NHS Choices Launches Tool to Assess Drinking Behaviour
LONDON, February 19 /PRNewswire/ -- NHS Choices ( http://www.nhs.uk ), the digital 'front door' to the NHS, launches a new interactive tool aimed to help people assess their drinking behaviour and improve their understanding of safe limits for sensible drinking. Based on NHS accredited infor...Males Show More Risky Behaviour with Alcohol
Recent research from Kansas State University have revealed that males tend to take greater risks takers in their use of alcohol whereas women on average often// use more protective strategies such as drinking only with friends, limiting the amount of money spent on drinking, counting the number of ...Internet Encourages Self-Destructive Behaviour Among Teens
A new study conducted regarding use of the internet by young people has highlighted that spending hours on internet chat rooms can induce self-destructive behaviour.// The findings of the study have several valuable implications on the health of the younger generation, where 75- 90% of teenagers in...Non-violent behaviour influenced by diet and nutrition!!
So now taking a particular diet can influence corrective behaviour in prisoners.// The hypothesis viz violent aggression is largely a product of poor nutrition was tested in a prison setting. Technically speaking researchers are studying whether prsioners become less violent when put on a diet...Caffeine: Stimulates Sexual Behaviour in Females
A research conducted by Fay Guarraci, an assistance professor of psychology at south-western university and a graduate student revealed that moderate doses // of caffeine has a greater effect on the sexual behaviour of female rats. This study is one of the kinds and is among the first to dete...Neglect In Childhood Could Cause Abnormal Behaviour In Adults
Children neglected in their childhood are likely to develop abnormal behaviour, says a study. Psychologist Seth Pollak and doctoral student Alison Wismer Fries at University of Wisconsin-Madison studied// 18 four-year-old adoptees, who had spent their first years in orphanages in Russia and Roma...Video: UCB Launches Vimpat(R) in the U.S. for Add-On Treatment of Epilepsy in Adults
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...d over. There is a possibility of an increased risk of suicidal thoughts or behaviour in children and young adults treated with antidepressants. Patients should ...t away if they experience worsening depression symptoms, unusual changes in behaviour or thoughts of suicide, especially at the beginning of treatment or after a...Highest ever winter water temperatures recorded
... ocean measurements made near Maria Island on Tasmania's east coast. CSIRO oceanographers Katy Hill, David Griffin and George Cresswell study ocean behaviour in the Australian region. Dr Cresswell says that scientists use ocean observations from satellite, ocean instruments and research vessels such as the...Venomous sea snakes play heads or tails with their predators
...aits ( Laticauda colubrina ) use skin markings and behaviour patterns to fool predators into thinking their tai...s, Berlin and Copenhagen while also monitoring the behaviour of wild Sea Kraits in Solomon Islands during the D... and the tail. The reason for this mixture of behaviour and coloration results from a developed defence st...Neuropathic pain: The sea provides a new hope of relief
...t the compounds significantly reduced pain-related activities in isolated microglia, and that these compounds also significantly reversed hyperalgesic behaviour in the experimental rats. "To provide better quality of life, we need new drugs that can act rapidly and have specific functions with low side effe...UBC researchers find first-ever 'wanderlust gene' in tiny bony fish
... A gene previously associated with physical traits is also dictating behaviour in a tiny fish widely regarded as a living model of Darwin's natural select...g to their surroundings the first time a gene associated with this type of behaviour has been identified. Their findings are published today in the journal Bio...Hybrid vehicle rebates produce scant environmental benefits, high cost
...imates indicate that two-thirds of people who buy hybrids were going to buy them anyway," says Chandra. "So for the majority, rebates are not changing behaviour they are subsidizing planned purchases." According to the study, the inefficiency of rebate programs rises disproportionately when governments in...Brain difference in psychopaths identified
...ghted biological differences in the brain which may underpin these types of behaviour and provide a more comprehensive understanding of criminal psychopathy. ... system.' While psychopathy is strongly associated with serious criminal behaviour (eg rape and murder) and repeat offending, the biological basis of psychopa...Researchers unite to distribute quantum keys
...intuitive, explanations to help us understand the building blocks that construct the world around us. Quantum cryptography uses the quantum mechanical behaviour of photons, the fundamental particles of light, to enable highly secure transmission of data beyond that achievable by classical methods. The photo...Secret of sandcastle construction could help revive ancient building technique, researchers say
...all amount of water present. Small cylindrical samples of rammed earth underwent "triaxial testing" where external pressures are applied to model behaviour of the material in a wall. The researchers found that the suction created between soil particles at very low water contents was a source of strength i...DFG establishes 14 new research training groups
...ang Schnotz) The Research Training Group "Religious Nonconformism and Cultural Dynamics" of the University of Leipzig will study forms of religious behaviour and belief that deviate from the dominant forms of religion within a society and that are generally punished. This phenomenon occurs in the form of pr...Brain research shows past experience is invaluable for complex decision making
... far not been well understood, despite it being fairly clear that successful decisions benefit from previous experience. They combined measurements of behaviour and brain signals to study how volunteers learned to discriminate between highly similar visual patterns and to assign them in different categories. ...New Danish research shows how oil gets stuck underground
...t the surfaces of the pores in the chalk are partially covered in a material which oil can stick to. Ass. Prof. Hassenkam believes that the surprising behaviour of the material in the surface of the chalk can be explained by studying how the chalk was formed. "Chalk is actually the casings of ancient algae...Bioactive Peptide synthesis from Primm Biotech, Inc.
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