Text messages, app alerts and emails—so-called "digital nudges"—are effective at pushing us to do things, even exercise. New University of Minnesota research shows these actions used by corporate wellness programs lead ...
Oct 25, 2022
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Stroke patients who have difficulty paying attention to part of their visual field may perform better when offered a reward, a study by Imperial College London and Brunel University researchers has found.
Nov 26, 2012
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The next crop of health care professionals has a price when it comes to illegally releasing confidential medical information, according to researchers at Florida Atlantic University, Baylor University and the State University ...
Aug 27, 2020
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Women who go to medical school just for the financial rewards of being a doctor could be making a mistake, according to a study published in the Journal of Human Capital.
Jul 12, 2012
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Rewarding learning today can improve learning tomorrow; this is one of the conclusions reached by researchers from the Cognition and Brain Plasticity research group of the Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge (IDIBELL) ...
Jun 15, 2016
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Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, is celebrating a decade of reducing the population's waistline through its scientifically backed program, the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet online.
Jan 3, 2024
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If physical activity came in a bottle, it would be the most prescribed medicine of all. Just walking 10 more minutes a day may yield clinically significant outcomes such as improved mental health, less pain and better sleep. ...
Mar 12, 2024
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To make some of life's most important decisions, it often helps to ask sensitive questions–those touching on potentially sensitive issues such as finances or personal history. For instance, when deciding to take a promotion, ...
May 18, 2023
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More than half of U.S. hospitals are classified as "non-profit," gaining federal, state and local tax exemptions in exchange for helping needy patients in their communities. But there's an imbalance in the social contract ...
Apr 19, 2023
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Pregnant women are more likely to quit smoking if financial rewards are offered as part of a treatment plan, finds new research published in The BMJ.
Jan 27, 2015
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