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When positive thinking leads to financial irresponsibility like compulsive gambling
Looking on the bright side can lead to irresponsible financial behavior, reveals a paper from the June 2008 issue of the Journal of Consumer Research.   view more (2008-04-22)

Study reveals reason women are more sensitive to pain than men
For centuries, it has been generally believed women are the more sensitive gender. A new study says that, when it comes to pain, women are in fact more sensitive.   view more (2005-10-25)

Uncertainty Can Be More Stressful Than Clear Negative Feedback
We are faced with uncertainty every day. Will our investments pay off? Will we get the promotions we are hoping for? When faced with the unknown, most people experience some degree of anxiety and discomfort.   view more (2008-11-20)

Cortical plasticity: it's time to get excited about inhibition
Research from Brandeis University published online this week in Nature offers new insight into how neural circuits are shaped by experience. The article provides new evidence for the mechanisms that affect the ability of the visual cortex to plastically rearrange itself following periods of visual... view more (2006-08-24)

Study shows housing development on the rise near national forests
America's national forests and grasslands provide the largest single source of freshwater in the United States, habitat for a third of all federally listed threatened or endangered species, and recreation opportunities for people (about 205 million visits are made annually to national forests).   view more (2007-10-26)

Research Examines Factors in Delaying or Declining Total Knee Replacement Surgery
A study led by Dr. Ann F. Jacobson, associate professor in Kent State's College of Nursing, unveils the reasons why people may initially choose to postpone but ultimately undergo total knee replacement surgery and emphasizes the need for better patient education before and after the procedure.   view more (2008-05-15)

Amputees can experience prosthetic hand as their own
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in inducing people with an amputated arm to experience a prosthetic rubber hand as belonging to their own body. The results can lead to the development of a new type of touch-sensitive prosthetic hands.   view more (2008-12-12)

Cochlear implant recipients experience improvement in quality of life
Cochlear implant recipients experience a significant improvement in their quality of life, and have improved speech recognition, according to new research published in the March 2008 issue of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.   view more (2008-03-05)

Birthing and stress
"Giving birth is clearly a high-stress experience. But usually it involves positive stress, which helps the woman cope with the exigencies of delivery and prepares the baby for a life outside the mother's womb." These are the words of Siw Alehagen from Linköping University, Sweden,... view more (2002-05-28)

New study seeks understanding of effects of social phobia
Social phobia or social anxiety disorder is a common and distressing problem that can cause sufferers immense difficulties in all areas of their lives, affecting their performance at work and personal relationships.   view more (2005-01-24)

Surgery league tables could threaten access to care
Plans to publish details of the performance of individual surgeons could lead to a reluctance to treat riskier patients, according to a letter in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2002-04-16)

Screening women for domestic violence "cannot be justified" on current evidence
The Department of Health now recommends that health professionals should consider "routine enquiry" of women patients about whether they have experienced domestic violence. However, a study in this week's BMJ concludes that implementation of screening programmes in healthcare settings is... view more (2002-08-07)

Researchers map links between size of hippocampus and progression to Alzheimer's dementia
UCLA researchers sought to test the theory that the hippocampus - the area of the brain that processes memory - is smaller in patients with mild cognitive impairment who develop into Alzheimer's dementia, and that it is larger in patients with mild cognitive impairment who experience cognitive... view more (2006-05-09)

Over-the-counter anesthetic gel puts the squeeze on mammogram pain
The simple application of a pain-relieving gel may reduce the breast discomfort some women experience during mammography exams, according to the results of a clinical trial published in the online edition of Radiology.   view more (2008-07-22)

'Virginity pledges' by adolescents may bias their reports of premarital sex
Adolescents who sign a "virginity pledge" and then go on to have premarital sex are likely to disavow having signed such a pledge.   view more (2006-05-03)

Why do people love horror movies? They enjoy being scared
A bedrock assumption in theories that explain and predict human behavior is people's motivation to pursue pleasure and avoid pain.   view more (2007-07-26)

Deliveries that scar the soul
Post-traumatic stress is a serious condition of anxiety that can occur after events like wars, rapes, and assaults. But even seemingly positive experiences such as giving birth to a child can trigger post-traumatic stress. In Linköping researcher Johan Söderquist's studies 1-2 percent of... view more (2002-12-13)

Study finds gender differences in reported childhood sexual abuse
A new Queensland study has found a significant link between childhood sexual abuse and symptoms of sexual dysfunction in adult men and women.   view more (2005-10-12)

Exercise helps reduce pain in old age
People who exercise regularly experience 25% less muscle and joint pain in their old age than people who are less active.   view more (2005-09-19)

Involving Service Users Bridges The Theory-Practice Gap
Psychological treatments for mental health problems that look promising in theory are often a disappointment when applied in the real world. A growing number of services and researchers are consulting the users of mental health services in an attempt to bridge this gap between theory and practice.... view more (2004-04-16)

Dexia, Lactalis, AG2R, Retraites Unies and Cofinoga to join Cigref
Cigref is pleased to announce that five new companies have joined the fold: Dexia-Crédit Local, Lactalis, AG2R, Retraites Unies and Cofinoga. The association`s membership tally now stands at 116. Cigref is a unique meeting point enabling the exchange of experience, practices and prospects.... view more (2002-04-09)

German industry recognizes opportunities in vocational training
As a location for production facilities, Germany derives a significant portion of its competitive strength from the expertise of its production employees, a fact which apparently has not escaped corporate attention. A study conducted by the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research... view more (2002-01-31)

Anxiety before surgery complicates recovery in children
Children who are anxious before surgery experience a more painful, slow, and complicated postoperative recovery, according to a Yale School of Medicine study published this month in Pediatrics.   view more (2006-08-23)

What's fear got to do with it?
he education world is under more scrutiny than ever before. Reports, political platforms, test result comparisons, and various articles in newspapers and magazines all criticize a field that just a generation or so ago was considered an unabashed American success. Educators, students and parents... view more (2008-01-24)

Mind over matter
A significant number of people world-wide suffer with chronic pain, which affects every aspect of their lives, and often results in depression.   view more (2006-08-29)
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