Health
Above-normal weight alone does not increase the short-term risk of death: study
An evaluation of national data by UC Davis researchers has found that extra weight is not necessarily linked with a higher risk of death.
Jul 6, 2012
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News tagged with conversation
Diabetes
Conversion to type 2 diabetes declining
The number of people with pre-diabetes who go on to develop type 2 diabetes has been reducing over the past two decades, according to a study led by University of Manchester epidemiologists.
Sep 7, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Multitasking may harm the social and emotional development of tweenage girls, researchers say
(Medical Xpress) -- Too much screen time can be detrimental to girls 8 to 12 years old, but there is a surprisingly straightforward alternative for greater social wellness.
Jan 27, 2012
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Health
Think talking on your hands-free is safe? Think again, research says
Driving while talking on a hands-free phone can be just as distracting as talking on a hand-held mobile phone, psychologists at the University of Sussex have found.
Jun 7, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why Freud was right about hysteria
A 35-year-old woman loses the use of her legs, suddenly becoming paralysed from the waist down. In another case, a woman feels an overwhelming compulsion to close her eyes, until eventually she cannot open them at all. After ...
Nov 16, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Study reveals source of DNA mutations in melanoma
The mutations that give rise to melanoma result from a chemical conversion in DNA fueled by sunlight—not just a DNA copying error as previously believed, reports a study by Van Andel Institute scientists published today ...
Jul 30, 2021
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Biomedical technology
Researchers demonstrate miniature brain stimulator in humans
Rice University engineers have developed the smallest implantable brain stimulator demonstrated in a human patient. Thanks to pioneering magnetoelectric power transfer technology, the pea-sized device developed in the Rice ...
Apr 13, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Nudges combined with machine learning triples advanced care conversations among patients with cancer
An electronic nudge to clinicians—triggered by an algorithm that used machine learning methods to flag patients with cancer who would most benefit from a conversation around end-of-life goals—tripled the rate of those ...
Oct 16, 2020
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Other
Female fertility affects men's linguistic choices
The likelihood that a man will match his language to that of a female conversation partner depends on how fertile she is, according to a study published Feb. 8 in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
Feb 8, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Length of eye blinks might act as conversational cue
Blinking may feel like an unconscious activity, but new research by Paul Hömke and colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, suggests that humans unknowingly perceive eye blinks as nonverbal cues when ...
Dec 12, 2018
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