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First-borns Have Higher IQs Than Their Younger Siblings

...hers have to find roles that help them compete for attention in the family. Because older children already occupy that niche in the family, younger children have to find other roles to play, Sulloway said. However, the work doesn't necessarily show that younger siblings suffer from their lower IQ. "There ...

Stroke - Unfair to the Middle-aged Fair Sex

...stroke surge among women suggests prompt and close attention may need to be paid to the cardiovascular health of women in their mid-30s to mid-50s with a goal of mitigating this burden. In addition, Towfighi says several vascular risk factors including systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol levels inc...

Chikungunya Spreads as Funds Remain Unspent

... Rs. 1.8 million. The matter has not escaped the attention of Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, who expressed disappointment. "We have asked the respective states to submit a utilisation report within a week or so," he said. However, the minister promised not to withdraw the funds. "They have been instruc...

US Hospitals Increasingly Colonized by Drug-resistant Germs

...odology or its prevalence. But they welcomed added attention to the problem. "This is a welcome piece of information that emphasizes that this is a huge problem in health care facilities, and more needs to done to prevent it," said Dr. John Jernigan, an epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Contro...

Meditation Increases Attention - A Brain Scan Report

...ased activity in the brain regions used for paying attention and making decisions. The changes were associat...man Center. Practitioners were instructed to focus attention intently on a stimulus, and when the attention wandered off, to simply bring the attention back to t...

Cuban Healthcare Delivers, Experts Say

...dhist text as she waits for an appointment. "The attention is pretty good, but it was a million times better six years ago, when we always saw the same doctor," said Torres, who suffers from tachycardia. "The advantage is that it's free," Torres said. Medicine is often in short supply, even over-the-counte...

Man Accused of Spreading HIV Granted Bail in Australia

...ealth Minister Bronwyn Pike said Kuoth came to the attention of the Department of Human Services (DHS) late last year, and was being monitored by health authorities. Kuoth arrived in Australia in July and was diagnosed HIV-positive in October. He was placed at Thomas Embling Hospital in isolation by the dep...

Tinnitus Patients can Lead a Normal Life

...to be less conscious of what there is and distract attention away from the tinnitus by means of this external sound). Sound therapy, thus aims at helping the patient to get used to the tinnitus, by incorporating external sound in such a way that silence is always avoided. It has various levels of application...

Researchers Reverse Mental Retardation Symptoms in Mice

...petitive movements reminiscent of autistic people; attention deficits and difficulty with learning and memory tasks. "These behavioural abnormalities are ameliorated, partially or fully, by inhibiting the enzymatic activity of PAK, Tonegawa said. "Strikingly, PAK inhibition also restored electrical communi...

China Uncovers Thousands of Dangerous Foods

... Han said investigators now intended to turn their attention onto the cities. The announcement of the investigation's findings come as China faces unprecedented international scrutiny over the quality of its food imports and other goods that have caused harm to buyers overseas. Reports in the United States...

Surgical Students Fail to Report Needle Stick Injuries

...elieving that reporting and getting timely medical attention would not prevent infection. Many a times surgeons feel the reason for not reporting injuries, was, that doing so would take too much time, could jeopardize career opportunities and might cause a loss of face among peers. "It's been long suspected,...

Second-hand Smoke Exposure in Pregnancy Linked to Kids' Psychological Problems

... smoke exposure while pregnant to their children's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct disorder. Psychologists call these behaviours externalising psychopathology and their symptoms include aggressive behaviour, ADHD, defiance and conduct disorder, which encompasses truancy, fighting,...

Autistic Individuals can Be 'trained' to Comprehend Visual and Vocal Cues

... be trained with explicit instructions to pay more attention to facial expressions and tone of voice elicited ...n this region in the ASD group by directing their attention to these important social cues clearly indicates there's nothing ntrinsically wrong with this r...

War Spreading AIDS a Myth-UNHCR

...e emphasized that the survey also showed that more attention needed to be paid to the post-conflict period where accessibility and mobility of populations recovering from war may create an environment conducive to the spread of HIV....

Cognitive Skills Focused Curriculum may Lessen Kids' Behavioural Problems

...linked to problems like aggression, depression and attention disorders," says study author Mark Greenberg. Therefore, the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) curriculum, which stimulates cognitive and emotional skills, enhances the child's aptitude to tackle stress and make good choices. Gr...

Tech Heads Go Gaga Waiting for Apple's IPhone

...n Monday with the explicit goal of using the media attention to advertise the Taproot Foundation, a small NGO h...est thing that one can do, is try to redirect some attention to a non-profit that is doing good work in the city." Clayman said he plans to auction off for cha...

Survivors of Rare Ovarian Cancer may Retain Menstrual Function and Reproductive Ability

... to develop better interventions and pay much more attention to both the psycho-social and fertility issues of our patients," says Dr. Gershenson. He also stressed the importance of having fertility-sparing surgery performed by a board-certified gynaecological oncologist who understands the clinical behaviou...

Live Earth Will Make the World More Aware of the Crisis Facing the Earth, Hopes Al Gore

...world's carbon emissions. Live Earth will get huge attention in both. The biggest issue on the planet ever requires the biggest media event ever.' The seed was planted less than two years ago at the Beverly Hills Hotel in California, when Wall, a veteran concert producer, attended a slide show about global wa...

Government Expels Superintendent for Not Informing Newborn Deaths

...rought the unusually large number of deaths to the attention of medical authorities. This is seen as a serious lapse on his part so we decided to relieve him from the post," state Health Minister P.K. Sreemathi told reporters here. The hospital is attached to Kerala's premier Medical College in the state cap...

Brazil Government In Contention With Merck Over Anti-AIDS Drug

...ity or lack of respect toward them, ever paid less attention to them than others, or had ever refused them service. Out of those surveyed, 40 percent believed they had experienced discrimination. Of this group, 60 percent concluded that an underlying reason was their HIV infection, 50 percent cited drug use, 3...

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