An interdisciplinary school program designed to promote healthy behaviors reduced the percentage of 7th graders who were overweight or obese and helped more than 20,000 middle school students cut back on TV viewing, increase ...
Aug 26, 2015
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(HealthDay)—West Virginia has introduced a program to teach medical students how to talk to patients about healthy eating, and deliver practical advice to engaged patients, according to a report published by the American ...
Aug 19, 2015
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There are some bad memories—whether of a crime or a painful life event—that we'd rather not recall. New research shows that people can successfully inhibit some incriminating memories, reducing the memories' impact on ...
Jun 1, 2015
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The shortage of medical practitioners in regional rural and remote areas of Australia continues despite government initiatives.
May 27, 2015
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Whether it's being outbid at the last second in an online auction or missing the winning lottery number by one digit, we often come so close to something we can "almost taste it" only to lose out in the end. These "near wins" ...
May 11, 2015
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Sales of lottery tickets and insurance policies reveal our ambivalent attitude towards risk—in some situations we love to gamble, whereas in others we prefer to avoid it. New research by scientists at the University of ...
Apr 8, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Your voice may be the key to landing a new job, researchers report in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science.
Mar 15, 2015
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E-cigarettes can be an effective tool for smokers aiming to kick their tobacco habit, but officials fear the devices are also creating nicotine addiction among adolescents.
Feb 14, 2015
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Evidence from some wrongful-conviction cases suggests that suspects can be questioned in ways that lead them to falsely believe in and confess to committing crimes they didn't actually commit. New research provides lab-based ...
Jan 15, 2015
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What doesn't kill us may make us stronger as a group, according to findings from new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
Sep 9, 2014
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