Link between income and happiness is mainly an illusion
... about their own happiness and that of others with varying incomes tended to overstate the impact of income o...reau of Labor Statistics survey on how people with varying household income levels spend their time. These data show that people with higher incomes devote rel...Forget the label. Portion size is all in your mind
...periments with offering free food in public areas, varying the size of the product unit and the size of the serving utensil. In one experiment, researchers observed a mixing bowl of M&M's in the lobby of an apartment building, setting the serving spoon size at variance. The results demonstrate an identifiabl...Hispanics and blacks with melanoma more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage
...lack populations," the authors conclude. "Although varying cultural values may account for some differences in health care use, public education regarding melanoma risk in black and Hispanic persons and delivery of skin cancer screening and examinations represent the main potential areas of intervention to i...New x-ray delivery method could improve radiation therapy
...e in the rats' brains, and measured the effects of varying doses of radiation on the targeted tissue volume and the surrounding tissue using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. For interlacing, the gaps between the beams in each array were chosen to be the same as the thickness of each beam, so the beams...Avantogen and Innovate announce ASCO abstracts
... patients with advanced pancreatic cancer received varying doses of RP101 inaddition to fixed dose gemcitabine. At the time of this interim analysis 36% of patients had been followed for less than 6 months and pooleddata of those patients followed for 6 months or more showed 41% of patients were still alive ...Study challenges myth that sex late in pregnancy hastens birth
...ific components of sexual behavior that might have varying effects on the onset of labor....Master planners in brain may coordinate other areas' roles in cognitive tasks
... stroke or surgery that includes the cingulate. To varying degrees, such patients are minimally active. "If you give them a cup of coffee, they'll drink it, but they'd never ask for a cup of coffee," Petersen explains. "If you ask them how they are, they'll tell you, 'I'm fine,' but they won't tell you a sto...New techniques ease colon cancer procedures for patients
...he colonoscope with the help of five physicians of varying levels of experience and 10 patient volunteers. The colonoscopy was successfully completed in all patients, with the scope reaching the cecum in the 10 patients and the terminal ileum in nine. Although speed was not an endpoint of the study, the c...Marijuana-derived drug suppresses bladder pain in animal models
...oduced directly into the bladders of rat models of varying degrees of bladder inflammation. IP 751 significantly suppressed bladder overactivity in both animal models. Bladder overactivity is the underlying cause of irritation and pain in the bladder. "Interstitial cystitis is a difficult disease to treat, a...Study indicates widely-used nutritional supplement does not improve cholesterol levels
... lipoprotein(a) (a family of lipoprotein particles varying in density and size), and ratio of total or LDL-C to HDL-C, were there any significant effects of policosanol. Policosanol was tolerated well and no severe adverse events occurred. "Our results suggest that [policosanol] is devoid of clinically relev...Some people would give life or limb not to be fat
...licy and Obesity at Yale. The 4,000 respondents in varying numbers between 15% and 30% also said they would rather walk away from their marriage, give up the possibility of having children, be depressed, or become alcoholic rather than be obese. Five percent and four percent, respectively, said they would ra...Early use of statins after coronary syndromes does not reduce risk of heart attack, stroke or death
...I heart attack), stroke, and death in patients at varying risks for cardiovascular disease, according to background information in the article. The short-term effects of early treatment with statins in patients after the onset of acute coronary syndrome (ACS, including MI or unstable angina) for these outco...Diuretic may not be best way to reduce CHF water retention
... in only mild exertion. Of those, 30 patients took varying doses of lixivaptan and 12 patients received a placebo. At every dose but the lowest (10 milligrams), lixivaptan produced a significant increase in urine volume over four hours when compared to placebo, and over 24 hours, the output ranged from 1.8 ...Mount Sinai and YAI/NIPD Network join forces to further quality of care for people with autism
... diabetes or Down syndrome. It is characterized by varying degrees of impairment in communication skills, social interactions and repetitive patterns of behavior. In some children, hints of future problems may be apparent from birth; sometimes the signs are not so clear. Mount Sinai has been at the forefront...Virtual 'forest' used to measure navigation skills
...hns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., involved varying the study participants visual field of view and recording several performance measures such as walking time and path efficiency. Participants were then identified as either good navigators or poor navigators. The results suggest that poor navigators ...In utero exposure to urban air pollutants can increase risk
...e study, the mothers' exposure during pregnancy to varying levels of airborne PAHs was measured by personal air monitoring. PAHs enter the environment when combustion occurs such as from car, truck, or bus engines, residential heating, power generation, or tobacco smoking. Following inhalation by the mother...Endurance walking test distances improved significantly for COPD patients
..., and seven associates investigated the effects of varying oxygen and helium levels in the air breathed during exercise by 82 patients who had severe, but stable COPD. The investigators tested four different gas mixtures with the patients: 72 percent helium and 28 percent oxygen (Heliox28); 79 percent helium...Higher self-awareness of memory complaints predict brain function decline
...a greater understanding of how different types and varying degrees of memory complaints may relate to brain function decline, a finding that may lead to early treatment interventions for people who could develop Alzheimer's disease. "There's a lot of confusion about memory complaints and whether they should ...Envisat making first direct measurements of ocean surface velocities
...ndeed, over the ocean these patterns are linked to varying surface winds and currents in particular current shear and varying convergence zones that can focus wave energy, resulting in increased wave steepening and enhanced ra...Imaging technology helps identify esophageal cancer patients who respond well to treatment
...on. "The technology has allowed us to evaluate the varying responses to chemoradiation in a cross-section of patients," said Levine, professor of surgery and chief of the Section of Surgical Oncology. "We have identified a subgroup of patients with good long-term control rates and improved long-term survival...