October 30th, 2010

Public versus private education -- it's a decision many parents grapple with when considering the best route for their children.
New research out of the University of Granada now points to an ...
October 29th, 2010

Middle-aged people who smoke heavily may be at twice the risk for developing Alzheimer's and dementia later in life.
A new study conducted by Finnish scientists concluded these findings after analyzing ...
October 29th, 2010

A new study suggests race may not be as important as previously thought in determining who buddies up with whom.
The finding stems from a new UCLA–Harvard University study ...
October 29th, 2010

A new study shows the size of the group influences the way people learn to cooperate.
For two people, cooperation can happen intuitively -- without communication or any conscious intention to ...
October 29th, 2010

University researchers are attempting to develop a baby robot capable of learning social skills.
The initiative is part of an effort to further the understanding of human ...
October 28th, 2010

On Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Latuda (lurasidone HCl) -- an atypical antipsychotic medication -- for the treatment of adults with schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is characterized ...
October 28th, 2010

While focusing on the effects of the anti-obesity drug sibutramine, researchers at the University of Cambridge gained new insight into how the brain of an obese ...
October 28th, 2010

Maybe Venus and Mars are more similar than we imagined: New research questions the reports of brain differences between the sexes.
Over the past two decades technology, in ...
October 28th, 2010

A new study suggests students who leave school after the 9th grade with poor academic performance are at increased risk of suicide.
Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet ...
October 28th, 2010

Researchers studying how individuals mentally cope with sexual abuse have discovered that some children and teenagers blame themselves or their family for the abuse suffered ...