ScienceDaily: Mind & Brain NewsPsychology news from leading research institutes around the world. Research on relationships, new treatments for mental health conditions, and more. Updated daily.Smokers Suffer More Back Pain, Survey Shows- July 1, 2008 Smokers suffer more chronic back pain according to a new survey. Researchers interviewed more than 8000 people in the course of a telephone health survey. This included questions on social and demographic themes, as well as health and life style.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701092149.htm Intuition Can Be Explained- July 1, 2008 Intuition, or tacit knowledge, is difficult to measure, so it is often denigrated. A new dissertation in education research shows that there is a neurobiological explanation for how experience-based knowledge is created. "Skate where the pucks going, not where its been" (Wayne Gretsky).http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701135820.htm What Works To Prevent HIV Among Heterosexual African-Americans- July 1, 2008 Behavioral HIV prevention interventions targeting heterosexual African Americans that are proven to work require several key characteristics, according to researchers. "Peer education, skills training and cultural tailoring were critical factors we found in interventions that reduced HIV risk behaviors and led to lower rates of sexually transmitted infections," said lead author, Lynae Darbes, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at UCSF's Center for AIDS Prevention Studies and Global Health...http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701092210.htm New Combination Of Tests Measures Child's Ability To Taste And Smell- July 1, 2008 Researchers have developed a series of tests that for the first time accurately measure the normality of taste (gustatory function) and smell (olfactory function) in young children.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701083532.htm Does This Make Me Look Fat- July 1, 2008 The peer groups teenage girls identify with determine how they decide to control their own figure. Also influencing weight control behavior is girls' own definition of normal body weight and their perception of what others consider normal body weight.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701110408.htm Best Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis May Depend On Disease Subtype- July 1, 2008 In animal studies, scientists discover different inflammatory pathways at work. Relatively new drugs now help some patients, but not others, with the most common form of multiple sclerosis. That may be because patients with the same symptoms experience different types of inflammation, suggests a new study in animals. If the differences are found in people, future treatments may be tailored to specific subtypes of the disease.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701150830.htm Weekends Slow Weight Loss, Researchers Find- July 1, 2008 Saturday can be the worst enemy for our waistlines. Researchers found that study subjects on strict diet and exercise programs tend to lose weight more slowly than expected because they eat more on weekends than during the week.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701115649.htm Newborns In ICUs Often Undergo Painful Procedures, Most Without Pain Medication- July 1, 2008 An examination of newborn intensive care finds that newborns undergo numerous procedures that are associated with pain and stress, and that many of these procedures are performed without medication or therapy to relieve pain.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701165057.htm Sleep Problems Associated With Menopause Vary Among Ethnic Groups- July 1, 2008 Difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep increase as women go through menopause according to new research. Waking up earlier than planned also increases through late perimenopause but decreases when women become postmenopausal.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701092201.htm Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Balanced Nutrition Saves Lives- July 1, 2008 Clinician-scientists are suggesting an immediate and important change to guidelines used in the care of patients with traumatic brain injury. The researchers say that following traumatic brain injury, patients should be given nutritional supplementation through a gastric feeding tube as soon as possible, which they say can improve their chances of survival by as much as four-fold.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080701171144.htm |