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?→
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→
FDA OK’s Cialis for Enlarged Prostate – Fox News The FDA has given Eli Lilly, makers of Cialis, permission to label their erectile dysfunction medication for the treatment of non-cancerous enlarged prostate or BPH. The drug can also be used by those suffering from both ED and BPH; the two commonly go hand in hand … Continue reading Friday Roundup: Our Five Favorite Headlines→
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→
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→
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to new insights into way people with depression process feelings of hate.While depression has long been associated with withdrawn and antisocial behavior, scientists were surprised to discover that in nearly all the cases of untreated depression studied there was out of sync … Continue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→
By Rebecca Jones For years now we have heard about a link between HPV and cervical cancer but a new study indicates that the same viral infection is also now the leading cause of mouth and throat cancer in men. In a report released in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers revealed that by the … Continue reading An Alarming New Trend in Throat Cancer Cases→
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→
By Rebecca Jones It’s Friday again and we’ve decided to make the roundup a regular weekly feature. Don’t have time to read the paper? Check in here on Fridays for the weeks top health related stories. 1.Study of the Day: Twitter Reveals How Universally Upsetting Work Is – The Atlantic Twitter has confirmed what the … Continue reading Friday Roundup: Our Five Favorite Headlines→
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→