Archive: 28/02/2012
When uncontrolled anger becomes a soldier's enemy
Economic setbacks, work pressures and the annoyances of daily life such as long lines and rush-hour traffic can cause otherwise calm people to snap and lose their cool. But when anger begins to affect personal ...
Feb 28, 2012
Excess fat may be 'protective' in seniors over 85
Obesity is considered the leading preventable cause of death worldwide until you reach old age, that is. Though obesity increases the risk of an early death, shaving an average of six to seven years off a person's ...
Feb 28, 2012
Women decrease condom use during freshman year of college, study finds
Women gradually use condoms less frequently during their first year of college, according to a new study by researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine. This was particularly true ...
Feb 28, 2012
Researchers develop world's first biodegradable joint implant
Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Finland, has been the first in the world to develop biodegradable joint implant, RegJoint. The implant is used in the treatment of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Feb 28, 2012
Eye movement not engaged in arms race, researchers find
We make our eye movements earlier or later in order to coordinate with movements of our arms, New York University neuroscientists have found. Their study, which appears in the journal Neuron, points to a mechanism in the ...
Feb 28, 2012
Teenagers are more vulnerable to sport concussions
Research results published in Brain Injury by Université de Montréal neuropsychologist Dave Ellemberg reveal that adolescents are more sensitive to the effects of a sport-related concussion than adults or children. ...
Feb 28, 2012
First international guidelines for echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease
The inaugural international guidelines for the diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease (RHD), a disease that affects tens of millions of people worldwide, have today been published by the World Heart Federation in Nature Reviews ...
Feb 28, 2012
First and only study on harmful effects of infants prenatally exposed to ecstasy
A study led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, in collaboration with the University of East London UK, and Swansea University UK, is the first to show the effects of the drug ecstasy on fetal and infant ...
Feb 28, 2012