At present, less than 5 percent of health care expenditures are associated with preventive measures. A new study suggests one facet of preventive medicine’s potential, finding that health educators embedded in physician clinics resulted in more weight loss among obese individuals than when the physician alone provided the advice. The results are not surprising as [...]
Researchers have determined that maternal weight gain during pregnancy generally does not influence a child’s cognitive development. The new study is the first to control for numerous factors believed to be associated with gestational weight gain and childhood cognition. Experts acknowledge that insufficient or excessive weight gain in pregnancy can have negative consequences for fetuses [...]
Feeling stressed changes how people weigh risk and reward, according to new research. A new article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science reveals that people who are under stress pay more attention to the upside of a possible outcome. It’s a bit surprising that stress makes people focus on the way things could go [...]
As medical knowledge has expanded over the past decades, the differences between autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia appear clear-cut. But both disorders share similar social dysfunctions, a commonality that lead to a new research study by Noah Sasson, Ph.D., of the University of Texas at Dallas. Historically, many young people with ASD were thought to have a [...]
Depression is a diagnosis that typically includes a variety of symptoms besides being sad. Some individuals may suffer anxiety while others could have poor attention, problems concentrating, memory issues and sleep difficulties. A new UCLA study discovers that the variety of symptoms may stem from a malfunction involving brain networks — the connections that link [...]
Those in the upper class are more likely to lie and cheat, cut people off when driving, and endorse unethical behavior in the workplace, according to new research from seven separate studies at the University of California at Berkeley. “The increased unethical tendencies of upper-class individuals are driven, in part, by their more favorable attitudes [...]
A new study profiles drug use among young adults in the two largest cities in America, finding that using prescription drugs and illicit drugs at the same time was common. Experts say that this is the first study to compare patterns of prescription and illicit drug misuse among high-risk young adults who are already misusing [...]
A new study demonstrates the use of eye-tracking technology as a way to improve social services to children with autism spectrum disorders. Emory University School of Medicine researchers used the eye-tracking methodology to measure the relationship between cognitive and social disability in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The technique also informs researchers on the [...]
A new research effort comes to the conclusion that major stress during childhood can change a person’s biological risk for psychiatric disorders. Researchers from Butler Hospital at Brown University believe childhood adversity may lead to epigenetic changes in the human glucocorticoid receptor gene, an important regulator of the biological stress response that may increase risk [...]
Mental health disorders are a common cause of work-related sick leave. A new study discovers therapy attuned to work-related problems expedites recovery from depression and anxiety. Employees who received this therapy and returned to work sooner did not suffer adverse effects and showed significant improvement in mental health over the course of one year. The [...]
