Overweight and obese children in low-income households can meet or exceed expert body mass index recommendations when given access to a structured weight management program, according to a new study published in Academic Pediatrics.
Mar 12, 2013
For years, researchers have developed thin films of bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) – which converts heat into electricity or electricity to cooling – on top of gallium arsenide (GaAs) to create cooling devices for electronics.
Mar 11, 2013
Even though young athletes are required to receive health screens to be cleared to play sports, those tests failed to detect important cardiovascular…
Mar 10, 2013
A study of 345 female university students found that 233 of them had experienced at least one unwanted sexual experience in their lifetime, and 46 percent of those victims also experienced betrayal by the institution where incidents occurred.
Mar 8, 2013
Canada's Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries.
Mar 7, 2013
Flocks of birds, schools of fish, and groups of any other living organisms might have a mathematical function in common.
Mar 5, 2013
A new study by Kennedy Krieger Institute’s International Center for Spinal Cord Injury (Epub ahead of print) finds that long-term lower extremity functional…
Mar 5, 2013
The myth of altruism and generosity surrounding Mother Teresa is dispelled in a paper by Serge Larivée and Genevieve Chenard of University of Montreal's Department of Psychoeducation and Carole Sénéchal of the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Education.
Mar 1, 2013
Most serious traffic accidents occur when drivers are making a left-hand turn at a busy intersection.
Feb 28, 2013
Most first-time mothers wait until after 6 weeks postpartum to resume vaginal sex following childbirth and women who have an operative vaginal birth, caesarean…
Feb 27, 2013
Firefighters put their lives on the line in some of the most dangerous conditions on Earth.
Feb 26, 2013
Two patients freed from severe to disabling effects of dystonia through deep brain stimulation therapy continued to have symptom relief for months after their devices accidentally were fully or partly turned off, according to a report published online Feb.
Feb 12, 2013
Cognitive brain researchers have studied a magic trick filmed in magician duo Penn & Teller's theater in Las Vegas, to illuminate the neuroscience of illusion.
Feb 12, 2013
Scientists at the University of Southampton have created a new method to generate bone cells which could lead to revolutionary bone repair therapies for people…
Feb 11, 2013
