Stalking poses serious public health problem
... or communicated with, without consent, at a level perceived to be somewhat dangerous or life-threatening [not including dealings with bill collectors or salespeople]," for more than a month. Whether stalking lasts several months or continues for years depends on the motivation of the perpetrator, according to...Our grip on reality is slim, says UCL scientist
...s that support the ability to discriminate between perceived and imagined information. In the tests, healthy subjects were shown 96 well-known word pairs from pop culture such as 'Laurel and Hardy', 'bacon and eggs', and 'rock and roll'. The participants were asked to count the number of letters in the second ...New research addresses taboos around the impact of rheumatoid arthritis on patients' sex lives
...ue (tiredness) and functional limitation predicted perceived problems with sexual activity. The study aimed to ...lth Utility Questionnaire 15D, which addressed the perceived level of problems with sexual activity. Pain and fatigue visual analogue scale (VAS, 100 mm), Arthri...Study examines link between racial discrimination and mental and physical health
... in women (78% versus 73%). "Our study shows that perceived discrimination was associated with worse physical ... were stronger for women. Moreover, in women only, perceived discrimination was associated with worse mental health among those with low-income as compared to th...Whooping cough 'endemic' among UK school children
...r even consider pertussis in older children. It is perceived as a disease of very young children who have not been immunised and who have classic features such as whoop. So researchers set out to estimate the proportion of school age children in Oxfordshire with a persistent cough who have evidence of a rece...Demand for community nurses grows
...urseattending to them for a long time because they perceived this nurse tobe experienced with good knowledge and the ability to communicate effectively," she says. "They said the care nurses provided was well coordinated and taughtthem about various aspects of their own care, including knowing signsor sympto...National trial gives 'unprecedented' support for steroid withdrawal in kidney transplants
...luded from transplant research trials because of a perceived risk for increased acute rejection--are not at any greater risk for rejection than Caucasians and actually enjoy even greater benefits in terms of cardiovascular risk reduction. "This study demonstrates that there is no harm from removing steroids...Most doctors not adequately trained in family planning options
... planning methods have characteristics that may be perceived by some as advantages while others consider them disadvantages. For instance, Dr. Jennings says, the fact that natural family planning requires a woman to pay close attention to her body on a daily basis is attractive to many women, while others fin...Understanding what people with arthritis believe about exercise
...and sustain their participation. To identify the perceived barriers to and benefits of exercise among people with arthritis, 68 people with arthritis were divided into 12 focus groups. To help participants feel more comfortable and willing to talk openly, the groups were segmented by exercise status, socioe...Brain's 'gambling circuitry' identified
...at increased with the level of expected reward and perceived risk. The researchers found that the activation related to expected reward was immediate, while the activation related to risk was delayed. These regions were part of the brain circuitry governed by the neurotransmitter dopamine that is also involv...Watching wrestling associated with date fighting and other violence
...ization, violence on television can affect what is perceived as socially acceptable behavior." Of the 2,228 students who participated in the study, 48.4 percent were female. According to Nielsen's ratings, wrestling is one of the top 10 cable TV programs. ...Terrorism and mental health focus of NIMH-funded study
...ffected by attacks that previously would have been perceived as severe To examine how geographical proximity and social proximity (being part of the same social group as the victims) impact people's reactions to terrorism. "I look forward to participating in this study because of the potential positive im...Consumer hygiene fears keep food industry on its toes
...od Standards Agency (FSA) in Scotland is generally perceived to have better relations with the local food commu...ions, is also significant. Locally based EHO are perceived as a key influence by 68 per cent of managers in medium and large size businesses and 67 per cent of...JRRD tipsheet: Focus on stroke
...ships among impairment, functional limitation, and perceived disability assessments used in the Very Early Constraint Treatment for Recovery from Stroke clinical trial. Our results suggest that high scores on tests cannot be used as proxies for full recovery of everyday UL use on the affected side. Instead, th...When preventing pre-eclampsia, a little carbon monoxide goes a long way
...lated with lowered incidence of pre-eclampsia, any perceived benefit of smoking during pregnancy is outweighed by its risks: premature membrane rupture, preterm delivery, stillbirth, low birth weight, and sudden infant death syndrome....Don't rely on cold reason - trust your intuition as well
... lies in emotions, not reason, especially when the perceived risk is related to health, the environment, new technologies and energy. "There is a lot of evidence that concern about risk is directly related to lack of knowledge and the extent to which the event is dreaded," says Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby, Di...Pre-clinical study suggests how steroid can reverse post-traumatic stress
...e to learn that these contexts should no longer be perceived as dangerous." The study is being published online and in the Sept. 13 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience . While other researchers have tested such steroids clinically with some success for patients with disorders of emotional memories such as...Insufficient sleep associated with poorer blood glucose control in African Americans with diabetes
...uality. In addition, the researchers calculated a perceived sleep debt for each individual, described as the d... with lower sleep quality, less sleep and a larger perceived sleep debt, even after researchers controlled for sex, age, BMI, complications and use of insulin. ...'Safe' blood lead levels linked to risk of death
...are common and considerably lower than lead levels perceived by the government as a concern to public health, said Paul Muntner, Ph.D., author of the study and an associate professor of epidemiology and medicine at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans. "Our study fou...Emotional control circuit of brain's fear response discovered
...kin_anxiety_neuron.html ). When these stimuli were perceived consciously, however, the amygdalas of subject with both high and low levels of anxiety responded similarly. Dr. Hirsch explained that this previous finding suggested that subjects were somehow able to control their conscious emotional responses, but...