Health
Marijuana's hazy contribution to highway deaths
Public officials and safety advocates worry there will be more drivers high on pot and a big increase in traffic deaths as states liberalize marijuana laws.
Sep 2, 2014
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Pediatrics
Anxious moms may give clues about how anxiety develops
Moms may be notorious worriers, but babies of anxious mothers may also spend more time focusing on threats in their environment, according to a team of researchers.
Sep 27, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Elite athletes also excel at some cognitive tasks
New research suggests that elite athletes – Olympic medalists in volleyball, for example – perform better than the rest of us in yet another way. These athletes excel not only in their sport of choice but also in how ...
Mar 18, 2013
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Health
Post-concussion, peripheral vision reaction times substantially impaired
After a concussion occurs, symptoms most commonly experienced are headache, dizziness, memory problems and sleep disturbances, as well as visual dysfunction. Such symptoms can be difficult to quantify and follow in patients ...
Jan 23, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Wide-eyed fear expressions may help us—and others—to locate threats
Wide-eyed expressions that typically signal fear may enlarge our visual field and mutually enhance others' ability to locate threats, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association ...
May 1, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Glaucoma-related vision loss may increase risk for auto accidents
The first study to compare accident rates for drivers who have advanced glaucoma − an eye disease that affects peripheral vision − with normal-vision drivers, found that the glaucoma group had about twice as many accidents. ...
Nov 11, 2012
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Neuroscience
Experiences of stroke survivors with visual impairments examined
A new University of Liverpool study, published in Wiley Brain and Behaviour, identifies simple measures that could substantially improve the quality of life of stroke survivors with visual impairments.
Aug 17, 2017
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Surgery
Surgeon, optical scientist collaborate on surgery camera
(Medical Xpress)—Dr. Mike Nguyen, a urologist and UA associate professor of surgery, and Hong Hua, a UA professor of optical sciences, have teamed up with the goal of creating a camera that will allow surgeons to view both ...
Jan 17, 2013
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