Some women benefit more from exercise when emphasis is on health, not appearance
...h that suggests that mirrors in a workout room can negatively affect how someone feels, particularly a woman who is concerned about her physical appearance, Focht said. In the classes that emphasized health over appearance, the instructor wore a loose-fitting t-shirt and gym shorts. She also sprinkled health-...Stanford researchers find culprit in aging muscles that heal poorly
...ected, the young muscle stem cells were influenced negatively by the aged environment, repairing damaged muscle tissue just as slowly and poorly as old stem cells in the same surroundings. This confirmed their earlier research showing that the ability of muscle stem cells to regenerate tissue depends on the age...ADHD appears to be associated with depressed dopamine activity in the brain
... The reinforcing responses to methylphenidate were negatively correlated with the dopamine increases, suggesting that decreased dopaminergic activity may also be involved in modulating the magnitude of the reinforcing effects of methylphenidate, they continue. This suggests that dopamine dysfunction is involved...Poor sleep hygiene in children associated with behavioral problems
... externalizing behaviors. The CSHS total was also negatively correlated with the CPRS-R cognitive/inattention p... bedtime routine subscales were also significantly negatively correlated with externalizing behaviors on the CPRS-R. "The parental reports indicate poorer sleep...Extended duration work shifts risky to the safety, well-being of medical interns, patients
...hese results suggest that extended duration shifts negatively impact patient safety and the well-being of medical interns. They have important public policy implications for post-graduate medical education and suggest the need for counseling or other care for interns who make medical errors," said Barger. Th...Study examines characteristics of female high school students who report steroid use
...oing steroid use. Participating in team sports was negatively related to anabolic steroid use, such that those who were members of sports teams were less likely to self-report prior or ongoing anabolic steroid use, the authors write. Adolescent girls reporting anabolic steroid use had significantly more other...Hepatitis C negatively impacts HIV
... virus (HIV), who also have alcohol problems, were negatively affected by co-infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). These findings appear in the June issue of Alcoholism: Clinical Experimental Research. Co-infection of HIV and HCV is a significant medical and public health concern due to its increasing ...U of M teen sex and depression study finds most teens' mental health unaffected by nonmarital sex
...y" sex education has suggested that nonmarital sex negatively affects a teen's mental health. But a new study shows that the negative mental side effects of a teen's loss of virginity are confined to a small proportion of those who have sex -- specifically, young girls and both boys and girls who have sex earli...Majority of herb users don't follow evidence-based indications, researchers find
...lements can have adverse side effects and interact negatively with therapeutic drugs. Physicians should ask patients about herb use during every clinical visit and hospital admission to better inform patients about potential benefits and harm, agree the studys authors. Physicians, pharmacists and other health...Employers who recognize the impact of migraine may help to improve workplace productivity
...ut a large majority reported their lives are still negatively impacted by the pain and disability associated with migraine. In addition, approximately 40 percent of frequent migraine sufferers could benefit from preventive therapy, yet only 13 percent typically are on a migraine preventive medication. TOPAMAX...Drinking heavy amounts of alcohol shrinks your brain
...s study found that greater alcohol consumption was negatively correlated with brain volume," said study author Carol Ann Paul, MS, of Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA. This cross-sectional study found people who had more than 14 drinks per week had an average 1.6 percent reduction in the ratio of brain volu...Review finds ways of helping children of drug and alcohol misusers
...ng. Assuming that every one of these people will negatively affect at least two family members, a conservative estimate of 26 million people in the UK are affected by problematic alcohol and drug misuse in their immediate family. "There is growing recognition of the importance of involving the family in dru...Change in neuroticism tied to mortality rates, researcher says
...ression and to react to stressful life events more negatively than people with low levels of the trait. Neuroticism levels were measured using a standardized personality test. Results of the study will be published in the print edition of the journal Psychological Science in late May. The study is available o...NIST's stretching exercises shed new light on nanotubes
...used on the behavior of excitons the pairing of a negatively charged electron with the positively charged hole that it leaves behind when it gets excited by a photon into a higher energy state. An important optical characteristic is how excitons in SWNTs impact the way the nanotubes absorb and scatter light.Fo...Aga Khan University team discover which patients keep on taking their medicine
...ic status have been recurrently reported to affect negatively adherence, and in this context, the proportion of adherent patients is surprisingly large in the Pakistani population investigated here. As for the associated factors, similarly to what has been reported worldwide, younger age, poor awareness, and sy...Drug safety recommendations lack scientific evidence
...in approval times for bringing drugs to the market negatively affects the well-being of consumers. The editorial points to a study that the social benefit from reducing drug approval times from 1979 to 2002 a sum estimated at $16 to $32 billion dollarssubstantially outweighed any decrease in safety. Although a ...Tamoxifen discontinuation rates surprisingly high in clinical practice
...on of this highly effective breast cancer drug may negatively affect treatment efficacy. At 3.5 years, the study also reveals that over one third of women have ceased tamoxifen treatment. Tamoxifen is a selective estrogen receptor modulator that inhibits the stimulatory effect that estrogen has on the develo...New fat, same old problem with an added twist?
... and humans, indicating once again that trans fats negatively affect LDL and HDL cholesterol. Surprisingly, the interesterified fat had a similar, though weaker impact on cholesterol. "In this study we discovered that trans fat also has a weak negative influence on blood glucose. The newer replacement for tr...Other highlights in the Dec. 6 JNCI
...ine Some types of breast cancer chemotherapy can negatively affect patients' cognitive ability, a new study reports. Sanne B. Schagen, Ph.D., of the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, and colleagues examined cognition in breast cancer patients treated with two chemotherapy regimens, the high-dose CTC...Postpartum depression is a major public health problem that requires more resources
...long-term adverse effects. Maternal depression can negatively impact a newborns mental and motor development and is associated with poor self-regulation, low self-esteem and behavior problems. Postpartum depression also has a dramatic impact on the mothers ability to function, enjoy relationships, cope with the...