Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Kele Ding
ScienceDaily (Feb. 28, 2008) — Only about one-fifth of employed women and men are completely satisfied with the time they spend with their spouse and their children according to a recent study published in the Journal of Family Issues.
“Typically in past studies, full-time workers and parents tend to be more time pressured than those who [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Kele Ding
28 Feb 2008
The world’s first Dental Tourism survey, carried out by RevaHealth.com, reveals high levels of satisfaction among the thousands of dental tourists questioned. Patients who had travelled abroad to receive treatment revealed an average satisfaction rating of 84%, along with an average cost saving of $6,400, or 60% of the cost of their treatment [...]
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Posted on February 28th, 2008 by Kele Ding
28 Feb 2008
A study by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and the University of Florida suggests that ‘tweens’ should receive alcohol prevention programs prior to sixth grade, when nearly one in six children are already alcohol users.
The study found that adolescents who already use alcohol are less receptive to prevention programs aimed [...]
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Posted on February 26th, 2008 by Kele Ding
26 Feb 2008
On Sunday, February 17, 2008 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued its largest meat recall in United States history, less than three weeks after a slaughterhouse worker secretly made a tape depicting violations of federal animal care regulations by a Westland division of the Hallmark Company. Upon investigation, the Humane Society of [...]
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Posted on February 25th, 2008 by Kele Ding
25 Feb 2008
A University of Denver study shows a curriculum-based bullying prevention program reduced incidents of bullying by 20 percent, twice as much as in the study control group.
Jeffrey M. Jenson and William A. Dieterich of the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Social Work studied more than 1,100 students in 28 elementary schools in [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2008 by Kele Ding
23 Feb 2008
A new study published in the journal Human Communication Research reveals that viewers can be influenced by exposure to racial bias in the media, even without realizing it.
Led by Dana Mastro of the University of Arizona, the study exposed participants to television clips where Latinos were portrayed in both flattering and unflattering ways.
First, [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by Kele Ding
22 Feb 2008
Drug treatments for depression can take many weeks for the beneficial effects to emerge. The excruciating and disabling nature of depression highlights the urgency of developing treatments that act more rapidly. Ketamine, a drug used in general medicine as an anesthetic, has recently been shown to produce improvements in depressed patients within hours [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by Kele Ding
22 Feb 2008
Six-year vitamin E supplementation increased tuberculosis risk by 72% in male smokers who had high dietary vitamin C intake, but vitamin E had no effect on those who had low dietary vitamin C intake, according to a study published in the British Journal of Nutrition.
Previous studies had suggested that vitamin E might improve [...]
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Posted on February 21st, 2008 by Kele Ding
21 Feb 2008
You may not be aware of it – they might not be aware of it, but the people in your work environment might be slowing you down.
New research by University of Calgary, Faculty of Kinesiology researcher Dr. Tim Welsh says that regardless of their intentions, having an individual working on a different task [...]
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Posted on February 21st, 2008 by Kele Ding
21 Feb 2008
Good ideas can have drawbacks. When information is freely shared, good ideas can stunt innovation by distracting others from pursuing even better ideas, according to Indiana University cognitive scientist Robert Goldstone.
“How do you structure your community so you get the best solution out of the group?” Goldstone said. “It turns out not to [...]
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