A group of forager-farmers in Bolivia's tropical forests—known for having remarkable cardiovascular health and low blood pressure—experienced changes in body mass and diet over a nine-year period, with increased use of ...
Sep 16, 2019
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Caregivers of people with dementia lose between 2.5 to 3.5 hours of sleep weekly due to difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep—a negative for themselves and potentially for those who receive their care, Baylor University ...
Aug 23, 2019
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People who care for their elderly parents outside of their full-time jobs—and are unpaid for their help—experience considerable disruption of their workplace routines. Many are not getting employer support because it ...
Jun 25, 2019
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When couples play board games together or take a painting class with each other, their bodies release oxytocin—sometimes dubbed the "hugging hormone." But men wielding paintbrushes released twice as much or more as the ...
Feb 12, 2019
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Children in Somaliland suffer a significant burden of health conditions—particularly congenital deformities and wound-related conditions—that could be bettered by surgery, but most of these needs are being unmet, according ...
Jan 29, 2019
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A type of mosquito that transmits malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time, and the discovery has implications for putting more people at risk for malaria in new regions, according to a study led by a Baylor ...
Jan 16, 2019
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Students given extra points if they met "The 8-hour Challenge"—averaging eight hours of sleep for five nights during final exams week—did better than those who snubbed (or flubbed) the incentive, according to Baylor University ...
Dec 3, 2018
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A new "buddy system" of nursing education—in which two students work together as one nurse to share ideas, set priorities and make clinical decisions for patient care in the "real world" of nursing—is effective, according ...
Nov 15, 2018
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Veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder were less anxious and depressed and had an improved quality of life after an eight-week therapeutic horseback riding program, according to a Baylor University study.
Oct 29, 2018
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Teens who took a supplemental drivers' education program—including tours of emergency rooms, intensive care units and a morgue—showed greater awareness of the consequences of risky driving and of how they can avoid dangers, ...
Sep 5, 2018
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