Musical training produces lasting improvements to a cognitive mechanism that helps individuals be more attentive and less likely to be distracted by irrelevant stimuli while performing demanding tasks. According to a new ...
Mar 26, 2019
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(HealthDay)—"Athlete's heart"—an enlarged heart created by intense physical training—is a common and often brushed-off condition within elite and professional sports.
Mar 6, 2019
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The government's Long Term Plan for the NHS, published earlier this month, sets out its vision for a quality health service able to cope with an ageing and expanding population. But, as many commentators point out, without ...
Jan 30, 2019
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When implemented correctly, health care team training can reduce patient mortality by 13 percent, according to a new review paper by a psychologist at Rice University.
Mar 13, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Many physicians continue working and caring for patients while they are sick, according to an article published in Medical Economics.
Jan 6, 2018
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In Canada, one in four women delivers by caesarean section. This procedure can save the life of the mother and baby. But the steady increase in the rate of caesareans in industrialized countries is cause for concern because ...
May 22, 2017
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Health care education researchers, led by Dr. Julian Archer from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, have penned a heartfelt editorial in The BMJ calling for more research funding to support the ...
Jun 30, 2015
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Physical performance after periods of hypoxic training in low-oxygen conditions has become a matter of growing controversy within the scientific community. An international study, with the help of Spanish researchers, compared ...
Jun 26, 2015
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Influential policy-informing 'evidence' that children's brains are irreversibly 'sculpted' by parental care is based on questionable evidence.
Mar 19, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—First trimester abortions are just as safe when performed by trained nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse midwives as when conducted by physicians, according to a new six-year study ...
Jan 18, 2013
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