China Lifts ban barring entry to Foreigners with HIV and AIDS
Fri, 30/04/10 – 9:49 | No Comment

China, which has had a strict regulation for the past 20 years of not allowing foreigners with either HIV, AIDS sexually transmitted diseases and leprosy has changed it. The regulation has been relaxed recently after …

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Personality May Influence Brain Shrinkage in Aging
Friday, 30 Apr, 2010 – 9:53 | No Comment
Personality May Influence Brain Shrinkage in Aging

Psychologists at the Washington University in St. Louis have come accross a very interesting association between aging and the personality. this link seems to be a very strong one. It has been understood that the …

Brain Games Don’t Enhance IQ, Study Finds
Friday, 23 Apr, 2010 – 19:01 | No Comment
Brain Games Don’t Enhance IQ, Study Finds

A study has found that while brain games may be extremely entertaining, they do precious little to boost your IQ, no matter what their marketing department may say. A study conducted over a period of …

Panic Disorder and Mild Depression Can Be Treated Over Internet
Wednesday, 21 Apr, 2010 – 19:58 | No Comment
Panic Disorder and Mild Depression Can Be Treated Over Internet

A new doctoral thesis claims that Cognitive Behavior Therapy via the internet is just as effective as group based CBT in treating recurring panic attacks, commonly known as Panic Disorder. In fact, it is also …

Understanding and Treating Hoarding Anxiety Disorder
Wednesday, 7 Apr, 2010 – 19:21 | No Comment
Understanding and Treating Hoarding Anxiety Disorder

Stories of people who hoard so much stuff into their apartment that they pose a fire hazard or a health risk have been a source of amusement for us for some time now. But, it …

Treatment Offered To Technology Addicts
Wednesday, 31 Mar, 2010 – 7:03 | No Comment
Treatment Offered To Technology Addicts

A London hospital has launched a treatment program for people diagnosed with addiction to technology. The program is designed for young people who spend large amounts of time each day playing computer games or using …

Older Brain Slower, But Surer
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 14:45 | No Comment
Older Brain Slower, But Surer

While recent research has confirm old fears over the effect of ageing on the cognitive powers of the brain and established that they diminish with age, there is good news to be had for those …

Colors Key To Gauging Moods
Tuesday, 30 Mar, 2010 – 14:28 | No Comment
Colors Key To Gauging Moods

Researchers have found that colors are more useful in gauging moods than previously believed. According to the research, people with depression or anxiety were more likely to associate their mood with the color gray, while …

Non-Smokers Smarter Than Smokers, Reveals Study
Saturday, 27 Mar, 2010 – 14:17 | No Comment
Non-Smokers Smarter Than Smokers, Reveals Study

A study involving over 20,000 Israeli military recruits suggests that cigarette smokers have lower IQs than non-smokers, and the more a person smokes, the lower their IQ is likely to be.
Young men who smoked a …

The Roots of Bilingualism in Newborn Babies
Monday, 15 Mar, 2010 – 18:15 | No Comment
The Roots of Bilingualism in Newborn Babies

Research has shown that hearing two languages regularly during pregnancy puts infants on the fast road to bilingualism. In a study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, infants born …

Music is Therapy for the Brain
Monday, 1 Mar, 2010 – 13:38 | No Comment
Music is Therapy for the Brain

Music helps patients with stroke to recover brain function. Even though patients cannot speak, they can form melodies which somehow the brain responds to. Therapists encourage patients to put their words into rhymes which the …