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Informal social networks better at encouraging Hispanics to prepare for disasters, study finds
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lay health teachers who engaged Hispanics inside their social networks were more effective than mailers at encouraging participants to prepare disaster plans.
Study reveals people’s thoughts on living longer
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If people were given a pill to make them live longer what would they do with that extra time? According to a new study by University of Queensland researchers, they would spend it with their family.
Killer cookies: To resist temptation, exaggerate the threat
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Dec 14, 2009 |
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Your ability to resist that tempting cookie depends on how a big a threat you perceive it to be, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
On the tip of your tongue: Researchers reveal our motor system activates when we hear speech
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London have discovered our motor system activates automatically when we hear speech. These findings could, in the future, play a central role ...
Omega-3 fatty acids may reduce risk of colon cancer
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, primarily found in fish and seafood, may have a role in colorectal cancer prevention, according to results presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention ...
The number of 85-year-olds will increase by a third by 2020
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Health and social care provision needs to be put in place for a large increase (33%) in the 85 year old population in the UK by 2020, according to a study published today in the British Medical Journal.
Study Finds Eating Fruits and Vegetables Lowers Risks of Heart Disease
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of adults aged 70 or older found that increased servings of fruits and vegetables were significantly associated with a decrease of cognitive impairment, and that those eating three or more servings ...
Myopia appears to have become more common
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Myopia (nearsightedness) may have been more common in Americans from 1999 to 2004 than it was 30 years ago, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.
Fear of anxiety linked to depression in above-average worriers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Anxiety sensitivity, or the fear of feeling anxious, may put people who are already above-average worriers at risk for depression, according to Penn State researchers. Understanding how sensitivity to anxiety is a risk factor ...
Moral dilemma scenarios prone to biases
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Picture the following hypothetical scenario: A trolley is headed toward five helpless victims. The trolley can be redirected so that only one person's life is at stake. Psychologists and philosophers have been using moral ...
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