May 2012
16 posts
Vaginas Host Dynamic Battleground for Microbes,... →
The human vagina is a lively place, full of beneficial bacteria that discourage nasty microbes from invading. Now, new research finds this ecosystem is even more mysterious than previously realized.
Not only do women vary widely in what sorts of microbes call the vagina home, the study finds, but the ecosystem of the vagina can also change rapidly — to no ill effect. That’s important,...
Energy and Sports Drinks Eat Away at Teeth, Study... →
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New study finds obese employees more costly to... →
A recent Mayo Clinic study found obesity is outweighing smoking in employer health care costs. I think this study is really going to surprise a lot of people that it really is truly obesity that’s raising the health care cost today, says Mayo Clinic Health System registered dietitian Diane Dressel.
A seven year study by mayo clinic tracked the health...
Study finds junk mail still working, despite... →
Posted May 01, 2012 17:54:16 A new study from the University of Sydney says junk mail is unlikely to vanish any time soon because it still seems to work. It is nice to find a package or a postcard in your letterbox, but all too often the scene is a little more depressing. Maybe there is a bill, and if there is, it will probably be buried under a mountain of soggy...
The Bilingual Brain Is Sharper and More Focused,... →
By Robert Lee Hotz The ability to speak two languages can make bilingual people better able to pay attention than those who can only speak one language, a new study suggests. Scientists have long suspected that some enhanced mental abilities might be tied to structural differences in brain networks shaped by learning more than one language, just as a musician’s brain can be altered by the long...
Fast Food TV Ad Familiarity Linked With Obesity In... →
It’s no secret that kids these days are bombarded with smiling images of the clown suit-ed Ronald McDonald, bespectacled Colonel Sanders and other fast food icons, but could these advertising ploys directly contribute to childhood obesity? Perhaps: A new study by the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that young people who recognize fast-food brands when certain cues are erased...
Kids exposed to bullying, violence may age faster →
By Denise Mann and Reviewed by: Laura J. Martin, MD WebMD Medical News The emotional and physical scars from being bullied or exposed to other types of violence as a child may go deeper than imagined. New research shows that the genetic material, or DNA, of children who experienced violence shows the type of wear and tear that is normally associated with advancing age. Children...
Returning troops have more car accidents, study... →
Troops returning from active duty are much more likely to have car accidents, says car insurer USAA, which insures only military service members and their families. The company’s just-released “Returning Warriors” study looked at driving records before and after 171,000 deployments from 2006 to 2010. The results: Overall at-fault accident rates were 13% higher in the six months after the...
Attractive facebook friends makes you popular:... →
Having attractive friends will make you more popular on Facebook, according… Having attractive friends will make you more popular on Facebook, especially if you are a woman, according to a new study that takes Charles Darwin into the domain of cyber networking. The findings show that signs of reproductive fitness sway our decisions about friendship, Dutch researcher Piet Kommers told AFP. ...
Weight training helps stave off dementia, study... →
VANCOUVER — Exercise programs, especially those involving weight training, help stave off progression to dementia in older people already showing signs of cognitive impairment, researchers have found in a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The randomized, controlled study compared the effects of three different types of exercise, done twice weekly over six months, in 86 women...
Many couples keep money secrets, survey shows →
By Allison Linn Jillian Phillips and her fiancé had barely begun dating when they began talking about money. “We were very open about finances from the start,” said Phillips, 29. “I would say within two months we were talking about school loans and checking accounts and where we wanted to be in the next 10 years.” Yet despite that openness, Phillips admits that she often does not tell her partner...
Mexican 'illegals' leaving US in droves, study... →
Mitt Romney’s vision of ‘self-deportation’ may be under way. Mexican ‘illegals’ are headed home in huge numbers, according to a new study. Few issues incite uglier debate than whether America’s millions of illegal aliens – mostly Mexicans – should be rounded up and deported back to the Rio Grande. More related to this story ‘Wetbacks Go Home’ isn’t the nastiest sentiment found on posters,...
Survey: Maine ranked 'most peaceful' state;... →
The annual United States Peace Index finds the country overall more peaceful than at anytime in the past 20 years, with Maine finishing first as the most peaceful state and Louisiana placing last for the 11th year in a row. In rankings by metropolitan area, the 2012 survey finds Cambridge-Newton-Framingham in Massachusetts as most peaceful and Detroit-Livionia-Dearborn in Michigan as least...
Appendix Removal Bills Vary Widely, Study Finds →
CHICAGO — What do hospitals charge to remove an appendix? The startling answer is that it could be the same as the price of a refrigerator – or a house. It’s a common, straightforward operation, so you might expect charges to be similar no matter where the surgery takes place. Yet a California study found huge disparities in patients’ bills – $1,500 to $180,000, with an average...
Warmth calms screaming babies down: study →
A new study at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s hospital has found that warmth may be more effective than giving them sugar or pacifiers, BBC News reported. In the trial 47 healthy babies were spilt into three groups: warming, sugar and suckling before they took their hepatitis B vaccination. The warming group was put under an ‘infant warmer system’. The researchers then...
Trying on Swimsuits Really Is the Worst, Study... →
If trying on a bikini under unflattering dressing room lights has ever soured your mood, rest assured you’re not alone. A new study finds that, for women, even just imagining trying on swimsuits can increase a bad mood.
Imagining wearing a swimsuit also increases feelings of self-objectification, a term used by psychologists to describe how people, often women and girls, take an...
