News tagged with training
Mindfulness meditation reduces loneliness in older adults: study
For older adults, loneliness is a major risk factor for health problems — such as cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's — and death. Attempts to diminish loneliness with social networking programs like creating ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 24, 2012 |
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Strobe eyewear training improves visual memory
Stroboscopic training, performing a physical activity while using eyewear that simulates a strobe-like experience, has been found to increase visual short-term memory retention, and the effects last for 24 ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 23, 2012 |
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Snacking and BMI linked to double effect of brain activity and self-control
Snack consumption and BMI are linked to both brain activity and self-control, new research has found.
Neuroscience
Jul 23, 2012 |
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Music has big brain benefits compared to other leisure pursuits
(Medical Xpress) -- It turns out mom was right. Music lessons are good for you, and those benefits may last a lifetime.
Neuroscience
Jul 20, 2012 |
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Mental health service users complete country's first peer broker training course
A group of 15 mental health service users have completed the country's first 'peer brokerage' training designed and led by mental health service users.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 18, 2012 |
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Endurance training cuts lipid-induced insulin resistance
(HealthDay) -- Endurance training seems to lessen the effect of lipid-induced insulin resistance, specifically by preventing lipid-induced reduction in nonoxidative glucose disposal (NOGD), according to a ...
Diabetes
Jul 17, 2012 |
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Resistance training improves some inflammatory markers
(HealthDay) -- Resistance training (RT) can reduce visceral fat and alter levels of certain inflammatory markers, according to research published in the July issue of Obesity Reviews.
Overweight and Obesity
Jul 12, 2012 |
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Eye movement direction not correlated with lying, study claims
New research refutes a commonly held belief that certain eye movements are associated with lying.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 11, 2012 |
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Perceptions trick memory
An inflated sense of memory function in people with dementia may influence their likelihood of seeking help, new Flinders University research shows.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Jul 11, 2012 |
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Study shows training improves recognition of quickly presented objects
So far it has seemed an irreparable limitation of human perception that we strain to perceive things in the very rapid succession of, say, less than half a second. Psychologists call this deficit "attentional ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 09, 2012 |
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Surgical residents perform better in OR if they receive structured training in simulated environment
New research has shown that surgical residents who received structured training in a simulated environment perform significantly better when they start operating on patients.
Surgery
Jul 05, 2012 |
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Patient care by residents is as good as by fully qualified doctors
Medical residents are an essential part of the hospital workforce. Although still in training the take on much of the day to day care of patients. A systematic review published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Me ...
Health
Jun 28, 2012 |
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Exercise program improved health of lung transplant patients and cut cardiovascular risk
Lung transplant patients who took part in a three-month structured exercise program when they were discharged from hospital improved their health-related quality of life and reduced their risk of cardiovascular problems.
Health
Jun 21, 2012 |
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Autism Speaks provides strategies to help a child with autism shows difficult behaviors
Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, today released An Introduction to Behavioral Health Treatments, Applied Behavior Analysis and Toilet Training parent's guides. These latest tool ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Jun 21, 2012 |
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Few migraine sufferers referred for behavioral treatments
(HealthDay) -- Behavioral treatments can prevent migraines in some patients, but many migraine specialists aren't aware of this and don't refer people for therapy, a new study indicates.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 20, 2012 |
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