News tagged with performance


Physical education requirement at 4-year universities at all-time low

Even as policy makers and health experts point to an increased need for exercise, more than half of four-year colleges and universities in the United States have dropped physical education requirements compared ...

Health created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Outsourced radiologists perform better reading for fewer hospitals

(Medical Xpress)—Experience working for a particular hospital matters when it comes to the performance of radiologists who work for outsourcing teleradiology companies, according to a team of researchers, whose finding ...

Health created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AAP emphasizes importance of recess in schools

(HealthDay)—Recess in school serves a necessary and important role in the development of a child's academic, physical, and social well-being, according to an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy ...

Pediatrics created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

What soccer can teach health researchers

(Edmonton) Make no mistake, Alex Clark and Lionel Messi were not separated at birth.

Health created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicians should not prescribe ADD drugs to healthy people

Physicians in Canada should consider refusing to prescribe cognitive enhancement medications—also used to treat attention deficit disorder (ADD)—to healthy patients, states an analysis article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical A ...

Medications created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exercise performance enhanced with virtual partner

(HealthDay)—Exercise duration is improved by exercising with a virtual partner, especially with a moderately superior partner, according to a study published in the October issue of the Annals of Behavioral Me ...

Health created Dec 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Maternal BMI negatively linked to child cognition

(HealthDay)—Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) is negatively associated with children's cognitive performance at ages 5 and 7, although the overall effect size is modest, according to research ...

Pediatrics created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

No evidence that doping enhances athletic performance

(HealthDay)—Although use of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) is prohibited among athletes because it reportedly enhances performance, there is no scientific evidence that it does so, according ...

Medications created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clinicians and parents: Working together during invasive procedures

(Medical Xpress)—New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing reports that parents present during a child's more invasive procedures reported higher levels of comfort, more procedural understanding ...

Health created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

1 in 4 in U.S. starts drinking before turning 21, report states

(HealthDay)—Underage drinking in the United States remains a serious public health issue, a new federal government report shows.

Health created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Field study shows motivational effect of performance targets

(Medical Xpress)—In many areas of our everyday lives, goals are the norm. That not all of them are effective, however, is something which anyone who has seen their New Year resolutions crumbling with each passing month ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Migraine in children may affect school performance

Children with migraine are more likely to have below average school performance than kids who do not have headaches, according to new research published in the October 30, 2012, print issue of Neurology, the medical journa ...

Pediatrics created Oct 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Omega-3 intake heightens working memory in healthy young adults

(Medical Xpress)—While Omega-3 essential fatty acids—found in foods like wild fish and grass-fed livestock—are necessary for human body functioning, their effects on the working memory of healthy young adults have not ...

Health created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study of patients ages 90 and older links poor physical performance, increased odds of dementia

Poor physical performance on activities including walking was associated with increased odds of dementia in a study of individuals 90 years and older, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Neurology.

Neuroscience created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wondering about your hospital's quality? Ask a nurse

(HealthDay)—The easiest way to assess a hospital's quality of care might be to just ask the nurses, new research suggests.

Health created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0