Psychology & Psychiatry
Men think they're better liars
Men are twice as likely as women to consider themselves to be good at lying and at getting away with it, new research has found.
Dec 20, 2019
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Neuroscience
Researchers investigate the effects of eye movements when reading texts in different languages
The existence of language universality has been a key issue in psychology and linguistics, since the understanding of universals is crucial for the development of information perception models.
Dec 2, 2019
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Health
Training the brain to quit smoking
In many ways, the decline of smoking is one of America's great public health success stories. Before the Surgeon General released a damning report on smoking and health in 1964, more than 40 percent of American adults smoked. ...
Nov 22, 2019
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Health
Doctors turn to thumbs for diagnosis and treatment by text
Dr. Anna Nguyen spoke with none of the five patients she treated on a recent weekday morning. She didn't even leave her dining room.
Oct 8, 2019
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Cardiology
Electric pill bottles and text messaging not enough to affect blood pressure control
About one in three Americans have high blood pressure, called hypertension, but only about half of them have their condition under control. A major factor is that many do not consistently take their medications for the condition, ...
Sep 17, 2019
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Diabetes
Motivational text messages help patients with diabetes
A low-cost text-messaging programme improves blood sugar control in patients with diabetes and coronary heart disease. That's the finding of the CHAT-DM randomised trial reported today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the ...
Aug 31, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Rates of colonoscopies boosted by text reminders, instructions
Having simple text conversations with patients one week before they are scheduled for a colonoscopy dramatically decreased the "no-show" rates, according to a recent study conducted by Penn Medicine researchers. Through sending ...
Aug 26, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Tech time not to blame for teens' mental health problems
A new study, published in the journal Clinical Psychological Science, suggests that the time adolescents are spending on their phones and online is not that bad.
Aug 23, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Visits + phones = better outcomes for teens, young women with pelvic inflammatory disease
A patient-centered, community-engaged program featuring home visits by nurses and mobile phone links to caregivers works better than traditional adult-focused and patient self-managed care systems for treating and managing ...
Aug 21, 2019
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Neuroscience
Brains trained on e-devices may struggle to understand scientific info
Overuse of electronic devices is no "LOL"—laughing out loud—matter, according to researchers, who suggest that excessive interaction with e-devices may be related to weaker activity in areas of the brain that are key ...
Aug 13, 2019
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