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Research: Clinicians' gut feeling about serious infections in children: Observational study Doctors who experience a gut feeling about serious illness when treating a child in primary care should take action upon this feeling and not ignore it, a study published today on bmj.com suggests. Serious infection can easily be missed in young children and making a diagnosis has been described as "like finding a needle in a haystack". A clinician's intuitive feeling that something is wrong,...
On September 27th, Vishy Dadsetan, the owner of X5 Fitness Camp, offers Transformational Power of The Heart – Understanding the Mind and Heart Connection in Body Transformation workshop. Poway, CA (PRWEB) September 24, 2012 Vishy Dadsetan, the owner of X5 Fitness Camp, a transformation training center in Poway, CA offers Transformational Power of The Heart – Understanding the Mind and Heart Connection in Body Transformation workshop. This introductory workshop held on September 27th,...
The presidential debates offer viewers a lot of substance about the issues of the campaign -- but postdebate media coverage can undermine the value they have for voters, a new study suggests. Results showed that postdebate coverage that focused on the debate as a competition led viewers to think less about policy issues. By comparison, coverage that focused on the substance of the discussion increased the likelihood that viewers would come away with specific thoughts about candidates’...
[WATCH VIDEO] April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Researchers at Brigham Young University (BYU) are challenging long held assumptions about the relationship between food and exercise. Common wisdom has assumed you could "work up an appetite" with a vigorous workout. Turns out, that might not be true. New research, published online in October's issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, shows that 45 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous exercise in the...
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Naturs Design, the maker of RemZzzs CPAP mask liners, is launching the "Dreams with Hope" sleep awareness tour, featuring a highly visible 42' bus wrapped entirely with a colorful mural of the USA and the logo for the campaign. Sept. 5, 2012 marks the start of the nationwide tour, a grassroots, cross-country campaign, bringing sleep education, free clinics, and hope to people across America. "It's an opportunity to work together with other...
Have you ever wondered why you can remember things from long ago as if they happened yesterday, yet sometimes can't recall what you ate for dinner last night? According to a new study led by psychologists at the University of Toronto, it's because how much something means to you actually influences how you see it as well as how vividly you can recall it later. "We've discovered that we see things that are emotionally arousing with greater clarity than those that are more mundane," says...
New research, presented Saturday at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association (APSA), has reportedly discovered a link between Sigmund Freud's theory of unconscious conflict and conscious symptoms experienced by individuals suffering from phobias and other anxiety disorders. As part of the study, 11 subjects who had been diagnosed with anxiety disorders were given a series of "psychoanalytically oriented diagnostic sessions conducted by a psychoanalyst," the...
Dahryn Serum™ will be the first to launch from the highly anticipated line of Dahryn Skincare™. Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) June 06, 2012 On June 3, 2012, Mahendra Kumar Trivedi and his wife Dahryn announced the unprecedented results of Dahryn Serum™, the first product due to launch from the highly anticipated line of Dahryn Skincare™. Infused with the Energy of Mahendra Kumar Trivedi and Dahryn Trivedi, the serum will be launched this summer and is expected to revolutionize the...
Researchers launch NSF-supported startup, neonlabs, to apply findings to online video market When grabbing a coffee mug out of a cluttered cabinet or choosing a pen to quickly sign a document, what brain processes guide your choices? New research from Carnegie Mellon University's Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) shows that the brain's visual perception system automatically and unconsciously guides decision-making through valence perception. Published in the journal...
Brains that maintain healthy nerve connections as we age help keep us sharp in later life, new research funded by the charity Age UK has found. Older people with robust brain 'wiring' – that is, the nerve fibers that connect different, distant brain areas – can process information quickly and that this makes them generally smarter, the study suggests. According to the findings, joining distant parts of the brain together with better wiring improves mental performance, suggesting...
