News tagged with body position
Blood pressure monitoring: Room for improvement
Because some clinicians fail to stick to official recommendations for blood pressure monitoring, a number of patients are misclassified, which could have an impact on decisions about their treatment. According to Gretchen ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Evidence shows how childhood obesity can be prevented
Targeting children aged six to 12 with school-based programmes that encourage healthy eating, physical activity and positive attitudes to body image are among a range of interventions that can help reduce levels of obesity, ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Hand study reveals brain's distorted body model
Our brains contain a highly distorted model of our own bodies, according to new research by scientists at UCL (University College London). A study published today, which focussed on the brain's representation ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 14, 2010 |
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Winter Olympics Science Notes: Skeleton
Shake your head as hard as you can for about one minute. That's how aerospace engineer Timothy Wei describes the sport of skeleton. And by the way, within that minute, athletes also travel head-first around ...
Feb 23, 2010 |
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A pain in the neck: Researcher studies the effects of too much texting on college students
The world record for fastest text message typing is held by a 21-year old college student from Utah, but his dexterous digits could mean serious injury later on. Most adults aged 18-21 prefer texting over e-mail or phone ...
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Being overweight super-sizes both risk and consequences of sleep-disordered breathing
Overweight individuals are not just at greater risk of having sleep-disordered-breathing (SDB), they are also likely to suffer greater consequences, according to new research.
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Study: Body posture affects confidence in your own thoughts
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sitting up straight in your chair isn't just good for your posture - it also gives you more confidence in your own thoughts, according to a new study.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Orgasms, sexual health and attitudes about female genitals
An Indiana University study published in the September issue of the International Journal of Sexual Health found that women who feel more positively about women's genitals find it easier to orgasm and are mo ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Sit properly, for slouch can lead to 'ouch'
So what is it now, you medical experts? We need to learn how to sit?
Aug 21, 2009 |
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New study pinpoints difference in the way children with autism learn new behaviors
Researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have collaborated to uncover important new insights into the neurological basis of autism.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Why certain fishes went extinct 65 million years ago
Large size and a fast bite spelled doom for bony fishes during the last mass extinction 65 million years ago, according to a new study to be published March 31, 2009, in the Proceedings of the National Ac ...
Mar 26, 2009 |
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