News tagged with isolated
Survivors of violence benefit from mentoring
Can mentoring relationships help female students who survive childhood abuse or domestic violence? Absolutely, according to new research from Concordia University, published in the Journal of College Student Development.
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Indian experts probing 'untreatable' TB cases
The Indian government on Tuesday dispatched a team of medical experts to the financial capital, Mumbai, to assess reports of a handful of cases of apparently untreatable tuberculosis.
Jan 17, 2012 |
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No walk in the park: Factors that predict walking difficulty in elderly
Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that the likelihood of becoming disabled with age increases with the following factors: having a chronic condition or cognitive impairment; low physical activity; slower gross ...
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Should we all look to change travel habits earlier rather than giving up driving when we get old?
A major UK's report looking into the travel habits, needs and issues surrounding driving in old age has found that older people have a mixed range of views to changing their habits and or opting to use other ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Patient isolation associated with hospital delirium: study
A new study finds that patients who are moved into isolation during a hospital stay are nearly twice as likely to develop delirium, a potentially dangerous change in mental status that often affects hospital patients. Patients ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Satellites and Sun connect isolated communities to the world
A mobile phone unit connecting isolated communities to the rest of the world using satellites and solar power has caught the attention of ESA and the World Economic Forum.
Nov 24, 2011 |
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NGO releases new pictures of Brazil's isolated Amazon tribe
A non-governmental group on Tuesday released new pictures of an Indian tribe living in isolation in the Brazilian Amazon, saying they vindicated the decision to create "the biggest forested indigenous territory ...
Nov 22, 2011 |
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LGBT seniors face harder old age, national study finds
Aging and health issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender baby boomers have been largely ignored by services, policies and research. These seniors face higher rates of disability, physical and mental distress ...
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Crew of mock Mars mission appear healthy, joyful
Staying inside cramped, windowless modules for nearly a year-and-half was a tough challenge for an international crew of six researchers simulating a mission to Mars under 24-hour surveillance by scientists.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Americans' circle of confidantes is down to two
Although the average Facebook user may gave some 130 "friends," in reality, Americans have, on average, slightly more than two confidantes, down from three 25 years ago, but the size of this social network has stabilized ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Mars500 crew prepare to open the hatch
The 520 days of isolation for the Mars500 crew will end on 4 November, when the hatch of their ‘spacecraft’ is opened for the first time since June last year. Scientists eagerly await the final samples ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Kids with Down syndrome who bike ride are less sedentary overall
(Medical Xpress) -- Children with Down syndrome who learned to ride a two-wheel bike were less sedentary overall and had less body fat one year after learning to ride compared to those who did not participate, ...
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Anger predicts long-term mortality in patients with myocardial infarction
There is a growing awareness that psychological factors play a major role in triggering and modulating the progression of ischemic heart disease. Negative emotions such as hostility, anger, depression, anxiety and social ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Salamanders spell out evolution in action
Lungless salamanders (Ensatina eschscholtzii) live in a horseshoe-shape region in California (a 'ring') which circles around the central valley. The species is an example of evolution in action because, while neighboring popula ...
Jul 06, 2011 |
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Evolution to the rescue: Researchers offer hope that species may adapt quickly to rapid environmental change
Evolution is usually thought to be a very slow process, something that happens over many generations, thanks to adaptive mutations. But environmental change due to things like climate change, habitat destruction, pollution, ...
Jun 22, 2011 |
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