Archive for the 'Wellness' Category
Quick Brain Scan May Diagnose Autism
Thursday, August 12th, 2010The future of autism testing could be just 15 minutes long. A new study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, reports that an inexpensive, 15-minute brain scan might help doctors diagnose the condition more accurately. The team of British scientists looked at 20 healthy adults and 20 people who were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. [...]
Half of women would give up sex rather than gain 10 pounds
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010This may be hard to believe, but for some women, weight control is more important than sex, according to a new poll of 1,001 people. Roughly half of women say they would rather go without sex for the summer than gain 10 pounds. A fourth of the men feel the same way. Another interesting part [...]
State booster-seat laws reduce children’s injuries
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010It seems like common sense, but a new study finds that booster-seat laws can sharply reduce the number of children injured in car accidents. Traffic injuries among kids ages 4 to 6 dropped 18% in New York after a state law requiring booster seats took effect in 2005. The study is the first to compare [...]
Why Some People Can Sleep Through Noise
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010Some people can sleep through anything. Others not so much. Light sleepers who are easily awakened by noise have different brain rhythms than people who can sleep through it, according to a new study. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found that the number of brain rhythms called spindles produced during a quiet night determines whether [...]
Spray cleaners are a poison hazard to babies, toddlers
Thursday, August 5th, 2010And adults as well, for that matter. But especially the kids. Spray cleaners send thousands of babies and toddlers to the emergency room each year, according to a new study. Nearly 12,000 children under age 5 go to the emergency room each year because of injuries caused by household cleaning products, according to a study [...]
