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U.S Prisons Not To Be Blamed For Spread Of AIDS Epidemic, CDC HIV Study

...IDS virus// and contradicts the widely held public perception which blames U.S. prisons for spread of the AIDS epidemic. The study for the first time challenges the belief that imprisonment directly contributes to high incidence of HIV/AIDS, among the Blacks. The researchers of the present study gathered data...

Junk Food Ads: The Culprit Behind Childhood Obesity

...overweight with television viewing, but the common perception is that the link between childhood overweight and TV viewing is due to children’s physical inactivity associated with television viewing. Children who spent more time watching TV were more likely to eat more of the calorie-dense, low nutrient foods...

Understanding how humans detect sweet taste

... taste sweet. Then the researcher found that taste perception switches back to sweetness when these high concent...aching to a high affinity binding site, leading to perception of sweetness. However at high concentrations it inhibits the cellular responses to other sweeteners ...

Misplaced Bravado: A Career In Surgery Eludes Women?

...men and 3.9 percent of men were discouraged by the perception of surgery as an "old boys' club" To quote the opinion of the authors, “However, our results also suggest that there exists a male culture in surgery that needs to be confronted because it is a significant factor deterring women from a career in su...

Efficacy Of Sports-Formulated Jelly Beans In Warding Off Fatigue To Be Studied

...atty acid concentrations; electrolyte balance; and perception of fatigue during this period. The subjects will also maintain a daily record of their waking body weight, heart rate and the type, amount and intensity of exercise. They will also partake the same diet as that of last month during the study....

The Power of External Influence on Our Lives

What others think of us and to what extent their perception influences our behavior has often intrigued researchers. A write-up about this//, in the latest issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science reveals that that we are pretty much bound by what people do and the manner in which their feelings a...

Costly mistakes help better understand OCD: obsessive compulsive disorder

...ived as carrying a greater penalty. An exaggerated perception of error is likely to be linked to the untoward anxiety about errors or failures and the associated compulsive checking, washing and other repetitive responses associated with OCD." <br...

The Brain behind Facial Recognition

...redicting how the circuitry could give rise to the perception of faces. Such perception includes the shape of specific features--eyes, noses, and mouths--as well as the "configuration" of ...

Living In The Past Indicates Dissatisfaction With Present

...n that older people with a positive self-image and perception of others enjoy the present more. Indeed, there are many reasons why the past is so important to many senior citizens. "As one ages, one is more physically limited, not as mobile and has problems seeing and hearing," says Jochen Tenter, specialis...

Reminiscing Into The Past Makes You Dissatisfied With The Present

...n that older people with a positive self-image and perception of others enjoy the present more. Indeed, there are many reasons why the past is so important to many senior citizens. "As one ages, one is more physically limited, not as mobile and has problems seeing and hearing," says Jochen Tenter, specialis...

High Spirits :Second Thoughts on the Mini Pegs

...y conveys that, there has been some mistake in the perception of who “abstainers” are, when these studies were conducted. According to Kaye Middleton Fillmore, PhD, emerita professor at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing, “Abstainers” were also those who had given up the habit, due t...

Obese Chinese Teens Low On Self-Esteem

...sent study highlight the fact that an individual's perception can strongly influence the actual body weight by having a negative psychological effect on the mental health status. This also highlights the importance being given to the so-called body image by children and young adults. ...

Majority Of Women Satisfied With Decision To Have Preventive Mastectomy

...s well lead a good quality of life despite popular perception to the contrary. // “A large majority of women wer...tion, breast cancer concern, depression and health perception after having a preventive mastectomy. The findings are reported in the latest issue of the Journal o...

Women With Fewer Periods Have Low Risk Of Gynecological Cancer

...terine cancer, ovarian cancer. Though the common perception is that regular menses means 'a good cleanout' but too much menstruation could cause several diseases including breast, ovarian and endometrial cancers, says Professor Ian Fraser, a professor of reproductive medicine at Australia's University of Sydn...

Brain Injury, A Consequence Of Glandular Fever Could Trigger Fatigue Syndrome

...ions of the brain that play a critical role in the perception pain and fatigue. An acute glandular fever infection could damage the above-mentioned regions of the brain. This highlights a probable association between the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), an organism that causes glandular fever. It might even serve as ...

Emotional Engagement of Husband - A Final Answer To What Women Want

..., probably due to a conservative mindset or due to perception of their husband as an important contributor to family income. The study entitled, 'What's Love Got to do With It? Equality, Equity, Commitment and Women's Marital Quality,' can be found in the latest issue of Social Forces, a sociology journal, he...

Women's Self-Esteem Not Lowered By Seeing Ultra Thin Models

... found to manifest in an increased self-esteem and perception of thinness. When provided with images of extremely thin or heavy models, the focus shifted to how heavy the study participants felt. The results of the present study have valuable implications regarding the success of advertising and magazines. Ma...

Breast Cancer Treatment Influenced By Family

...ation on breast cancer treatment. Differences in perception of the final decision maker were found among the breast cancer patients studied. Hispanic women (90%) most commonly identified a family member as the decision maker when compared to African-American women and whites who pointed out to their physician...

Genuine Laughter Is The Best Medicine!

...One type of laughter arises spontaneously from the perception of a certain class of events, while the other is used strategically in interaction to influence others or modulate one's own physiology,' said Matthew Gervais, lead author of the study. The researchers found that genuine laughter is innate and mirr...

Parents Encourage Stereotype Body Images

...came to sons. There appears to be no difference in perception between the mother and the father where this matter is concerned. This stereotype attitude of the parents adversely influences the eating habits of the children and contributes towards eating disorders in small children. As many as 54 fathers and ...

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