Health News

Belly dancing 'associated with a positive body image'

Date: Sep-14-2014
A new study claims belly dancers are more likely to have a positive body image because they are less focused on how they look and more focused on the activity itself.

Social relationship status 'may influence perceptions of facial animacy'

Date: Sep-13-2014
Individuals who feel socially disconnected have a greater desire to form social relationships, so are more likely to see inanimate faces as being alive, a new study suggests.

Failed fertility in women who want children linked to worse mental health

Date: Sep-13-2014
Women who do not come to terms with their unsuccessful fertility treatment have worse long-term mental health than women who are able to let go of wanting to have children.

Bullied children 'at higher risk of night terrors, nightmares, sleepwalking'

Date: Sep-12-2014
Children who are bullied between the ages of 8 and 10 are more likely to experience night terrors, nightmares or sleepwalking at the age of 12, according to a new study.

Winter babies crawl sooner than summer babies, study says

Date: Sep-12-2014
Though it has nothing to do with astrology, researchers say the time of year a baby is born can affect the pace of his or her motor development.

'Response to reward' measured in nicotine withdrawal

Date: Sep-12-2014
A new, 'first of its kind' study on nicotine addiction claims to have measured similarly quantified reward-response behaviors across humans and rats.

Migraine sufferers may find meditation helps

Date: Sep-12-2014
A small study finds migraine sufferers who learned and practiced mindfulness-based stress reduction had fewer, less severe headaches than those who received standard care.

Depressed employees may be better off at work than at home

Date: Sep-12-2014
Helping employees stay at work during a depressive illness by restructuring hours and tasks may be better for them and their employers than taking sickness absence, says new study.

'Cause of incurable muscle-wasting disease identified'

Date: Sep-12-2014
The discovery of two new gene mutations implicated in Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy may offer a potential new drug target for this disease.

'Significant milestone' in medicine: scientists reset human stem cells

Date: Sep-12-2014
Scientists have discovered a way to successfully 'reset' human pluripotent stem cells to the earliest developmental state, potentially opening more doors to regenerative medicine.