Extreme Fatigue Increases Risk Of Blood Clot Formation
... of "vital exhaustion," according to Willem Kop, a psychologist at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, and his colleagues at the Cardiovascular Research Institute in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The blood-clotting process involves two main components: factors th...Dying To Quit: Why We Smoke And How We Stop
...arts of the smoking equation. Brigham, a research psychologist whose principal work is in studying the effects of tobacco, makes accessible the raft of scientific and statistical information in her examination of cigarette smoking. She considers the debate over whether smoking is an addiction or a habit and whe...Anti-Depressants: Miracle Drugs Or Placebos With A Buzz?
...y List.") Another critic of the article is psychologist Robyn M. Dawes, Ph.D., ofCarnegie Mellon University who argues that the authors' logicis seriously flawed and their methodology oversimplified. "Science (like artand life)," he says, "is not that easy." Psychologist Larry E. Beutler, Ph.D., ...Parenting CD-ROM Helps Reduce Children's Behavioral Problems
...ehavioral problems, according to anOhio University psychologist who presented the findings at a recent conferencein Washington, D.C. The CD-ROM, Parenting Wisely, offers nine video dramas depicting commonfamily problems, such as poor school performance and sibling rivalry. Theprogram offers a choice of po...Remembering Your Medications: Older Are Wiser
...n takingtheir medications," says Denise C. Park, a psychologist at the U-M Institute forSocial Research who presented her findings this month at the annual meeting ofthe International Congress of Applied Psychology. As the population ages, the problem of forgetting to take the pills your doctorordered--the right ...Differences In Brain Function Found For Attention Deficit Disorder
...doctors Glenn Austin and Hugh Ridlehuber andschool psychologist Gary Kirkorian of the Community/Academia Coalition in LosAltos, Calif. and Gary Glover and John Desmond of the Stanford Medical Center'sRadiology Department. The findings have drawn considerable attention from neuroscientists because "ADDis so wides...Brain Tumor Support Group Meeting Scheduled At Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute
...either a therapist from the WellnessCommunity or a psychologist from the Thalians Mental Health Department. The Brain Tumor Support Program, which meets the third Thursday of each month,provides support as well as updates on the latest medical advancements in braintumor research and treatment. Upcoming meetings w...Who Cares For You When You're Ill
... study was co-authored by Louise E. Parker, senior psychologist at theInstitute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; and IanD. Coulter, a health consultant at the RAND Corp., a public policy researchinstitution in Santa Monica, Calif., and a professor of public health dentistry,School of D...The Whole Truth From Five-Year-Olds
...chologist, and University of California LosAngeles psychologist Karen J. Saywitz to develop anew instrument to help children meet the two basicrequirements of demonstrating competency to take acourtroom oath: knowing the difference between thetruth and a lie and understanding the importanceof swearing to tell the...Research Links Healthy Biological Clock To Longevity
... three months. However, when University of Toronto psychologist MartinRalph transplanted a new clock into hamsters whose own clocks had begun todeteriorate, they lived an average of four months longer than hamsters withoutthe transplant -- roughly a 20 per cent increase in their lifespan. A biological clock is a ...Psychologist Detects Brain-Activity Changes In Maltreated Kids
.... A new study by a University of Wisconsin-Madison psychologist suggests that thissurvival skill may actually trigger biological changes, altering the way thebrain processes anger. Seth Pollak, assistant professor of psychology and psychiatry and Waisman Centerinvestigator, says the findings shed new light on th...Can a terminally ill person want to hasten death and be mentally competent?
...y the practical problems in makingsuch judgements, psychologist Darien S. Fenn, Ph.D., of the Oregon HealthScience...h assessments. Opinions on the proper role for the psychologist after the assessment wascompleted varied widely. The majority (62 %) of those who said they wouldpe...Walking markedly improves mental abilities of those over 60
...g," saidArthur F. Kramer, a University of Illinois psychologist and researcher at the U.of I. Beckman Institute fo...lcombe, all of the U. of I. Beckman Institute, and psychologist EliVakil of Bar-Ilan University in Israel.......ridiculing of peers) are verycommon," according to psychologist Dorothy Espelage, Ph.D., of the University ofIllin...ia Bartini, M.S., of the University of Georgia and psychologist Anthony D.Pellegrini, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities found thatbullying increased...Friends don't influence the prejudices and stereotypes of adolescents
... friends do not have much influence. The study by psychologist Harold D. Fishbein, Ph.D., and sociologist Neal Ritchey, Ph.D., found no significant effects from the attitudes of friends on an adolescent's prejudices or stereotypes. Their findings will be presented at the 107th Annual Convention of the American ......stics matter in the development of young athletes, psychologist ShariKuchenbecker,Ph.D., and co-authors from Loyola Marymount University in LosAngeles found that psychological factors were most important in achievingathletic success. And too much pressure and criticism were the most harmful to ayoung athlete's de......by Nancy Robinson, aUniversity of Washington child psychologist and director of the university'sHalbert Robinson Center for Capable Youth. The research focused on 162 children, the highest achieving threepercent from the multi-site National Head Start/Public School Early ChildhoodTransition Demonstration ...Unprotected anal sex increasing in San Francisco
...epidemiology and biostatistics; Jay Paul, PhD,UCSF psychologist in medicine; Dennis Osmond, PhD, UCSF associate adjunctprofessor of epidemiology and biostatistics; and Thomas Coates, PhD, director ofthe UCSF AIDS Research Institute (ARI). All authors are affiliated with theUCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies...UCSF Center for Health and Community receives over $11 million for infertility treatment research
...ediatrics, Lauri Pasch PhD,UCSF assistant research psychologist in pediatrics, and Patricia Katz, PhD, UCSFassistant professor of medicine, UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies.......incontrol of their actions than anyone realised. A psychologist in Canada hasfound the first direct evidence that their tics are intentional, coordinatedmovements made in response to some irresistible urge, rather than involuntaryspasms. The symptoms of Tourette's range from excessive twitching to extrem...