Health
Study finds Americans report getting less sleep
If you've been tempted lately to pull a Jughead and draw pupils on your closed eyelids to catch a few extra Z's in your morning meetings, you're not alone.
Nov 29, 2018
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Arizona State University
Oncology & Cancer
Mutations boost immunity: Toward a cancer vaccine
Despite significant advances in cancer research, the disease continues to exact a devastating toll. Because cancer is a disease of the body's own cells, which mutate and develop under evolutionary pressure, conventional treatments ...
Nov 26, 2018
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Neuroscience
Researchers develop prosthetic hand system, allowing user to 'feel' again
Arizona State University researcher James Abbas is part of a multi-institutional research team that has developed a new prosthetic hand system with a fully implanted, wirelessly controlled neurostimulator that has restored ...
Nov 7, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Lifetime peer influences, and parenting, predict adult coercive relationships
Crude, vulgar or offensive talk, even among friends in private, can signal the beginning of a pathway leading to antisocial behaviors, substance abuse and romantic relationships dominated by anger, control and fear.
Oct 29, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Parent-child bond predicts depression, anxiety in teens attending high-achieving schools
What causes some adolescents to thrive while other teenagers struggle with substance abuse and mental health? Through years of research, the scientists who study development and the clinicians who treat troubled teenagers ...
Oct 25, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research supports the ump, distance to a close play is critical in making the right call
The game of baseball unfolds slowly, over nine innings and over the course of three hours or more and yet it can reach a critical junction in a blink of an eye. A player's foot hits the base just as the sound of a ball hitting ...
Oct 24, 2018
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
In the fight against Alzheimer's, Down syndrome may hold vital clues
At first glance, Down syndrome (DS) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), two severe brain abnormalities, may seem to have little in common. Down syndrome is a hereditary disease, the source of which has long been recognized—a ...
Oct 16, 2018
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Health
For the last time, sitting is not the new smoking
Thanks to social media, one inaccurate but catchy headline about research can find new life in unlimited shares and retweets, but the actual science can become dangerously distorted.
Oct 15, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New report shows three times more men than women commit suicide in Arizona
A new report from the ASU Center for Violence Prevention and Community Safety and the Arizona Violent Death Reporting System details suicides in Arizona, examining the characteristics of the victims and the circumstances ...
Oct 11, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Crested cactuses inspire researchers to look for new ways to control cancer
Sun Tzu, the general of ancient China, wrote in his enduring military treatise "The Art of War" of the importance of knowing one's enemy. The idea resonates strongly with Athena Aktipis, a scholar of many titles at Arizona ...
Sep 17, 2018
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