Archive: 16/12/2013
ACA brings legal immigrants opportunities as well as responsibilities
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) does not expand access to health insurance for undocumented immigrants but may pave the way for many legal immigrants who have trouble obtaining this crucial coverage, concludes a report released ...
Dec 16, 2013
Fruit fly studies help scientists swat aggressive relapsing leukemia
Using genetic information initially uncovered in fruit fly studies, scientists have developed a unique therapeutic strategy that stops an aggressive and deadly form of leukemia in laboratory models of the disease.
Dec 16, 2013
Life's not a squeeze for pregnant women
Despite their changed body size, pregnant women are just as good as other people at judging whether they are able to fit through openings, such as doorways, or not. This is thanks to a process called perceptual-motor recalibration ...
Dec 16, 2013
Nuclei in wrong place may be cause, not result, of inherited muscle diseases
Incorrectly positioned nuclei are not merely a sign but a possible cause of human congenital myopathies, a string of inherited muscle diseases, Victoria Schulman, graduate student at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical ...
Dec 16, 2013
Do degrading TV portrayals of women cause gender harassment?
A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly considers whether objectifying women in television and harassment are causally linked. Researchers Silvia Galdi, Anne Maass, and Mara Cadinu designed two experimental studies that ...
Dec 16, 2013
Five effective parenting programs to reduce problem behaviors in children
All parents want what's best for their children. But not every parent knows how to provide their child with the tools to be successful, or how to help them avoid the biggest adolescent behavior problems: substance use, delinquency, ...
Dec 16, 2013
The success of a comprehensive child obesity project is assessed
AS the UK faces up to a growing obesity crisis among youngsters, a University of Huddersfield expert has told a major conference about a successful project which saw a large number of children not only lose weight but also ...
Dec 16, 2013
Custodial care doesn't work for troubled young people
Putting young people who have committed no crime into custodial care as recommended in the Carmody Inquiry Report won't work, says QUT's Professor Robert Lonne, after the Queensland Government announced it would implement ...
Dec 16, 2013