http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Bournemouth University Professor Colin Pritchard's latest research published in Public Health journal has found that the sharp rise of dementia and other neurological deaths in people under 74 cannot be put down to the fact that we are living longer – the rise is because a higher proportion of old people are being affected by such conditions, and what is really alarming, it is starting earlier and affecting people under 55 years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-brain-diseases-affecting-people-earlier.html Health Fri, 10 May 2013 08:10:02 EST news287390254 The simulator has been developed by Bournemouth University and Poole Hospital, and will help train doctors to perform epidurals. It has already been shortlisted for several prestigious awards. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-epidural-simulator-patients.html Other Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:32:14 EST news285841928 An alternative view of the Norway killer Anders Behring Breivik – as a psychotic man with a terror of losing his masculinity – was presented at the British Sociological Association in London today [Thursday 4 April]. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-breivik-killer-psychotic-afraid-masculinity.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:12:27 EST news284278340 A physiotherapy lecturer at Bournemouth University (BU) has created a new interactive wobbleboard that will allow clinicians to better measure improvements in patients' balance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-physiotherapist-interactive-wobbleboard-patients.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:09:29 EST news278838554 New Bournemouth University institute discovers new ways of making tourist attractions dementia-friendly. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-accessible-tourism-dementia.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:44:14 EST news278700248 The bystander effect is well-known in behavioural psychology and suggests that the more people who witnessing a violent emergency the less likely it is that someone will intervene. It was first identified in the 1960s, but conducting research on the phenomenon has been difficult. Most experiments rely upon staging fake emergencies or violent encounters using actors, but it is tricky to gauge how genuine a response is. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-bystander-effect-virtual-reality-viable.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:10:37 EST news277369830 (Medical Xpress)—Approximately one in every 1,000 people in the UK is an amputee. Many lose their limbs as the result of tragic accidents or due to active military combat and for some amputees losing a limb is a loss of freedom. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-prosthetics-amputees.html Medical research Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:06:34 EST news276941080