Archive: 14/03/2014
Contagious yawning may not be linked to empathy; still largely unexplained
While previous studies have suggested a connection between contagious yawning and empathy, new research from the Duke Center for Human Genome Variation finds that contagious yawning may decrease with age and is not strongly ...
Mar 14, 2014
Parents receiving heart disease diagnosis for infants need better information
Based on a survey of parents of children with congenital heart disease, physicians delivering the diagnosis need to do a better job of showing compassion, ensuring parents understand all their options and providing easily ...
Mar 14, 2014
Specialized care improves treatment outcomes in patients with sleep apnea
A new study of patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) found that treatment outcomes were better when patients received care from sleep specialists and accredited sleep centers.
Mar 14, 2014
Older age at onset of Type 1 diabetes associated with lower brain connectivity
Children and adolescents older than age 8 at the onset of type 1 diabetes had weaker brain connectivity when tested later in life relative to those who had earlier ages of diagnosis, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the ...
Mar 14, 2014