Category Archives: Health News

How Do Babies Differentiate Between Languages When They Hear Many?

By Emily Murray Today it seems parents are more interested than ever in priming their children for success in their adult years by beginning this conditioning as early as the first few weeks of life. In a recent New York Times article, this concept was explored in depth. When young children and babies are brought … Continue reading How Do Babies Differentiate Between Languages When They Hear Many?

PSA: The Continuing Controversy

By Rebecca Jones Ever since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced their recommendation that healthy men shouldn’t get PSA blood tests to screen for prostate cancer the health community has been in a state of fierce debate. After examining all the evidence, the task force was able to find little to no evidence that … Continue reading PSA: The Continuing Controversy

New Study Finds That Women Who Wear Makeup Appear More Competent

By Lauren Cooperman Makeup has the ability to transform a woman.  With a wave of a brush a woman can be metamorphosed into a smoky-eyed temptress, or a red-lipped vixen.  The use of makeup has become so enmeshed in the woman’s world that there are magazines, TV shows, and YouTube videos all dedicated to finding … Continue reading New Study Finds That Women Who Wear Makeup Appear More Competent

Robotic Exoskeleton May Soon Return Movement to Those Paralyzed

By Rebecca Jones While great strides have been made in the creation of bionic artificial limbs, up until now the chain of information has only flowed in one direction. Scientists have had enormous success with brain to computer communication but have been unable for the computer to return feedback. That is until now. Researchers at … Continue reading Robotic Exoskeleton May Soon Return Movement to Those Paralyzed

Depression May Cause Sufferers to Feel Hate Differently

By Rebecca Jones MRI research conducted on people suffering from depression has led to new insights into way people with depression process feelings of hate.While depression has long been associated with withdrawn and antisocial behavior, scientists were surprised to discover that in nearly all the cases of untreated depression studied there was out of sync … Continue reading Depression May Cause Sufferers to Feel Hate Differently

The Brain may Have Ultimate Say Over the Rules of Attraction

By Rebecca Jones Falling in love may seem like a mysterious emotional phenomenon controlled more by the heart than the brain but the latest research reveals that there’s more to falling in love than chance encounters and fireworks. While the laws of attraction may always be cloaked in at least a little mystery there are … Continue reading The Brain may Have Ultimate Say Over the Rules of Attraction

Get on the Bus: New Study Says Mushrooms Lead to Greater Openness

Rebecca Jones In the 60’s many a flower child turned to psychedelic drugs to open their mind to new experiences and greater creativity and now thanks to research published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology it seems that their experimentation may have had scientific merit. According to the new study, people who are given even a … Continue reading Get on the Bus: New Study Says Mushrooms Lead to Greater Openness