News tagged with human communication


Focus on STD, not cancer prevention, to promote HPV vaccine use

The HPV vaccine can prevent both cervical cancer and a nasty sexually transmitted disease in women. But emphasizing the STD prevention will persuade more young women to get the vaccine, a new study suggests.

Health created May 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Kelly the robot helps kids tackle autism

(HealthDay)—Using a kid-friendly robot during behavioral therapy sessions may help some children with autism gain better social skills, a preliminary study suggests.

Autism spectrum disorders created May 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

What impact does a day of roller derby have on our skin microbiome?

The human skin is home to countless microorganisms that we can't see, but these microbes help define who we are. Our invisible passengers – known as the skin microbiome - contribute to our health in numerous ways including ...

Other created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Communicating during epidemics

Disease outbreaks are inevitable, and can often be unpredictable. They are frequently marked by uncertainty, confusion and a sense of urgency. Communication, generally through the media, is an important feature ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A glimpse inside the control centres of cell communication

Researchers detect characteristic constructional features in a family of sensors that process signals in the human body and control physiological processes.

Medical research created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Expressing love can improve your health

After giving a talk at a university in Texas, Kory Floyd received an unusual request from an audience member. The young man asked for a prescription for the health booster Floyd had discussed in his presentation.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Texting doesn't replace the feel-good effects of talking, study says

(HealthDay)—It's hard to quibble with the speed and convenience of connecting through texts and instant messages, but scientists say that today's ubiquitous online social communication may not confer the ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Somebody to love: Expert says young crushes on older celebrities part of passage into adulthood

Like the chicken pox or fifth disease, a bout of "Bieber Fever" is a childhood passage for many young girls. Moreover, it's a way to explore their sense of identity, according to a Kansas State University family studies researcher.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests human genes influence gut microbial composition

New research led by the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and the University of Glasgow, Scotland, has identified a link between a human gene and the composition of human gastrointestinal bacteria. In a study published as a letter ...

Medical research created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The knowing nose: Chemosignals communicate human emotions

(Medical Xpress)—Many animal species transmit information via chemical signals, but the extent to which these chemosignals play a role in human communication is unclear. In a new study published in Psychological Science, a jour ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nurture trumps nature in study of oral bacteria in human twins

A new long-term study of human twins by University of Colorado Boulder researchers indicates the makeup of the population of bacteria bathing in their saliva is driven more by environmental factors than heritability.

Genetics created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Team finds 14 new biomarkers for type 2 diabetes

A research team led by Anna Floegel of the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) and Tobias Pischon of the Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) has identified 14 novel biomarkers for type ...

Diabetes created Oct 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Charting the SH2 pool

New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Cell Communication and Signaling describes a large set of interactions (interactome) which maps the range of phosphotyrosine (pTyr)-dependent interactions with S ...

Medical research created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mobile phones and wireless networks: No evidence of health risk found in EU study

There is no scientific evidence that low-level electromagnetic field exposure from mobile phones and other transmitting devices causes adverse health effects, according to a report presented by a Norwegian /Swedish Expert ...

Health created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study links sinusitis to microbial diversity, suggests new approach for dealing with common ailment

A common bacteria ever-present on the human skin and previously considered harmless, may, in fact, be the culprit behind chronic sinusitis, a painful, recurring swelling of the sinuses that strikes more than one in ten Americans ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast