's stress system, lead to 'withdrawal' symptoms

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In research that sheds light on the perils of yo-yo dieting and repeated bouts of sugar-bingeing, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that cycling between periods of eating sweet and ...


Back pain permanently sidelines soldiers at war

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Military personnel evacuated out of Iraq and Afghanistan because of back pain are unlikely to return to the line of duty regardless of the treatment they receive, according to research led by a Johns Hopkins pain management ...


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Well-traveled wasps provide hope for vanishing species

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

They may only be 1.5mm in size, but the tiny wasps that pollinate fig trees can travel over 160km in less than 48 hours, according to research from scientists at the University of Leeds. The fig wasps are transporting ...


Women with asthma feel worse

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women with asthma are more anxious, find it harder to sleep and are more tired during the day than their male counterparts, but nevertheless tend to be better at following their treatment, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska ...



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