May 26th, 2012

Survivors of childhood cancer are at greater risk for persistent hair loss and disfigurement, and for some ...
May 25th, 2012

Explaining the role and purpose of emotions has been a human preoccupation since Plato and Aristotle. Now, brain imaging suggests the experience of strong emotions ...
May 24th, 2012

When you pick up a pen out of a messy drawer or grab a coffee cup in the morning, you don't really ...
May 22nd, 2012

A new study suggests timing can affect whether females and minorities experience discrimination – at least in the case of higher education.
The finding comes from an experiment in which ...
May 22nd, 2012
Transcranial direct stimulation may help some patients with schizophrenia, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
Although still considered an experimental therapy , direct brain stimulation (DBS) has been in practice for several years and has been tried ...
May 21st, 2012
Treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children can improve attention and verbal memory, according to a new study.
"OSA is known to be associated with deficits in attention, cognition, and executive function," said lead author Ann Halbower, MD, associate professor at the Children's ...
May 19th, 2012
A new study has found that the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq is dramatically lower than predicted.
A Harvard researcher credits new efforts by the Army to prevent PTSD, as well as ensuring that those ...
May 18th, 2012

New research has found that parents are happier than people who are not parents.
In the study, “In Defense of Parenthood: Children Are Associated With More ...
May 17th, 2012

Texting is a surprisingly good way to get candid responses to sensitive questions, according to a new study.
"The preliminary results of our study suggest that people are more likely to ...
May 16th, 2012

When deciding who we can trust with our money, we rely more on looks than any other information, ...