Archive: 08/07/2015
Lack of education as deadly as smoking: Study estimates number of deaths attributed to low levels of education
A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado, New York University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill estimates the number of deaths that can be linked to differences in education, and finds that ...
Jul 8, 2015
TBI study shows brain activity changes after cognitive rehabilitation
Kessler Foundation researchers published results of their TBI-MEM trial, the first study to demonstrate significant changes in cerebral activation after memory retraining in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). ...
Jul 8, 2015
Impact of smoking on California's economy in decline at $18.1 billion per year
Today Nicotine & Tobacco Research publishes the third in a series of studies on the cost of smoking in California, one of the first US states to implement a comprehensive tobacco control program. Researchers estimated expenditures ...
Jul 8, 2015
Study suggests that medication could improve gastric bypass results
New findings about the mechanisms involved - or not involved - in the effects of the most common form of bariatric surgery suggest that combining surgery with a specific type of medication could augment the benefits of the ...
Jul 8, 2015