Concordia and University of Montreal researchers observe interactions between Asian-Canadian and French-Canadian preschoolers Multicultural daycares don’t necessarily foster a desire for kids of visibly different ethnicities to play together. A study on Asian-Canadian and French-Canadian preschoolers has found these children may have a preference to interact with kids of their own ethnic group…
For many older adults, chronic health problems and poor planning often hinder the enjoyment of retirement. Now, a researcher has found that planning for changes in lifestyle and health leads to better retirement for married couples. According to the studies, couples should plan for retirement, both financially and socially and consider the changes that may occur in their relationships and day-to-day activities. Communication with each other and family members makes it easier for couples to adjust.
Rats fed a high-fat diet gained more weight after eating low-calorie potato chips made with “fake fat”, a synthetic fat substitute designed to taste like fat but without the calories, according to a study due to appear online in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience this week…
Children and adolescents with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety or tic disorders are being treated in a new specialized outpatient clinic at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center — one of the only programs of its kind in the New York metro area…
An unidentified coffee component combined with caffeine increases a growth factor that counters Alzheimer’s pathology in mice, according to new research.
Fathers stumbling through child-rearing are a familiar sitcom theme. But a growing body of research at the University of California, Berkeley, is challenging the perception that dads are goofy, uncaring or incompetent caregivers. On the contrary, preliminary findings suggest their parenting skills are crucial to their kids’ social and academic success, and that teamwork in parenting is the ideal…
Picture a menacing drill sergeant, a gory slaughterhouse, a devastating scene of a natural disaster. Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have found that viewing such emotion-laden images immediately after taking a test actually enhances people’s retention of the tested material…
Multicultural daycares don’t necessarily foster a desire for kids of visibly different ethnicities to play together. A study on Asian-Canadian and French-Canadian preschoolers has found these children may have a preference to interact with kids of their own ethnic group.
Researchers have identified abnormal brain structures in the frontal lobe of cocaine users’ brains which are linked to their compulsive cocaine-using behavior.
NICE has today (21 June) launched a consultation on its draft quality standards and draft guidance on service user experience in adult mental health and patient experience in adult NHS services. Over the past few years several documents and initiatives have highlighted the importance of the service user’s experience and the need to focus on improving these experiences where possible…
