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Study shows medical marijuana laws reduce traffic deaths

A groundbreaking new study shows that laws legalizing medical marijuana have resulted in a nearly nine percent drop in traffic deaths and a five percent reduction in beer sales.

Health created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (38) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Blocking key protein could halt age-related decline in immune system

The older we get, the weaker our immune systems tend to become, leaving us vulnerable to infectious diseases and cancer and eroding our ability to benefit from vaccination. Now Stanford University School of Medicine scientists ...

Medical research created Sep 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Sex hormones impact career choices

(Medical Xpress) -- Teacher, pilot, nurse or engineer? Sex hormones strongly influence people's interests, which affect the kinds of occupations they choose, according to psychologists.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers find negative social interactions can lead to increased amounts of internal inflammation

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the University of California have found that negative social interactions can cause internal inflammation that may over time lead to possible health consequences. In the study, the results ...

Medical research created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Brain can be trained in compassion, study shows

Until now, little was scientifically known about the human potential to cultivate compassion—the emotional state of caring for people who are suffering in a way that motivates altruistic behavior.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Study: Happy youngsters more likely to grow into wealthy adults

The first in-depth investigation of whether youthful happiness leads to greater wealth in later life reveals that, even allowing for other influences, happy adolescents are likely to earn more money as adults.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sleep does not benefit learning in older adults as it does for young people: study

(Medical Xpress) -- Neuroscientists have long known that memory, sleep quality and sleep duration deteriorate with age, yet sleep enhances two major types of learning in young people. To date, few investigations have looked ...

Neuroscience created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds dramatic rise in skin cancer in young adults

Even as the rates of some cancers are falling, Mayo Clinic is seeing an alarming trend: the dramatic rise of skin cancer, especially among people under 40. According to a study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in the ...

Cancer created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aerobic exercise boosts brain power

The physical benefits of regular exercise and remaining physically active, especially as we age, are well documented. However, it appears that it is not only the body which benefits from exercise, but the mind too. The evidence ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blame common colds on your chromosome 'Caps?'

(HealthDay)—Some people seem to catch a cold every few weeks while others appear immune. Now a preliminary study suggests that the protective "caps" on your chromosomes could partly explain the mystery.

Medical research created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Uplifting music can boost mental capacity, research finds

(Medical Xpress)—Uplifting concertos from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons can boost mental alertness, according to research from Northumbria University.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

To children (but not adults) a rose by any other name is still a rose

New research challenges the conventional thinking that young children use language just as adults do to help classify and understand objects in the world around them.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Answer isn't always on the 'tip of the tongue' for older adults

Has your memory failed you today, such as struggling to recall a word that's "on the tip of your tongue?" If so, you're not alone.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 15, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Gene inactivation drives spread of melanoma: study

Why do some cancers spread rapidly to other organs and others don't metastasize? A team of UNC researchers led by Norman Sharpless, MD, have identified a key genetic switch that determines whether melanoma, a lethal skin ...

Cancer created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

No heart attack risk from attention-deficit drugs: study

A major study of more than one million children and young adults has shown no higher risk of heart attack among those who take drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a US study said Tuesday.

Medications created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1