News tagged with external focus

External focus improves postural stability in patients with Parkinson's disease

ALEXANDRIA, VA - Patients with Parkinson disease may be able to improve their postural stability by directing their attention to the external effects of their movements rather than to the movements of their own body, according ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Thomas Edison inspires the oscar awards you don't see

Thomas Edison's invention of the first motion picture camera in 1891 inspired scientific and technological advances that he never could have imagined.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created 8 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Building a 'blind-friendly' Internet

Rakesh Babu demonstrates how a blind person uses the Internet.

Technology / Internet

created 8 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Motivation to exercise affects behavior

(Medical Xpress) -- For many people, the motivation to exercise fluctuates from week to week, and these fluctuations predict whether they will be physically active, according to researchers at Penn State. In an effort to ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created 6 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sony's Hirai refuses to abandon dire TV business

Struggling Japanese entertainment giant Sony will not abandon its cash-bleeding television business, its incoming CEO says, but he acknowledges tough decisions lie ahead including over redundancies.

Technology / Business

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Scientists use an old theory to discover new targets in the fight against breast cancer

Reviving a theory first proposed in the late 1800s that the development of organs in the normal embryo and the development of cancers are related, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physical punishment of children potentially harmful to their long-term development

An analysis of research on physical punishment of children over the past 20 years indicates that such punishment is potentially harmful to their long-term development, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Associati ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Better than a needle in the eye: New medical device offers hope and relief for patients

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at McMaster have developed a new system for delivering drugs to the back of the eye - one that could offer more effective treatment while sparing patients with vision-related ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

UCSF leaders explore bioinformatics in research, patient care and education

In the world of bioinformatics, the rush is on to extract gold from a data mine.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report identifies 16 highest priorities to guide NASA's Technology Development efforts for next 5 years

During the next five years, NASA technology development efforts should focus on 16 high-priority technologies and their associated top technical challenges, says a new report from the National Research Council. In addition, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Auditor's report needs significant changes

Every year public companies release a financial statement that includes a report from an auditor. That report provides assurance about the quality of the financial information and is meant to help the company attract investors, ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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