March 2012
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New Study Shows Sitting Is Killing, So Stand! →
PHOENIX, Mar 29, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Looking for the motivation to get off of the couch and get moving? A new study just released finds those who spend 11 or more hours a day sitting are 40 percent more likely to die over the next three years regardless of how physically active they are otherwise, researchers say.
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Survey Reveals American's Love Their Apple's –... →
By Bill Klump | @TheKlumper | March 31st, 2012 A study earlier in the week as part of CNBC’s All-America Economic survey revealed that half of all U.S. households now own at least one Apple product. That’s more than 55 million homes with at least one iPhone, iPad, iPod or Mac computer. And one-in-10 homes that aren’t currently in that group plan to join it in the next year. CNBC went on to...
Dogs Make Going to Work More Fun →
It’s long been known that owning a pet can be good for your mental and physical health, but new research indicates that it can also make your office a much happier and productive place. That’s the finding of a first-of-its kind study, which looked at the effects that man’s best friend has on employees. In that research, dogs were demonstrated to have many positive benefits in...
Most People Can't Tell a Tree Nut From a Peanut →
SATURDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) — Many people with peanut or tree nut allergies, and parents of children with such allergies, can’t identify potentially dangerous types of nuts just by looking at them, a new study finds. The study included 649 adults and 456 children who were asked to identify each of 19 nuts in a display box. The nuts were both in and out of the...
'Dolphin Mafia' Alliances Battle For Prized... →
The male dolphins of Shark Bay, Australia, are known to marine biologists for their messy social entanglements. Their relationships with each other are so unusual—they’re more like the intricate webs of the Mafia than the vertical hierarchies of chimpanzees—that, in a new paper, one team of scientists argues that the dolphins live in a social system that is unique among mammals....
Bees Self-Medicate To Fight Off Fungus →
When they get sick, bees raid their own medicine cabinet, researchers have found. Specifically, when infected with fungi, they collect loads of antifungal plant extracts and coat their hives with them.
The mix of plant resins and wax that the bees usually use to line their hives, called propolis, have antifungal properties.
The new research could help beekeepers ward off fungal infection...
Study shows how eating fast food is linked to... →
A new study along the same lines as its predecessors shows how eating fast food is linked to a greater risk of suffering from depression. This study has been published in the Public Health Nutrition journal According to a recent study headed by scientists from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of Granada, eating commercial baked goods (fairy cakes, croissants,...
Study Shows Nicotine Patches Don't Help Pregnant... →
I would imagine that in the year 2012, I probably don’t have to recite the list of reasons why smoking, especially while pregnant, is a pretty bad idea. But just in case, the CDC says that smoking while pregnant may result in “pregnancy complications, premature birth, low-birth-weight infants, stillbirth, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).” So, we can agree then that if you’re pregnant, now is...
Bringing your dog to work can ease stress, study... →
If your office seems like it’s going to the dogs, try bringing your dogs to the office. Researchers reported Friday that bringing Rover to work seems to reduce stress on the job. Pet presence potentially can be a low-cost wellness intervention, said Randolph Barker, a professor of management at Virginia Commonwealth University’s business school in Richmond, Va., who led the study in...
Study Reveals Patients Perceive Standing, Sitting... →
| Print | E-mail Written by Jaimie Oh | March 30, 2012 Social Sharing A pilot study conducted at Kansas University Hospital showed patients are more satisfied with their care when clinicians sit down, rather than stand up, during consultations,...
Cool palms during workout may lead to a smaller... →
(CBS News) Next time you workout, try keeping something cool in your hands - at least, that’s what a new study suggests. A Stanford University study, presented this week at an American Heart Association Meeting in San Diego, found that when obese women who never exercised wear a cooling device on their palms, they were able to reduce blood pressure, lose more inches off their waist and...
BYU study shows guns not the best way out of a... →
PROVO — BYU professor Tom Smith has been studying bears and bear attacks for years, but his latest study has results that may surprise you. Smith has found that firing a gun during a bear attack may not protect a person anymore than bear spray or simply being smart in bear country. The study is based on reported bear attacks in Alaska from 1883...
Online chatter spoiling TV shows survey shows →
ONLINE chatter is ruining the endings of TV shows for some viewers, a study has revealed. Almost one in five media savvy young adults said they had to watch programmes live rather than on catch-up players because they were worried web discussions would spoil their enjoyment. The same number also admitted to avoiding any social media sites if they had missed a show, according to TeleScope...
New Study Shows the Positive Effect of Low-Carb... →
DENVER, March 14, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — A just-released study from Johns Hopkins University has found that dieters that followed a low-carb diet like the Atkins Diet™, shed more weight than those on a low-fat diet –10 lbs. more in six months – and that the low-carb group lost more abdominal fat overall. A key finding was the lack of an adverse effect on vascular health in the low-carb...
Researchers Create Cyborgs by Implanting Biofuel... →
Researchers have found a way to turn small living things, such as snails, cockroaches and mushrooms, into electronic cyborgs, implanting them with tiny biofuel cells that draw and store electrical power from the organism’s metabolic processes. With funding from the U.S. Defense Department, the work is aimed at creating bio-powered sensors for remote environmental monitoring and military...
Controversial psychic ability claim doesn't hold... →
iStock Bad news for Miss Cleo and other alleged clairvoyants: A new study has failed to find evidence that psychic ability is real. Skeptics may scoff at the finding as obvious, but the research is important because it refutes a study published in a psychological journal last year that claimed to find evidence of extrasensory perception. That...
Many Americans dream of driving across the... →
About 25% of men and 33% of women say they have not driven across the country… (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)March 05, 2012|By Hugo Martín, Los Angeles Times Gas prices may be rising, but that hasn’t dampened Americans’ dreams to hit the open road. About 25% of men and 33% of women say they have not driven across the country but always wanted to, according to a survey released...
Study shows federal judges vary widely in... →
WASHINGTON — A new study shows that federal judges are handing out widely disparate sentences for similar crimes 30 years after Congress tried to create fairer results, but the differences don’t line up with the party of the president who appointed the judges, despite any impressions that Republicans or Democrats may be tougher or softer on crime. Sentencing data from the past five...
Ice cream can have the same effect on the brain as... →
Do you love ice cream? Do you love it a bit more than is appropriate? You’re not alone, as new research indicates that ice cream can be as addictive as drugs. Seriously. The Telegraph reports that a new study suggests that ice cream can leave people feeling addicted in the same way as a person who is using illegal drugs. Researchers have found that our cravings for ice cream actually mimic the...
Survey finds Tooth Fairy payouts on the decline →
—> KUSA - The down economy and a volatile stock market has many people pinching pennies, including the Tooth Fairy. According to a survey conducted by Delta Dental, which surveyed 1,355 parents across the country, Tooth Fairy payments to kids were down 17 percent last year to an average of $2.10. Back in 2010 the average payout per tooth was $2.52. The Tooth...
Robotic surgeries costlier but safer: study →
By Kerry Grens NEW YORK | Fri Mar 2, 2012 4:54pm EST (Reuters Health) - Patients who undergo robot-assisted surgeries on the kidneys or prostate have shorter hospital stays, a lower risk of getting a blood transfusion or dying, and a significantly higher bill compared to those who get older surgical procedures, a new study finds. The analysis...
Death Gets in the Way of Old-Age Gains →
A new research paper, and a census surprise, are calling into question some long-held beliefs about a morbid bit of math: how much mortality rates increase with age. It’s no surprise that the older a group of people get, the higher the percentage of them who will die in any given time period. Benjamin Gompertz, a 19th-century British mathematician, charted the increase in mortality rates as...
Key West Most Expensive Spot to Celebrate Spring... →
KEY WEST, Fla., March 2, 2012 — KEY WEST, Fla., March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — College students who are watching their every penny better steer clear of Key West, Florida if they’ve waited until the last minute to book their spring break vacation. According to a new survey compiled by CheapHotels.org, the continental United States’ southern-most city is, by far, the...
Study: One out of five teens drive while high on... →
A new study says one in five teen drivers admit to driving while under the influence of marijuana. This is not only dangerous, but police want to remind these young drivers it’s also criminal. It is and they can be charged with driving under the influence. The study also says these teens don’t feel marijuana is a distraction to them while driving, which is a huge misconception. ...
Is Your Password 'Password1'? Most Common Login,... →
Do you know the most common password in the business world ? If you do, that’s the problem. Lots of other people also know or can guess: It’s Password1.
That bit of confirming wisdom is contained in the 2012 Global Security Report from security firm Trustwave, released last month. The report, built on data from 2,000 vulnerability scans at client companies and 300 recent...
Study finds poor are less likely to sue their... →
Posted on the ORTHOSuperSite March 2, 2012
Study finds poor are less likely to sue their physicians
Researchers from the Monterey Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Institute have found that socioeconomically disadvantaged patients tend to sue their physicians less often. The findings, published recently in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, run contrary to the common...
Study finds coffee is not bad for your health →
Good news for coffee drinkers, that morning cup of joe may not harm your health. Researchers studied 42,000 healthy German adults over nine years. They looked at those who drank more than four cups of coffee a day and those who didn’t drink it. Everyone developed heart disease, diabetes and cancer at the same rate. However, coffee drinkers were 23 percent less likely to develop type 2...
Female apes' volume during gay sex 'depends on... →
Researchers have found evidence which suggests a female bonobo will call out more loudly during sex with another female if her partner has a higher social status or a more important ape is watching. Bonobos are renowned for a liberal approach to sexual contact, regularly engaging in such activity with members of their own sex. Males of the great ape species, a cousin to the chimpanzee, are...
Study Finds More Women Obtaining Patents →
A new study finds the number of women awarded patents has soured over the last several decades, far beyond previously reported figures. Further, the percentage of trademarks granted to women has more than doubled. The study, commissioned by the National Women’s Business Council found that women had a higher representation among trademark holders than patent owners. In 2010, 18 percent of all...
Grandparents with sick grandkids suffer in... →
CALGARY — For grandparents Carl and Tari Hendrie, six-year-old Bradley was the light of their life. But when a small spot on the back of his little shoulder began to grow rapidly, everyone worried. A doctor’s visit and a series of blood tests confirmed their worst nightmare — their grandson had lymphoma and would face months of chemotherapy. That first little while was so scary, so bleak....
Facebook and Twitter icons influence online... →
New research finds that Facebook and Twitter badges on web pages may have a dramatic impact on how consumers spend their money online. Online advertisers take heed: The mere presence of social media icons, such as Facebook and Twitter badges on websites, can subconsciously influence online spending — that according to a recent study conducted by the University of Miami School of Business. ...
Study Shows Wall Street Employees Possible... →
It has been found that one out of every 10 employees on Wall Street can be deemed a clinical psychopath, according to Sherree DeCovny of the CFA Magazine. The general population sees the rate drop close to one percent. “A financial psychopath can present as a perfect well-rounded job candidate, CEO, manager, co-worker, and team member because their destructive characteristics are practically...
Study Shows Men On Paternity Leave Work Rather... →
March 1, 2012 Despite believing in equally-shared parenting, men use their paternity leave to work whereas women use it for child care, a new study showed. In the study, Gender Roles and Infant/Toddler Care: Male and Female Professors on the Tenure Track, the researchers surveyed 181 married, heterosexual, tenure track professors, male and female, all of whom had children under age two and...
City Birds Sing Differently Than Their Country... →
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Earth formed from diverse meteorite mix, study... →
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This Jan. 23 photo from NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite shows the Eastern Hemisphere of Earth in Blue Marble view. The photo, released Feb. 2, is a companion to a NASA image showing the Western Hemisphere in the same stunning detail.
Earth’s building blocks were more eclectic than…
College Degree Linked With Better Health In Your... →
A college degree may do more than help you earn more at your job — a new study suggests it could also be linked with better health. The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, shows that earning a bachelor’s degree before reaching the age of 25 is linked with having fewer symptoms of depression and having a higher self-rating of health, compared with people who...
Mouse Study Shows How Pot Clouds Memory →
THURSDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) — Scientists studying mice say they better understand how marijuana impairs working memory, the ability to momentarily retain and utilize information needed for comprehension and learning. The study, published in the March 2 print issue of Cell, found that THC, the chief psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, impairs memory by affecting...
New survey reveals that airports are the largest... →
The US’s commercial airports are a powerful economic engine, generating 10.5 million jobs and $1.2 trillion in total economic impact, according to a new study by ACI-North America. Indeed, such is their importance to the US economy that ACI-NA has dubbed them ‘Airports, Inc’, airports being the nation’s second largest employer after Wal-Mart. Analysis of report, prepared by CDM Smith, concludes...
Study shows elderly have high crash, fatality... →
Michigan roads can be treacherous for senior drivers, a recent report shows. The study, released by TRIP — a national transportation research group — and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, shows Michigan ranks ninth in the nation for the number of fatal crashes involving a driver 65 or older. The state also claimed 10th place for the number of...
Obesity Extends Life for People Over 85 →
Obesity is considered the leading preventable cause of death worldwide — until you reach old age, that is. Though obesity increases the risk of an early death, shaving an average of six to seven years off a person’s lifespan, Tel Aviv Univ. researchers have found that this trend may reverse itself after the age of 85. In these people, excess fat seems to have a protective effect, decreasing...
Number of US mosques up 74% since 2000 →
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The number of Islamic places of worship in the United States soared 74% in the past decade.While protests against new mosques in New York, Tennessee and California made headlines, the overall number of mosques quietly rose from 1,209 in 2000 to 2,106 in 2010.And most of their leaders say American society is not hostile to Islam, according to a comprehensive census of U.S. mosques...
