Chats with mom may keep students healthy
PENN STATE (US) — College students eat better and get more exercise on days when they communicate more with their parents, according to researchers. Continue…
Thursday, May 16, 2013 11:46 - 1 Comment
Health & Medicine - Apr 17, 2013 3:52 - 0 Comments
No ‘quick fix’ to reduce hospital readmissions
PENN STATE (US) — Medical providers need to create networks of collaboration in order to lower patients’ risk of being readmitted to the hospital, researchers say. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 1, 2013 9:15 - 0 Comments
Smoking upon waking may raise cancer risk
PENN STATE (US) — The sooner people smoke cigarettes after waking up in the morning, the more likely they are to develop lung or oral cancer, according to researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 15, 2013 17:51 - 0 Comments
Stressed kids eat even when they’re full
PENN STATE / JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Children who overreact to stressful situations will eat even if they’re not hungry, raising their risk of becoming overweight or obese, a new study shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 31, 2012 11:26 - 4 Comments
Shifts in food supply sparked our evolution
PENN STATE / RUTGERS (US) — An environment that shifted between open grassland and closed woodland in East Africa roughly 2 million years ago may be responsible for driving human evolution. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 27, 2012 17:33 - 0 Comments
Siblings feel better when they don’t fight
PENN STATE (US) — Siblings can learn to get along, and improve their future health and well-being in the process, according to results from a new prevention program. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 5, 2012 15:57 - 5 Comments
Stress today hurts ‘Velcro people’ years later
PENN STATE (US) — It’s not stress that causes health problems, it’s how people react to stress, a new study shows. (more…)
