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Students Please Note: Several Popular Study Strategies Ineffective And Effective Study Strategies Underused
Date: Jan-15-2013Students everywhere, put down those highlighters and pick up some flashcards! Some of the most popular study strategies - such as highlighting and even rereading - don't show much promise for improving student learning, according to a new report published in Psychological Science in the Public Interest, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. In the report*, John Dunlosky of Kent State University and a team of distinguished psychological scientists review the scientific evidence for ten learning techniques commonly used by students...
The Debate Continues On Cannabis Use And The Increased Risk Of Psychosis
Date: Jan-15-2013Two articles published in F1000 Medicine Reports take a collaborative approach to argue the case for and against the link between cannabis use and psychotic illness. The scientific community have long debated the causal relationship between cannabis use and the risk factor for psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia. Both sides of this controversial subject are put forward in two articles published in F1000 Medicine Reports...
Bioethicists Call For Reform To The Ethical Foundation Of The Changing American Healthcare System
Date: Jan-15-2013In what they acknowledge as a seismic shift in the ethical foundation of medical research, practice and policy, a prominent group of interdisciplinary healthcare experts, led by bioethicists at Johns Hopkins, rejects an ethical paradigm that has guided the American system since the 1970s and calls for morally obligatory participation in a "learning healthcare system" more in step with the digital age...
Early Rehabilitation For ICU Patients Benefits Hospital's Bottom Line
Date: Jan-15-2013In a study evaluating the financial impact of providing early physical therapy for intensive care patients, researchers at Johns Hopkins found that the up-front costs are outweighed by the financial savings generated by earlier discharges from the intensive care unit and shorter hospital stays overall. An article describing the findings, "ICU Early Physical Rehabilitation Programs: Financial Modeling of Cost Savings," is published online ahead of print in the March issue of Critical Care Medicine...
Possible Negative Side Effects Of VEGF Inhibition Therapy For Eye Disease
Date: Jan-15-2013A new Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (IOVS) article reveals that increasingly aggressive therapies that block VEGF could cause damage in treating eye diseases. Scientists discovered inhibiting anti-VEGF might have a harmful effect on the tissue responsible for producing the fluid that bathes the eye, medically termed the ciliary body. "Very little is known about the factors that regulate the integrity and function of this tissue [the ciliary body] in the adult," said author Patricia A. D'Amore, PhD, of Schepens Eye Research Institute/Massachusetts Eye and Ear...
Relatable Signs In Mens' Bathrooms Lead To 86 Percent Of Participants Washing Their Hands
Date: Jan-15-2013The CDC reports that 77% of males wash their hands when leaving the restroom. Recent research, published in the journal Human Communication Research, found that this figure increased to 86% among men who were primed with messages in bathrooms. Maria Lapinski, Michigan State University; Erin Maloney, University of Pennsylvania; Mary Braz, Westchester University; and Hillary Shulman, North Central College published in Human Communication Research their findings from a field study of college-aged men...
Are Flu Shots Becoming A Game Of Chance?
Date: Jan-15-2013With 41 states having reported widespread and severe outbreaks of flu this season, timely new research sheds light on why less than half of the American population has gotten a flu shot. Despite widespread knowledge that a vaccine is the best way to reduce the chances of catching and spreading the flu, even three of the four main TODAY show anchors recently admitted they had not gotten a flu shot (until they did so live on the air)...
Uptake Of Recommended Flu Vaccines For Children Remain Lower Than Expected
Date: Jan-15-2013This year's flu season is in full swing with 41 states now reporting widespread illness. Unfortunately, not enough children are getting the flu shot even though health officials recommend that all children 6 months and older get the vaccine. According to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, less than 45 percent of children were vaccinated against the flu during a five-year study period...
Twitter Helps People Lose Weight
Date: Jan-15-2013Twitter, a popular social media outlet now has another purpose, supporting people on their quest to lose weight. A group of researchers from the University of South Carolina's School of Public Health discovered that using Twitter as a support system is a beneficial tool in the journey of weight loss. Led by researcher Brie Turner-McGrievy and published in the journal Translational Behavioral Medicine, these study findings showed that people who used Twitter gave informational support to each other through status updates...
Protecting Against Sports Injuries By Encouraging More Play Just For Fun
Date: Jan-15-2013One way to avoid injuries in young athletes may be for them to simply spend more time in unorganized free play such as pick-up games, a Loyola University Medical Study has found. In a first-of-its-kind study, sports medicine specialist Dr. Neeru Jayanthi and colleagues found that injured young athletes who play a single sport such as tennis spent much less time in free play and unorganized sports than uninjured athletes who play tennis and many other sports...
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