Thanks for the memories: cinematic portrayal of amnesia is profoundly misleading
...cally bizarre features" of amnesia in films is the myth of a second serious head injury reversing the effects of a previous blow, says the paper's author Dr Sallie Baxendale. Movies also promote the idea that hypnosis or contact with a familiar object are ways out of the condition, but this is rarely the...Under the surface, the brain seethes with undiscovered activity
There's an old myth that we only use 10 percent of our brains, but researchers at the University of Rochester have found in reality that roughly 80 percent of our cognitive power may be cranking away on tasks completely unknown to us. Curiously, this clandestine activi...Survey highlights myth of multi-faith chaplaincy in hospitals
...faith chaplaincy provision still remains more of a myth than a reality for the majority of the three million Britons belonging to non-Christian groups."...Parents overestimate children's bike, car safety habits
...e that injury prevention programs must counter the myth that experience makes safety measures unnecessary....Bullying in schools pervasive, UCLA study finds
... "We hope that these findings help us dispel the myth that bullies suffer from low self?esteem," Juvonen...lies do not need ego boosters. Unfortunately, this myth is still guiding many programs conducted in schools. Instead, we should be concerned about the popul...Brain may 'hard-wire' sexuality before birth
...d. "If we accept this concept, we must dismiss the myth that homosexuality is a 'choice' and examine our civil legal system accordingly."...National Census finds most US counties don't have enough adult day centers
...n of the typical adult day center, "dispelling the myth of being just a babysitting service." She said the survey showed the average cost of adult day centers is $56 per day, which is considerably under the cost of most other options for the frail elderly and people with dementia. The survey showed that...Men, women and the green eyed monster
...id DeSteno from NortheasternUniversity debunks the myth of a gender-determined reaction to sexual andemotional infidelity. Contrary to previous studies, he found that both menand women react most dramatically to a partner's sexual rather thanemotional philandering. And while a partner's unfaithful emotion...World Heart Day spotlights cardiovascular disease pandemic
...d author of the editorial. The editorial attacks a myth that atherosclerosis, the narrowing of the arteries that underlies heart disease and most strokes, is a disease of affluence. World Heart Federation statistics show that 80 percent of cardiovascular disease deaths occur in low-to-middle income count...'Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day' -- Really?
...de guzzling water a national pastime is more urban myth than medical dogma and appears to lack scientific proof, he found. In an invited review published online by the American Journal of Physiology August 8, Valtin, professor emeritus of physiology at Dartmouth Medical School, reports no supporting evide...First consensus guidelines on lightning safety issued before summer storms
...avior during a thunderstorm. For example, a common myth is that people struck by lightning carry a charge. This is not true, and it is safe to touch a person who has been stuck to provide medical treatment, according to the article. "Avoiding lightning injury is an individuals personal responsibility, wh...IUD still on the shelf for most women, survey shows
...ains so low in the U.S. Stanwood says the biggest myth about todays IUDs is that they cause pelvic inflammatory disease, or PID, which was linked in the 1970s to the Dalkon Shield IUD. It is exposure to sexually transmitted infections such as chlamydia or gonorrhea that causes PID, not IUDs, she says. ......that public panic is rare and preventable. It is a myth that a communitys first response to a crisis is panic. Yet, bioterrorism contingency planners have too frequently incorporated the images of a hysterical or lawless mob in their discussions and response exercises. They have made no efforts to capita...The bone marrow is the source of mature liver cells
...f their existence -- until now. (The ancient Greek myth of Prometheus is based on the liver's ability to regenerate. Each day a giant eagle eats the liver of Prometheus,who is bound by chains to a rock. And each day the liver subsequently grows back to its original size.) "This is an exciting finding...Study shows obsessive-compulsive disorder runs in families
Researchers have laid to rest the myth that another mental disorder stemsfrom "bad parenting." A new study from Johns Hopkins has shown thatobsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), like schizophrenia and bipolardisorder, tends to run in families and has a strong genetic basis. People with a...College men nearly as likely as women to report they are victims of unwanted sexual coercion
...at we, as researchers, were buying into a cultural myth anddidn't think such experiences were the same for men as for women."...Health Risk To "Cigarette Babies" Is Neglected, Duke Scientist Charges
... community or the public blindly accept thepopular myth that crack cocaine causes more severe damage. "A major point is that virtually all crack users also smoke cigarettes,"he said. "So, in developing the statistical associations of crack baby syndrome,researchers have generally not separated out...