Power and the Illusion of Control
Power holders often seem misguided in their actions. Leaders and commanders of warring nations regularly underestimate the costs in time, money, and human lives required for bringing home a victory. view more (2009-03-04)
Social background weighs heavily on teenage diet
Teenagers' attitudes to diet and weight are shaped by their social class, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. view more (2009-09-25)
Lone dieters have slim chance of success
Organised weight loss groups are the most effective way to diet, according to new research conducted by Aston University's Dr Mike Green and Nicola Elliman in conjunction with the Western Human Nutrition Center, University of California. The study (funded by the US Department of Agriculture) measured the... view more... (2004-02-25)
Operation yields best results for severe obesity
Surgical treatment of severe obesity provides long-term wait loss and better quality of life compared with conventional treatment in primary health care. This is shown in a ten-year follow-up of the psychosocial component of the Swedish Obese Subjects project, SOS, at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg. Thus far the follow-up... view more... (2005-04-04)
The most effective teachers are in a class of their own
These are the latest findings of research funded in primary and secondary schools by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) into what makes good teachers even better. view more (2009-07-08)
Engineers enter new era
Delivering the prestigious Sir Henry Royce lecture yesterday evening (31 October) at the Institution of Incorporated Engineers in London, Dr Robert Hawley, Chairman of the Engineering Council, the UK body responsible for regulating the engineering profession, warned of the need to rethink engineering priorities in the light of global events. view more (2001-11-01)
U of M study identifies risk factors of disordered eating in overweight youth
University of Minnesota Project Eating Among Teens (EAT) researchers have identified factors that may increase overweight adolescents' risk of engaging in extreme weight control behaviors such as self-induced vomiting, the use of diet pills, laxatives, and diuretics, as well as binge eating. view more (2009-07-31)
Radiologists diagnose and treat self-embedding disorder in teens
Minimally invasive, image-guided treatment is a safe and precise method for removal of self-inflicted foreign objects from the body, according to the first report on "self-embedding disorder," or self-injury and self-inflicted foreign body insertion in adolescents. The findings will be presented today at the annual meeting of the... view more... (2008-12-03)
NEW RESEARCH SHOWS DRUG IMPROVES CHANCES OF NORMAL LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA
The atypical schizophrenia drug risperidone improves patients' chances of a normal life by restoring learning capacity and through improving skills acquisition. Whilst traditional antipsychotic drugs can be effective on the better-known symptoms of schizophrenia - hallucinations and delusions - cognitive problems, such as learning difficulties,... view more... (1999-04-19)
Tiny zebras at your service
Before new pesticides can be approved, their environmental impact must be assessed. Due to the complexity of ecological systems, researchers require simple yet representative laboratory models. Among vertebrates, schools of zebra fish are especially suitable. --- Studying the ways substances affect living organisms in their environment is the job... view more... (2004-02-03)
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