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Study: Pets help their retired owners fall asleep more easily and feel better about their neighbourhood

15.10.2018 Health Problems

Older people who own pets fall asleep more easily and feel consistently more positive about their local environment than those who don’t have animals, according to new research from Kingston University and St George’s, University of London. Health and wellbeing expert Gill Mein conducted the research along with statistician Robert Grant. They found older pet owners take considerably more mild […]

Baby names that no one will care about in 2019

12.10.2018 Kids Health

It seems like 2018 just started, but the months march on. The year has seen a lot of changes, especially when it comes to baby names. Like most things, baby names go in and out of fashion, and 2018 has been a year of great upheaval for some of our favorite monikers. If you or someone you know is expecting […]

New clues about how our body guards against cancer

05.10.2018 Health Problems

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have uncovered a key factor protecting against age-related DNA damage, providing important clues about how our body guards against cancer. The discovery was made by identifying a rare genetic mutation in three patients with an unusual, early-onset form of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). The patients all lacked a DNA repair protein called MBD4, which […]

Here’s how Trump-era politics are affecting worker morale – and what managers can do about it

20.09.2018 Health Problems

Pundits are projecting this year’s midterm elections to be nasty, polarizing and “epic.” They’re also expected to stress a lot of Americans out in every part of their lives. And that includes at the office. I recently conducted a study on a broad range of workplace issues, including how the stress of our increasingly divisive politics is affecting worker health, […]

Is Keto Cycling Healthy? Here's What to Know About the Controversial Diet

31.08.2018 Beauty & Balance

Chances are, you’ve read about or know someone who’s on the keto diet, or perhaps you’ve experimented with it yourself. Short for “ketogenic,” the keto diet is an extremely low-carbohydrate eating plan that sends the body into ketosis—a state of burning fat for energy, rather than sugars. People on a ketogenic diet consume 50 grams or fewer of carbohydrates per day and […]

How we judge personality from faces depends on our pre-existing beliefs about how personality works

27.08.2018 Health Problems

We make snap judgments of others based not only on their facial appearance, but also on our pre-existing beliefs about how others’ personalities work, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers. We make snap judgments of others based not only on their facial appearance, but also on our pre-existing beliefs about how others’ personalities work, finds a […]

Why randomized trials for proton therapy are difficult to complete (and what we can do about it)

12.07.2018 Health Problems

Randomized clinical trials are the gold standard of cancer research and can shed light on whether innovative, new therapies with great potential actually have clear benefits over usual care for patients. However, the seven randomized trials funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to test proton therapy are enrolling more slowly than […]

How to Talk to Your Kids About Scary Things

20.06.2018 Kids Health

With the Trump administration ripping apart immigrant parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, it’s understandable kids (and, let’s be honest, parents) everywhere are feeling scared right now. As with any tragedy, unexplained violence and undelivered justice, current events are likely leaving the kids in your life with big questions that you might find difficult to answer. How can we […]

Kids show adult-like intuition about ownership

22.05.2018 Health Problems

Children as young as age three are able to make judgements about who owns an object based on its location, according to a study from the University of Waterloo. The findings also show that children can sense an item’s ownership without seeing someone interact with it. They intuitively know who owns an item, even if their parents have not pointed […]

So you found a tick. You’re worried about Lyme disease. Now what?

11.05.2018 Health Problems

You go for a walk in the woods, return home, and later notice a tiny new bump behind your ear. A closer look reveals the bump to be a passenger from the forest. You have a tick. Now what? The first step is to remove that sucker with tweezers, said University Distinguished Professor of Biology Kim Lewis, who directs Northeastern’s Antimicrobial […]

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