Posts Tagged ‘sample’

Washington, April 7 (ANI): People's own self-control can be worn out simply when they think about others exerting self-control, according to a study. Led by Yale University psychologists Joshua M. Ackerman and John A. Bargh, who worked in collaboration with Noah J. Goldstein and Jenessa R. Shapiro from the University of California, Los Angeles, the study explored what affect thinking about other people's self-control has ... Full story

Washington, April 2 (ANI): A new study conducted at the University of Granada (Spain) has found that 6 out of every 10 university students, regardless their field of study, present any symptom of anxiety when it comes to deal with mathematics. Also, the study found that there are significant differences between men and women in this sense, as men suffer less anxiety when it comes to ... Full story

Washington, Apr 1 (ANI): Chronic insomnia with short sleep duration is an independent and clinically significant risk factor for hypertension, according to a new study. In the study, researchers found that participants with insomnia and an objectively measured, severely short sleep duration of less than five hours had a risk for hypertension ... Full story

Washington, Apr 1 (ANI): Women with a history of childhood abuse are twice as likely to suffer from severe mental problem, suggests a new study. However, the same association has not been found in men, which suggests that both boys and girls respond to traumatic and upsetting experiences differently. During the study, the researchers looked at people aged 16-64 and divided them into two groups. Those in the ... Full story

London, Mar 30 (ANI): Scientists have provided women the perfect excuse for extravagant shopping: a new study has linked ladies' much-loved activity to menstrual cycles. Hertfordshire University researchers believe that women are more likely to make extravagant impulse buys in the ten days before their periods begin. According to psychologists, shopping sprees could be a way for premenstrual women to deal with the negative emotions created by ... Full story

Dharamsala, Mar 29 (ANI): James Otis, the US based collector and auctioneer of Mahatma Gandhi's personal belongings, has claimed that he had more items of the father of the nation including his blood sample, which he was ready to negotiate with the Indian Government. "I have other personal belongings of Mahatma Gandhi like the ... Full story

Washington, March 27 (ANI): Duke University researchers have devised a new MRI signalling method that can help see such molecular changes inside the body as may signal health problems like cancer. Warren Warren, James B. Duke Professor of chemistry at Duke, says that the novel method makes more of the body's chemistry ... Full story

Washington, Mar 27 (ANI): While physical exercise has been shown to trigger migraine headaches among sufferers, a new study suggests that aerobics can significantly reduce the suffering. During the study, researchers examined a sample of migraine sufferers before, during and after the aerobic exercise intervention program. The program was based on indoor cycling (for continuous aerobic exercise) and was designed to improve maximal oxygen uptake without worsening ... Full story

Washington, Mar 19 (ANI): A new study has revealed that black girls are 50 percent more likely than white girls to suffer from the eating disorder bulimia. The findings of the study led by researchers from University of Southern California, University of Maryland and Universitat de Autonoma Barcelona, Spain, challenge the widespread perception that bulimia primarily affects the privileged. Asian-African girls, in particular, were found to be ... Full story

Washington, Mar 18 (ANI): A study of the mental state of the modern American woman has found that financial security might not be enough to ensure happiness or satisfaction with one's life. Women who concentrate much of their thinking on financial matters are much less likely to be happy with their lives, according to Talya Miron-Shatz, postdoctoral research fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School of ... Full story

Washington, Mar 12 (ANI): Thrill-seeking youngsters are likely to engage in reckless driving when under the influence of cannabis (DUIC), finds a new study. The study led by researchers from University of Montreal showed that men who are sensation-seekers, an average age of 27 and impulsive will consider taking the wheel after consuming cannabis more often than older peers. "We observed that dangerous driving behaviours are interrelated. ... Full story

Washington, Mar 12 (ANI): People who sleep less than six hours a night are nearly five times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, suggests a new study. The study showed that people who slept less than six hours a night during the work week were nearly five times more likely to develop abnormal fasting blood sugar levels, an important precursor for diabetes. "This study supports growing ... Full story

Washington, Mar 11 (ANI): Changing name can help you earn more money, at least that's what Stockholm University researchers believe. Study authors Mahmood Arai and Peter Skogman Thoursie have found that immigrants to Sweden earned more money after they change their foreign-sounding names. They found that earnings increased by 141 percent for a sample of African, Asian and Slavic immigrants who changed their names to be ethnically ... Full story

Washington, Mar 11 (ANI): It may soon be possible to detect cancer or diabetes using breath or urine samples, says a University of Missouri researcher. Xudong "Sherman" Fan, investigator in the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center is developing a sensor device that will analyze breath or urine samples for volatile markers inside the body that indicate whether a patient has breast cancer, diabetes or asthma. The ... Full story

Washington, Mar 9 (ANI): Regular family meals result in better eating habits for adolescents, a new study has suggested. During the study, researchers at the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota found that adolescents who participated in regular family meals reported more healthful diets and meal patterns compared to adolescents without regular family meals. Data were drawn from Project EAT, a population-based, longitudinal study designed to ... Full story

Washington, Mar 8 (ANI): Doing housework not only affects salaries of women but reduces men's wages as well, says a new study. Conducted by Vanderbilt professor of law and economics Joni Hersch, the study also found that women's salaries are negatively impacted by housework regardless of profession. In the study, the researchers used time diary data from the American Time Use Survey, which provided detailed information on ... Full story

Washington, Mar 4 (ANI): People living in neighbourhoods with high density of fast food outlets, and who frequently eat at those restaurants, are more likely to report an increase of 3 pounds in weight and .8 inches in waist circumference, according to a new study. On the other hand, the research led by Oregon Research Institute (ORI) scientist Fuzhong Li, Ph.D., also found that high-walkability neighbourhoods ... Full story

London, March 3 (ANI): Scientists have found a discarded bottle at a waste site in the US that contains the oldest sample of bomb-grade plutonium made in a nuclear reactor, dating back to 1944. According to a report by BBC News, the sample dates to 1944 and is a relic from the infancy of the US nuclear weapons programme. A team from the Pacific Northwest National ... Full story

Washington, Mar 3 (ANI): A new research has challenged a popular belief after claiming that alcohol abuse leads to depression, and not the other way round. Using data gathered from a 25-year study of health and development in New Zealand, David M. Fergusson, Ph.D., and colleagues at the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand, examined the associations between alcohol ... Full story

Washington, Mar 3 (ANI): In a novel study, an international team of researchers has identified a genetic variant linked to cocaine addiction and cocaine-induced paranoia. They have discovered variant in gene called a-endomannosidase (MANEA) that contributes to cocaine dependence and related behaviours. During the study, the researchers looked at 3,992 individuals from two family-based samples of European American and African American families, and were then genotyped for ... Full story