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Characteristics beyond intelligence influence long-term achievement, study finds

05.11.2019 Health Problems

People often ask University of Pennsylvania psychologist Angela Duckworth what predicts success. It’s an understandable question, given the pioneering work Duckworth has done in the area of grit, a characteristic often described as putting passion and perseverance toward important long-term personal goals. But new research from Duckworth and colleagues at Duke University and the United States Military Academy reveals that […]

Groundbreaking study improves understanding of brain function

29.10.2019 Health Problems

Researchers at KAUST are officially one step closer to understanding the brain and its function. Dr. Corrado Calì, a research scientist specializing in brain imaging at KAUST, and Swiss scientists from the Blue Brain Project (BBP) have shown how lactate is necessary for memory formation and learning, which could lead to improved learning and memory function. The project falls under […]

Penn gets $9.7 million grant to study concussion-related brain damage

25.10.2019 Health Problems

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania will lead an international team in a new project to study relationships between brain injuries and various types of neurodegeneration that lead to dementia symptoms. The work will be supported by a five-year, $9.7 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institute on Aging, Penn announced Thursday. […]

Novel study documents marked slowdown of cell division rates in old age

22.10.2019 Health Problems

In a novel study comparing healthy cells from people in their 20s with cells from people in their 80s, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have documented that cell division rates appear to consistently and markedly slow down in humans at older ages. The researchers say the findings may help explain why cancer—long considered a disease […]

You Had a Baby Girl Because You Were Stressed as Hell, Study Says

22.10.2019 Kids Health

File this one under Studies We Don’t Exactly Know What to Do With: A study from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York–Presbyterian claims that maternal stress during pregnancy may actually affect fetal and child development — including the sex of your baby. Hey, there are currently studies out there searching for the “gay gene” too, […]

Nothing clinically ‘wrong’ with obsessive gamers, new study finds

18.10.2019 Health Problems

Research by Oxford University, carried out in partnership with Cardiff University, and published today in Clinical Psychological Science, has found little evidence to suggest an unhealthy passion for gaming amongst adolescents, often referred to as “gaming addiction,” requires clinical intervention by medical professionals. Based on data from over 1,000 adolescents and their caregivers, the study suggests those engaged in dysfunctional […]

Study looks at pediatric firearm-related eye injuries in the U.S.

18.10.2019 Health Problems

(HealthDay)—A quarter of all U.S. ocular firearm injuries occur within the pediatric population, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in JAMA Ophthalmology. Rebecca Weiss, M.D., of the Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York, and colleagues used data collected from the National Trauma Data Bank to analyze firearm-related ocular injuries (1,972 injuries) for pediatric patients (younger than 21 […]

Study: Active voice conveys a sense of immediacy and increases the chance people will believe you

26.09.2019 Health Problems

The way we interpret a message changes depending on whether it’s framed in the active or the passive voice, University of Toronto researchers have found—even if the content is exactly the same. “What we found is that depending on which form you choose, it changes how your audience comes to understand that message,” says Sam Maglio, an associate professor in […]

Study reveals how fungal biofilm structure impacts lung disease

23.09.2019 Health Problems

Findings from an innovative new study led by researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and published this week in Nature Microbiology reveal that the way in which human fungal pathogens form colonies can significantly impact their ability to cause disease. Highly diverse and adaptable, these colonies, known as biofilms, allow invasive fungal pathogens such as Aspergillus fumigatus to grow […]

NIH-funded study suggests teen girl ‘night owls’ may be more likely to gain weight

16.09.2019 Kids Health

Teen girls—but not boys—who prefer to go to bed later are more likely to gain weight, compared to same-age girls who go to bed earlier, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings by researchers at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California, and other institutions appear in JAMA Pediatrics. A total of 804 adolescents (418 girls and […]

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