Murder, eyewitness identification and the limits of human vision
...id similar tests using initially blurred images of celebrities and gradually clarified them until the test subjects were able to recognize the celebrities. This time they recorded the amount of blurring that made a face unrecognizable. All of the subjects in the experiments had at least uncorrected or correcte...New survey finds red dress symbol prompts women to take action to care for their hearts
...nd entertainment industries--as well as individual celebrities from the arts, theater, and sports--in advancing the fight against heart disease among women and sharing The Heart Truth with millions of American women," says NHLBI Director Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D. "The debut of the Red Dress Collection 2005 deliv...Using celebrities to market drugs and diseases: whats the problem?
The common practice of drug companies hiring celebrities to attract attention to the latest drugs, and the diseases that go with them, is "fundamentally shifting the public debate about major health problems," argues the investigative reporter Ray Moynihan in the latest issue of PLoS Medicine . Pfizer hi...Prof: Local health campaigns not reaching adults with bad habits
... Bart Simpson, Monday Night Football announcers or celebrities in People magazine tell them to, says a Purdue University expert in health communication. "Often our health campaigns try to reach the growing number of unhealthy Americans with public service announcements or by planning activities to attract local ...Yale expert warns children may lead shorter lives than their parents because of obesity
...fight against obesity and poor diet, and work with celebrities and the major children's media companies like Nickelodeon and Disney to promote healthy foods. And, if needed, Brownell said a tax on unhealthy foods should be considered. He said the tax could be used to subsidize the sale of healthy foods; create ...Study: Couric's colonoscopy caused cross-country climb in colon cancer checks
... all types of health behavior, it's important that celebrities team with medical professionals and societies to develop their campaigns." In addition to Cram and Fendrick, the research team included U-M gastroenterologist John Inadomi, M.D.; U-M general internist Mark E. Cowen, M.D., S.M., who is also affiliated...Dartmouth/VA study questions screening priorities of prostate and colon cancer
...rovich notes, "much of this publicity has involved celebrities with the disease, whose public statements presume that the value of the screening is proven." Physicians found that the men who were getting PSA tested the most were aged 70 and older, an age group that most experts agree stand to benefit the least f...First-ever conference on depression in college students to be held March 6-7 in Michigan
...uering Depression", which features interviews with celebrities who have depression. "Awareness of depression is growing in America, but we have not yet paid enough attention to the college population, who have both an adolescent's vulnerability to the onset of depression and nearly adult levels of independence a......the untimely deaths of several musicians and other celebrities from heroin use, as well as the media campaign against heroin, may have influenced young peoples' view of how dangerous a drug this is, even if it is not being injected," observes Johnston. Alcohol use among teens has been fairly stable over the p...