While it's been long established that watching violent scenes increases aggression levels, a new study in the medical journal Pediatrics suggests that profanity in the media may have a similar effect. Pediatrics is the top-ranked journal in its field and among the top 2 percent most-cited...
Threaded comments have advantages but they also have disadvantages. I won't mention the disadvantages because if you don't know what they are already than they aren't disadvantages to you. The advantages are: 1) You can keep track of a sub-conversation in a comments stream; 2) You can refer...
According to researchers in the report "Oral health awareness in adult patients with diabetes: a questionnaire study", published in the latest issue of the British Dental Journal (BDJ), several individuals who suffer with diabetes are not aware that their oral health is closely connected to...
According to an investigation published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, one of JAMA/Archives journals, hip fracture is connected with an increase in short-term mortality (death within one year) for women between the ages of 65 to 79 years and for healthy women aged 80 years and...
Kids with diabetes who also have asthma find it more difficult to keep their blood glucose (sugar) under control than children with diabetes who do not have asthma, researchers from Kaiser Permanente Southern California reported in the journal Pediatrics. The authors added that 10.9% of 1,994...
Belly fat, known clinically as central obesity, has been linked to the development of asthma in a new study. The findings, which were presented at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Amsterdam, have shown central obesity as a risk factor for the disease. Excess abdominal fat...
Criminality can be an indicator of a higher risk of suicide in young people. A new study from Karolinska Institutet and the National Board of Health and Welfare in Sweden shows that repeat offenders between the ages of 15 and 19 are three times more likely to commit suicide than young people who...
Individuals with elevated levels of cholesterol are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease compared to other people, researchers from Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, wrote in the journal Neurology. Kensuke Sasaki, MD, PhD wrote that there was a close association between high cholesterol...
SUNY Downstate scientist Ilham Muslimov, MD, PhD, along with senior author Henri Tiedge, PhD, professor of physiology and pharmacology and of neurology, published a study suggesting that cellular dysregulation associated with certain neurodegenerative disorders may result from molecular...
New research from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) may help prevent damage to the liver caused by drugs like acetaminophen and other stressors. Acetaminophen, more commonly known as Tylenol, helps relieve pain and reduce fever. The over-the-counter drug...
Blockages in tiny blood vessels in the brain that can't be detected with modern technology could be responsible for many of the "parkinsonian" signs of aging, such as stooped posture, difficulty balancing, slowed walking and shaky hands, according to a study from Rush University Medical Center...
A study links low vitamin D in young girls with early menstruation, which is a risk factor for a host of health problems for teen girls as well as women later in life. Researchers from the University of Michigan School of Public Health measured the blood vitamin D levels in 242 girls ages 5-12...
A new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers finds a strong association between the consumption of red meat-particularly when the meat is processed-and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. The study also shows that replacing red meat with healthier proteins, such as low-fat...
Women whose mammograms reveal denser breasts have a greater risk of developing breast cancer, as well as more aggressive tumors compared to those whose breasts are less dense, researchers from the Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, reported in the Journal of the...
Is your kid a "dove" cautious and submissive when confronting new environments, or perhaps you have a "hawk" bold and assertive in unfamiliar settings? These basic temperamental patterns are linked to opposite hormonal responses to stress differences that may provide children with advantages...
Constant dieting in a bid to improve appearance and reach what is perceived as a 'socially acceptable' low weight can cause an obsession with weight and an increased likelihood of developing an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. This is the conclusion of research by Kamilah...
Researchers from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health report evidence of a link between prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos and deficits in IQ and working memory at age seven. This is the first study to evaluate the...
Researchers from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health report evidence of a link between prenatal exposure to the insecticide chlorpyrifos and deficits in IQ and working memory at age seven. This is the first study to evaluate the...
In my contacts, the "Motoblur Contact List", they are all linked twice. For example, an individual contact after clicking them, it opens up there contact profile and it has their name, number, etc...
But the section where it says "Linked Profiles", after you click on that and it drops down the...
Think about people who enjoy dark humor. Such as, jokes involving AIDS, abortion, racism, murder, child death, rape, pedophilia, ect. Is it possible that something is psycologically wrong with them, and that's why they find these dark,taboo subjects to be funny. I actually find alot...