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| Modified home video game shows promise for improving hand function in teens with cerebral palsy Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Rutgers University) Rutgers engineers have modified a popular home video game system to help teenagers with cerebral palsy improve their hand functions. In a pilot trial conducted by the Indiana University School of Medicine, the system improved the teens' abilities to perform a range of daily personal and household activities. The modified system with custom-developed software and games provided exercise routines aimed at improving hand speed and range of finger motion. |
| Feeling lonely adds to rate of blood pressure increase in people 50 years old and older Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Chicago) Chronic feelings of loneliness take a toll on blood pressure over time, causing a marked increase after four years. A new study shows, for the first time, a direct relation between loneliness and larger increases in blood pressure four years later -- a link that is independent of age and other factors that could cause blood pressure to rise, including body-mass index, smoking, alcohol use and demographic differences such as race and income. |
| Difficulty trusting and reaching out to others may shorten diabetes patients' lives Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Washington) Being overly cautious or dismissive in relating to others, including health-care providers, may shorten the lives of people with diabetes. In a five-year study, diabetes patients who had a lower propensity to reach out to others had a higher mortality rate than those who felt comfortable seeking support. There are approaches that health-care professionals might try to improve collaboration with patients who have an independent relationship style. |
| Securities analysts' reports slow adoption of new technology, warns INFORMS journal study Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) The reluctance of securities analysts to recommend investment in veteran companies using new techniques to grapple with radical technological change may be harming these companies as they struggle to compete, according to a new study in the current issue of Organization Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. |
| When mom has an eating problem Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Stavanger) Norwegian research reveal the nature of emotional problems experienced by mothers with eating difficulties. Guilt and shame are key factors. Health workers need better training in order to be able to spot and alleviate such problems. |
| Study: Low levels of vitamin D linked to higher rates of asthma in African-American kids Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Children's National Medical Center) Researchers at Children's National Medical Center have discovered that African American children with asthma in metropolitan Washington, DC, are significantly more likely to have low levels of vitamin D than healthy African-American children. This study supports recent research that suggests vitamin D plays a greater role in the body than just keeping bones healthy. Vitamin D deficiency has been recently linked to a variety of non-bone related diseases including depression, autoimmune disorders, and now asthma. |
| Behind a child with aggressive behavior there is a negative family environment Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Elhuyar Fundazioa) Children who use violence usually come from conflict-ridden families; as has been shown by a number of research studies. The psychologist, Arantzazu Bellido, has reaffirmed this phenomenon for the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. |
| A unique approach to corporate strategy Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Springer) In today's challenging economic environment, finding ways to differentiate and grow a business is more important than ever. In a new book, "The Delta Model," MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Arnoldo Hax presents a fundamentally new approach to strategy focused on the customer rather than competitors. |
| Profiting on the Internet Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Inderscience Publishers) An expert in e-commerce reports in the International Journal of Technology Marketing that while unique use of the technology is not enough to generate competitive value, there are approaches that allow companies to improve their performance and so their bottom line. |
| USC Information Sciences Institute to be recognized for key role in Internet development Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Southern California) More than 50 pioneers and leaders key to the Internet's ongoing development over the past 40 years will gather Friday, March 19, to recognize the role of the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute in the Internet's success. |
| UH inks Memorandum of Understanding with prestigious engineering institute in India Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Houston) The University of Houston and the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will allow the two universities to explore new methods of cooperation in instruction and academic exchange. This new working relationship will include joint education programs at the graduate level, exchange visits of scholars and faculty collaboration in research and technology. |
| Researchers ID brain abnormalities in children exposed to methamphetamine in utero Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of California - Los Angeles) UCLA researchers used structural magnetic resonance imaging to show for the first time that individuals whose mothers abused methamphetamine during pregnancy (with or without alcohol abuse) had brain structural abnormalities that were more severe than in children whose mothers abused alcohol alone. The researchers identified what brain structures are vulnerable, which may help predict particular learning and behavioral problems in meth-exposed children. |
| New biotech advance to add heart healthy omega-3s to US diet Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(United Soybean Board) A new heart-healthy, essential omega-3 fatty acid is about to improve an American pantry staple: soybean oil. US soybean farmers are applying this scientific advance and other biotechnology to benefit the environment, human health and feed the world. |
| Rare armor-plated creature discovered in Canada's capital Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Wiley-Blackwell) Scientists have unearthed the remains of one of the world's rarest fossils -- in downtown Ottawa, reports the journal Palaeontology. |
| Caltech and UCSD scientists establish leech as model for study of reproductive behavior Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(California Institute of Technology) Researchers at Caltech and the University of California, San Diego, have discovered that injecting a simple hormone into leeches creates a novel way to study how hormones and the nervous system work together to produce species-specific reproductive behavior. A paper describing the work appears in the March 11 online edition of the journal Current Biology. |
| Jaws -- 4 million B.C. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Wiley-Blackwell) Palaeontologists have discovered evidence of how an extinct shark attacked its prey, reconstructing a killing that took place 4 million years ago, reports the journal Palaeontology. |
| Potentially risky loans helped ease recession, new research shows Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Questionable lending helped sink the US economy, but also provided a lifeline that kept countless firms afloat and averted an even deeper recession, according to research by a University of Illinois finance expert. |
| Anti-obesity drugs unlikely to provide lasting benefit according to scientists Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Liverpool) Scientists at the University of Liverpool argue that anti-obesity drugs fail to provide lasting benefits for health and well-being because they tackle the biological consequences of obesity, and not the important psychological causes of over-consumption and weight gain. |
| Ireland's ethnic minorities want more self-expression in St. Patrick's parades Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Queen's University Belfast) Those members of Ireland's ethnic minorities who participated in last year's St. Patrick's Day parade in Dublin want to be able to express their own cultures more fully in future events. |
| Family mealtimes help children with asthma breathe easier, study says Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Children who have asthma are at high risk for separation anxiety, but a new study has found a home remedy that parents can use -- regular family mealtimes. |
| Major report reveals the environmental and social impact of the 'livestock revolution' Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Stanford University) Global meat production has tripled in the past three decades and could double its present level by 2050, according to a major report on the livestock industry by an international team of scientists and policy experts. The impact of this "livestock revolution" is likely to have significant consequences for human health, the environment and the global economy, the authors conclude. |
| Older nonsmokers gain most from tobacco ban, study suggests Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Edinburgh) Older people who have never smoked benefit most from smoking bans, a study suggests. |
| Childhood adversity may promote cellular aging Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Elsevier) Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse could be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research published by Elsevier in Biological Psychiatry. |
| Smoking, but not past alcohol abuse, may impair mental function Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs) Men and women with a history of alcohol abuse may not see long-term negative effects on their memory and thinking, but female smokers do, a new study suggests. |
| Depression: Antidepressants beneficial in physically ill patients Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Wiley-Blackwell) Antidepressants are effective against depression in patients suffering from physical illnesses, according to a new systematic review by Cochrane researchers at King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre in the UK. The researchers found the drugs were more effective than placebos at treating depression in these patients. |
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