News tagged with party

Gov: W.Va. to expand Medicaid, cover 92K uninsured

(AP)—West Virginia will expand Medicaid as called for by the federal health care overhaul.

Health May 02, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Overheard phone calls more memorable, rated more distracting than other background talking

A one-sided cellphone conversation in the background is likely to be much more distracting than overhearing a conversation between two people, according to research published March 13 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Ver ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Mar 13, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Uncovering how humans hear one voice among many

Humans have an uncanny ability to zero in on a single voice, even amid the cacophony of voices found in a crowded party or other large gathering of people. Researchers have long sought to identify the precise ...

Neuroscience Mar 11, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

The party in your brain

A team of political scientists and neuroscientists has shown that liberals and conservatives use different parts of the brain when they make risky decisions, and these regions can be used to predict which political party ...

Neuroscience Feb 13, 2013 | 5 / 5 (4) | 3 |

Tea Party organizations have ties to tobacco industry dating back to 1980s, study finds

Rather than being a purely grassroots movement that arose spontaneously in 2009, the Tea Party developed in part as a result of tobacco industry efforts to oppose smoking restrictions and tobacco taxes beginning ...

Health Feb 11, 2013 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 1

'Overparenting' trend worries psychologists

(Medical Xpress)—School psychologists and counsellors are concerned that overbearing parents are raising children unable to cope with failure and life outside of home, a new QUT study shows.

Psychology & Psychiatry Jan 15, 2013 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

Healthy eating tips for holiday parties

(HealthDay)—It's all too easy to overindulge in food and drink at holiday parties, but there are things you can do to make sure you don't stray too far off the path of good health, an expert says.

Health Dec 25, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Researchers find head turning resets cocktail party effect

(Medical Xpress) -- Anyone who has ever been to a cocktail party knows how difficult it can be to hear and follow conversations due to a host of distracting noises. Some might have even noticed that if they ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Apr 10, 2012 | 5 / 5 (5) | 0 |

Declining health-care productivity in England: Who says so?

Reports that the National Health Service in England has been declining in productivity in the last decade appear to have been accepted as fact. However, a Viewpoint published Online First by The Lancet disputes this. The Vi ...

Health Feb 12, 2012 | 1 / 5 (1) | 1