Posts Tagged ‘researcher’

Washington, Mar 7 (ANI): A new study from University of Gothenburg, Sweden has found that parental depression has an adverse impact on children. Lead researcher Britt Hedman Ahlstrom has revealed that children take on an enormous amount of responsibility for the ill parent and for other family members. Depression changes the relationship between a parent and his/her children, since they no longer communicate with each other as ... Full story

London, Mar 7 (ANI): Researchers from University of Birmingham have identified a protein that appears to play a key role in forming blood clots. Small cells called platelets circulate in the blood and respond to injury by becoming sticky and sending out tiny "arms" that latch onto other platelets and the surface of the injury, forming a clot. Lead researcher Yotis Senis claim to have identified a ... Full story

Washington, March 7 (ANI): The problem of email overload in busy organizations and companies can be solved with the aid of a new computer model, say two Indian-origin researchers. Ashish Gupta at Minnesota State University Moorhead, and Ramesh Sharda at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, have described the model called Simulator for Interruptions and Message Overload in Network Environments (SIMONE) in the International Journal of Simulation ... Full story

Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): Blindness, renal failure, stroke and heart disease are potential complications of type 2 diabetes. Now, a new study has found that diabetes can be a risk factor accelerating cognitive decline and dementia too. In the study, Dr. Tali Cukierman-Yaffe, a physician ... Full story

Washington, March 6 (ANI): A new study has suggested that although ecologists expect many species will be harmed by climate change, some species could be buffered by their potential to evolve or by changes in their surrounding ecosystems. The study, by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the ... Full story

London, Mar 6 (ANI): It's never too late to start exercising, concludes a new study, which found that men who start doing physical activity when they are 50 can extend their life span by more than two years. Swedish researchers from Uppsala University came to the ... Full story

London, Mar 6 (ANI): Tom and Jerry, Digimon and Scooby Doo might seem the perfect shows for your little one, but they're actually turning kids into yobs, a new study has warned. According to psychologists, primary school pupils ape "verbal" aggression in cartoons such as Pokemon. To reach the conclusion, behaviour in class was compared to the ... Full story

Washington, March 5 (ANI): Talking on the mobile phone while travelling is dangerous for both drivers and pedestrians, according to two American studies. Led by Rutgers Universtiy researchers in Newark, New Jersey, the studies have shown that whether travellers use the phone while driving or while walking, it is increasing the deaths of pedestrians as well as those of drivers and passengers. Economics Professor Peter ... Full story

Washington, March 4 (ANI): A new study has suggested that at least two key evolution theories formulated by the British naturalist Charles Darwin was influenced by his musician wife Emma's daily piano playing sessions. According to a report in Discovery News, the study suggests that Charles Darwin's home life, and particularly his love of music, played a larger role than many might think in shaping his ... Full story

Washington, March 4 (ANI): Why does it often become difficult to understand what a friend is saying during a noisy party without seeing his/her face? Well, according to a new study, it so happens because the visual information absorbed while seeing something can improve the understanding of the spoken words by as much as six-fold. Lead researcher Dr. Wei Ji Ma, an assistant professor of ... Full story

Washington, March 4 (ANI): American researchers at George Mason University say that workplace discrimination can increase in times of economic turmoil, as employees then feel threatened by outside factors like finances. Lead researcher Eden King says that a study has revealed that people, who support diversity programs, have changing attitudes in times of economic strife. The study also suggests that those in hiring positions may ... Full story

Washington, March 4 (ANI): Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have warned that older adults who have impaired glucose tolerance, but are not considered diabetic, may be at an increased risk of heart disease. The researchers, however, add that such pre-diabetics may benefit from preventive therapies. Lead researcher Dr. Jill P. Crandall, associate professor of clinical medicine and director of the ... Full story

Washington, March 3 (ANI): Having trouble making your preschooler finish his veggies? Well, trying naming peas 'Power Peas' and see the magic unfold. According to a new study, labelling vegetables with catchy names, such as X-Ray Vision Carrots and Tomato Bursts, leave preschoolers wanting for more. As per lead author Brian Wansink, writer of "Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Eat More Than We Think", ... Full story

Washington, March 3 (ANI): Scripps research scientists say that a new vaccination method they have developed may be used to provide instantaneous protection against diseases caused by viruses and bacteria, cancers, and even virulent toxins. Professor Carlos Barbas, III, says that tests on mice suggest that the vaccination method called covalent immunization can overcome a major drawback of vaccinations - the lag time of days, or ... Full story

Washington, March 3 (ANI): Conducting experiments on mice, scientists in Canada have identified a novel mechanism whereby the brain responds to stress. University of Calgary scientist Dr. Jaideep Bains, along with is researcher colleagues at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, have found that neurons in the hypothalamus-the brain's command centre for stress responses-interpret "off" chemical signals as "on" chemical signals when stress is perceived. "It's ... Full story

Washington, March 3 (ANI): A specific gene variant that links increased genetic risk for autism with gastrointestinal (GI) conditions has been identified by scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) and Vanderbilt University. Dr. Pat Levitt, director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and chair-designate of the Department of cell and neurobiology, says that the research team's findings ... Full story

London, March 2 (ANI): Researchers at the Duke University Medical Center say that an immune system response, key to the first stages of fighting off viruses and harmful bacteria, has an entirely different origin than what has been thought to date. "This finding will have important implications in vaccine science and autoimmune disease therapy development," Nature magazine quoted said Dr. Michael Gunn, an immunologist and ... Full story

London, March 2 (ANI): Scientists have reached a step closer to developing potential treatments for devastating diseases including spinal cord injury, macular degeneration, diabetes and Parkinson's disease, thanks to a new method of creating stem cells discovered by researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital in Canada. The researchers say that their study accelerates stem cell technology, and provides a road map for new clinical approaches to ... Full story

Washington, March 1 (ANI): Healthy elderly patients with severe to profound hearing loss can undergo a surgical procedure to receive cochlear implants with minimal risk, says an Indian-origin researcher. "Due to concerns about the effects of general anesthesia, many elderly people with hearing loss are not receiving the implants which can significantly improve their hearing and quality of life," says Dr. Anil Lalwani, Mendik Foundation ... Full story

Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): A new study has determined that commercial ships in the world emit almost half as much particulate pollution into the air as the total amount released by cars. The study is the first to provide a global estimate of maritime ... Full story