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People more likely to trust, cooperate if they can tolerate ambiguity, study finds

17.06.2018 Health Problems

Can a new colleague be trusted with confidential information? Will she be a cooperative team player on a critical upcoming project? Assessing someone’s motives or intentions, which are often hidden, is difficult, and gauging how to behave toward others involves weighing possible outcomes and personal consequences. New research published in Nature Communications indicates that individuals who are tolerant of ambiguity—a […]

Obesity in childhood and adulthood shown to increase risk of knee and hip osteoarthritis

16.06.2018 Health Problems

The results of a study to be presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) suggest childhood and adult obesity increase the risk of developing hip osteoarthritis (OA) and knee OA but not hand OA. Obesity and OA are two interconnected health care problems affecting a large proportion of the adult population worldwide, however studying causality in this […]

Religious affiliation linked to nearly 4-year longevity boost

16.06.2018 Health Problems

A new nationwide study of obituaries has found that people with religious affiliations lived nearly four years longer than those with no ties to religion. That four-year boost – found in an analysis of more than 1,000 obits from around the country – was calculated after taking into account the sex and marital status of those who died, two factors […]

Model Slams Working Moms for Using ‘Kids as an Excuse Not to Do Their Jobs Properly’

15.06.2018 Kids Health

Today in mom-shaming: British model Kelly Brook sparked outrage online after implying that working mothers are more prone to slacking off on the job than their childless peers. "I have a pet hate," she told the British talk show Loose Women earlier this week according to The Sun. "I don’t have children, so I don’t always understand. But I do […]

Laser-sonic scanner aims to replace mammograms for finding breast cancer

15.06.2018 Health Problems

For women over 40, mammography is a necessary yet annoying procedure to endure every year or two. The technique, while valuable for reducing breast cancer deaths, is less than ideal because it exposes patients to X-ray radiation and requires their breasts to be painfully squished between plates. The plates flatten the breast so the X-rays can more easily pass through […]

It is important for kids to stay socially active during summer, expert says

15.06.2018 Kids Health

For most children, summer break means more free time, but that extra time should not be spent alone. One Baylor College of Medicine expert discusses why it is important for children to remain socially active during summer. “Kids deserve a break during the summer. They’ve worked hard during the school year and this is their time to relax, but they […]

Research identifies possible new pathway to treat anxiety

15.06.2018 Health Problems

Researchers know that anxiety is a result of repeated stress. William Colmers, a University of Alberta professor in the Department of Pharmacology, is trying to understand why stress affects people differently, and to identify possible new therapeutic approaches to anxiety disorders. The body is designed to deal with stress thanks to a “fight or flight” response that helps prepare your […]

Family perseveres after losing father to heart attack

15.06.2018 Health Problems

Oscar Washington Jr. thought he was taking care of his heart. He went to the doctor every three months to stay on top of his high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol. He exercised regularly but was still shaken by the passing of his dad to a rare heart condition. He wasn’t too worried when he came home from the gym […]

Lineage of TB traced and compared to early human migration

13.06.2018 Health Problems

A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin, the University of Iowa and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health has carried out genetic studies of tuberculosis to learn more about its lineage and to compare it with transmission pathways through early human migration. They have outlined their study and results in a paper available on the bioRxiv preprint server. […]

Older melanoma patients have better response to immune checkpoint blockade therapy

13.06.2018 Health Problems

Patient age correlates with response to immunotherapy in melanoma and depleting regulatory T cells in young patients may have a therapeutic potential to enhance response in younger patients, according to research from The Wistar Institute. Study results were published online in Clinical Cancer Research. Immune checkpoint blockade therapy has been recently approved for treatment of melanoma based on its ability […]

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