Neuroscience
Pay attention: How we focus and concentrate
Scientists at Newcastle University have shed new light on how the brain tunes in to relevant information.
May 23, 2013
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Neuroscience
Paying attention makes touch-sensing brain cells fire rapidly and in sync
Whether we're paying attention to something we see can be discerned by monitoring the firings of specific groups of brain cells. Now, new work from Johns Hopkins shows that the same holds true for the sense of touch. The ...
Dec 9, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Putting your mental health in order
(HealthDay)—Living without stress may seem nearly impossible these days. Technology beckons at all hours for you to read just one more tweet or text. Politics are polarizing. Costs are rising, but salaries not so much.
Sep 14, 2012
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Overweight & Obesity
The smart phone app that helps weight loss
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have developed a smart phone app that helps users lose weight by carefully recording their food consumption.
May 13, 2013
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Pediatrics
Shared parental leave doesn't make financial or emotional sense, says researcher
When shared parental leave was introduced in 2015 in the UK, the then Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government described it as a "radical" policy, suitable for modern lives and workplaces.
Aug 21, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Bullied kids often develop physical symptoms, study says
(HealthDay)—Kids who are the victims of bullies are often reluctant to report the abuse. But a new study shows that frequent and unexplained physical symptoms are common in bullied children, and experts say they can be ...
Sep 16, 2013
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Health
Certain stresses, burnout causing some women to leave medicine
(HealthDay)—Though equal numbers of men and women are now entering medical schools, the majority of physicians are still male, and female physicians face several unique stressors, according to a report published online ...
Jan 5, 2018
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Medications
Cost of cancer drugs varies widely based on who's paying
Uninsured cancer patients are asked to pay anywhere from two to 43 times what Medicare would pay for chemotherapy drugs, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Apr 7, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Preschool children who can pay attention more likely to finish college
Young children who are able to pay attention and persist on a task have a 50 percent greater chance of completing college, according to a new study at Oregon State University.
Aug 6, 2012
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Surgery
Female surgeons earned 24% less per hour while operating compared to male surgeons: study
Female surgeons earned 24 per cent less per hour while operating compared to male surgeons, finds a new study led by St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, which also noted that female surgeons performed fewer of the highest-paid ...
Oct 2, 2019
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