Archive: 25/10/2017

Online consumers want emotional reviews—just not too emotional

Online reviews play an increasingly important role in consumer behavior as more Americans opt to purchase items online. Previously, studies examining the influence of reviews focused on the length of the reviews and whether ...

Oct 25, 2017

Research finds poor healthcare communication for group care patients with disabilities

Landmark research on the sharing of health information of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) living in group homes has found their care and safety is threatened due to information silos and a lack ...

Oct 25, 2017

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The downside of knowing too much about our genes

Self-knowledge is a goal greatly prized by mystics and philosophers. However, too much knowledge about one's own genes can lead to some adverse psychological consequences, two new Yale-led research projects have found.

Oct 25, 2017

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What motivates college students to play Pokémon Go?

North Carolina State University research on college students who joined the Pokémon Go craze in 2016 found that a desire to exercise or socialize attracted some players, even those who weren't gamers. Results could inform ...

Oct 25, 2017

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Why aren't we curing the world's most curable diseases?

Once upon a time, the world suffered.

Oct 25, 2017

Opinion: Replacing pharmacists with robots isn't the answer to better productivity

Reforming pharmacy services and the role of pharmacists is one of the recommendations made in a five-year review of the nation's productivity, released yesterday. The Productivity Commission's report, Shifting the Dial, highlights ...

Oct 25, 2017

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Depressed patients who are treated with antidepressants do worse in the long run

In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics a new analysis discloses insights into the long term effects of antidepressant drugs. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is more often chronic or recurrent in clinical ...

Oct 25, 2017

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Researchers explore a new way of specific drug delivery using liposomes

Liposomes are successful drug delivery vehicles prescribed for several types of cancer but also for treatment of fungal infections or pain management. Now researchers from the Medical University of Vienna show a straightforward ...

Oct 25, 2017

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Households including in-laws have fewer kids

Women who live with their own mother or their mother-in-law in the same household have, on average, fewer children than women who only live with their spouse. Martin Fieder and colleagues, evolutionary anthropologists from ...

Oct 25, 2017

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Genetic test could help fight secondary breast cancer

Thousands of breast cancer patients at risk of developing aggressive secondary tumours could benefit from a potential new genetic test.

Oct 25, 2017

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