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Four Ways To Get Organized
By Kamal Nayan | Sep 11, 2014 03:22 PM EDTPeople who are really busy, for them work/life balance is a challenge. However, not same is the case with everyone. Some people are known to be really calm, cool and "in the moment" although they have sharper deadlines. How do they manage that?
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Adolescents' Social Behavior Depends on Emotional Ability and Stress Response
By Drishya Nair | Aug 02, 2012 08:53 AM EDTTeenage years can sometimes be the most difficult time to deal with, for children as well as for parents. It's when they are neither considered adults nor a child. This could be confusing and adolescents find it very difficult to cope with the situation. The physical, psychological and hormonal changes could make them fussy or irritated, and this certainly reflects in their interpersonal and social relationships. A study by researchers from University of Missouri describes how adolescents......
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Sleep Affects Effectiveness of Vaccines
Aug 01, 2012 10:10 AM EDTA new study led by a UCSF researcher shows that poor sleep can reduce the effectiveness of vaccines and is the first performed outside a sleep laboratory to show that sleep duration is directly tied to vaccine immune response.
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Smiling Could Help Reduce Stress
Jul 31, 2012 09:44 AM EDTPsychological scientists, Tara Kraft and Sarah Pressman, from the University of Kansas studied the potential benefits of smiling by looking at how different types of smiling, and the awareness of smiling, affects individuals' ability to recover from episodes of stress.
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People With Superior Autobiographical Memory Have Different Brains
By Drishya Nair | Jul 31, 2012 09:04 AM EDTA latest research by UC Irvine scientists claims that people who have excellent autobiographic memory have different brains and mental processes than those who cannot. The first person ever to have been documented for her extraordinary memory of the past was identified as "AJ." However, this latest study is the first scientific evidence of almost a dozen people with this uncanny ability.
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Study: Coaches Could Help Fight Obesity
Jul 30, 2012 11:35 AM EDTResearchers from The Miriam Hospital's Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center say health coaches could play an important role in the battle of obesity.
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Psycological Abuse Harms Children: Study
By Drishya Nair | Jul 30, 2012 08:08 AM EDTA latest research warns parents that psychological abuse could be as damaging to a child's physical and mental health as physical abuse like slapping or punching. According to experts from American academy of pediatrics, even though its difficult to pinpoint or produce a figure, psychological abuse may be the most common type of child abuse. Psychological abuse includes the acts of belittling, denigrating, terrorizing, exploiting, emotional unresponsiveness, or corrupting a child to the point...
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One Act of Remembering Can Influence Future Acts
By Drishya Nair | Jul 30, 2012 07:52 AM EDTA recent study published on the journal Science states that remembering something old or noticing something new can bias how a person processes subsequent information. Can the simple act of recognizing a face as you walk down the street change the way we think? Or can taking the time to notice something new on our way to work change what we remember about that walk? The answer is Yes. Researchers from New Your University found, through an analysis, that recalling old memories of recognizing some...
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Children Understand Social Norms Very Early
By Drishya Nair | Jul 27, 2012 02:52 PM EDTOur action defines us and many of these things are taught to us by our parents or elders and there are many other aspects which are not taught. All these constitute social norms which govern our action and inaction. The observance of social norms helps us fit into the society. In a latest study by researchers Marco Schmidt and Michael Tomasello of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, the authors have attempted to better understand the important concept of 'social glue' ...
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Child Abuse Could Affect Menstrual Cycle
Jul 27, 2012 12:32 PM EDTResearchers from Boston University School of Medicine have found an association between childhood physical and sexual abuse and menstrual periods.
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Shift Work Linked to Increase Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke
Jul 27, 2012 11:37 AM EDTResearchers say shift workers are slightly more at risk of having a heart attack or stroke than day workers.
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Stroke Patients Feel Better, Regain Strength After Yoga
By Drishya Nair | Jul 27, 2012 09:35 AM EDTYoga, the physical, mental, and spiritual discipline originating in ancient India has seen growing popularity worldwide in the last couple of decades. Regular practitioners report improved mental and physical health; researchers are now keen to know the effects of Yoga on the life of people who practice it. A latest study conducted by occupational therapists at Indiana University in the US, on a small group, has revealed that performing yoga can help people regain their balance after a stroke. ...
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Airports Most Likely to get you Sick
Jul 26, 2012 12:26 PM EDTA new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has revealed the nation's 10 airports that are most likely to spread diseases.
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Physical Function Poorer After Menopause
Jul 26, 2012 12:11 PM EDTAs women go through menopause, they may see a decline in their ability to carry groceries, climb stairs and get other routine tasks done, a new study suggests.
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Anti-AIDS Vaginal Ring Could Lower Risk, Study Begins in Africa
Jul 25, 2012 11:15 AM EDTU.S. researchers in Africa will test a vaginal ring that's inserted once a month and slowly oozes an anti-AIDS drug into the surrounding tissue to see if it will work against the deadly virus.
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