Posted in: Featured, Health by Roxana Ostafe | May 22nd 2011 | no comments
According to a new study, children who do not feel fear are at a high risk of developing psychopathic behavior later in life.
According to what Patrick D. Sylvers, Ph.D., the study’s primary author, said, the theory about psychopaths not feeling fear dates back to the 1950s. He went on saying that what really happens is that if you do not feel fear and your parents try to socialize you, you will not [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 25th 2011 | no comments
Among people who believe in God, the practice of praying for anything, and especially for health, is very common. According to a new research, it seems that there are more and more Americans who recur to praying when it comes to health issues.
The researchers involved in the study have looked at and analyze data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 1999, 2002 and [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 25th 2011 | one comment
The recent cataclysmic disasters that have hit the world made scientists think more about who should benefit from the disaster plans.
According to the researchers at the Johns Hopkins University, those people who are with physical injuries and trauma-related disorders should not be the only ones benefiting from such programs. They also said that people who are mentally ill are the [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 24th 2011 | one comment
People tend to think a lot about death, especially given the harsh period through which the entire world has gone through.
According to a new study, people do not only think more about death, but it seems that these thoughts about mortality make people more concerned about their peers. The study was lead by doctoral student Laura E.R. Blackie and colleagues from the University of [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 24th 2011 | no comments
The idea that a woman must stay in the kitchen is so old that no one really cares about it anymore. And that is only good, given that, in a marriage, the spouse that does the house chores is the one who is more stressed out.
According to a new study, in houses where there are dual wake earners, the one who also does the housework is also more prone to have higher levels of cortisol, [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 24th 2011 | one comment
A couple of weeks ago you could read about how people with power did not crave for choices, while people who had a choice, did not crave for power. A new study on the subject has shown that people who have more power are rude or vice-versa.
The researchers involved in the study have stated that people who are rude are perceived as being more powerful. They said that people who have [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 24th 2011 | no comments
HIV is one of the most spread viruses in the world that has lead to AIDS and the death of millions upon millions, especially during the 80s, when the virus was discovered.
After years and years of researchers, scientists have not come yet to a treatment which would cure people suffering from AIDS. However, they have developed some sort of a treatment in order to protect the partners [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 24th 2011 | one comment
The human brain is one of the most complex things in the body and scientists have been studied it for years. According to a new study, crossing your arms when hurt may relieve some of the pain.
Yes, it is true. It seems that if you get hurt to one of your hands and then you cross them, you feel less pain. Researchers involved in the study said that we usually use our right hand to [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 24th 2011 | one comment
Anorexia nervosa is one of the most common eating disorders nowadays, especially among teenage girls who do not seem to get some peace when it comes to their bodies.
Anorexia is the type of disorder that does not only affect your physical health, but it also challenges your mind in ways you cannot even imagine. There have been made many studies on the subject, especially because there [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 24th 2011 | no comments
The quantity of pollen has gone through the roof and people are experiencing severe cases of allergies during this period of the year.
However, most of them do not really realize that they may have a more serious problem than a simple allergy. Given that the symptoms are quite similar, people tend to think they have only an allergy, when they actually suffer of acute sinus infections. [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 22nd 2011 | no comments
There have been many studies that have looked upon the relationship between mothers and their children and most of them have reached to the same conclusion: affection and caring from the part of the mother is crucial for a good development of the baby.
Although many studies have shown that children who are well cared for and loved when little are less prone to develop behavioral [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 20th 2011 | 2 comments
Smoking kills! But I guess that everyone knows that by now. Although smoking has been tied with all sorts of diseases, it was not much known about how it can affect the eyes. Learn that if you smoke a lot, you can lose your sight.
80 years ago there was a book written on the subject, called “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” written by Kern and Harbach. But they did not know back then [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 20th 2011 | one comment
How much time does your teenage child spend on the Internet? If you feel that he or she is spending too much time surfing the web, than you have a problem.
According to a new study, 1 in 25 teenagers are addicted to Internet. The study was based on students at 10 high schools in Connecticut and it revealed that there are many teenagers who have “problematic Internet use.” [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 20th 2011 | no comments
Everyone wants to have a good and long-lasting relationship. But do we really know how to do things in order for that to happen?
Given that everything is being studying right now, it would have been awkward not to study relationships, the bonds between people. There are many studies on the issue and most of them revolved around the most important things in a relationship: love, [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 20th 2011 | no comments
It is widely known that the human brain can do amazing things and that it is the most complex part in the human body. According to a new study, it can also connect the dots when it comes to remembering things.
Take for instance the image of a beach. If it is colored, our brain is fully aware that that particular image represents a beach. However, what happens if there are only lines [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 19th 2011 | no comments
A couple of weeks ago, a study showed that women who had more than 5 cups of coffee per day had a lower risk of developing breast cancer. Now, a new study shows that man who [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 19th 2011 | no comments
On Tuesday it was announced that the diabetes drug Avandia will be pulled from the pharmacy shelves starting November, as it poses such high risks of heart attacks.
According to [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 19th 2011 | 2 comments
Binge drinking is known to cause problems, but now it seems that it also has something to do with learning new information.
According to a new study, binge drinking has [...]
By Roxana Ostafe | May 19th 2011 | one comment
Teenagers are usually more prone to take risks when driving and they do so because they want to feel the adrenaline rushing though their veins. Well, according to a new study, it [...]
