News tagged with control behavior

Tracking dragonflies on the wing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Duke University electrical engineers have developed a wirelessly powered telemetry system that is light and powerful enough to allow scientists to study the intricate neurological activity ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

US teens, young adults 'doing it' less, study says

Fewer teens and young adults are having sex, a government survey shows, and theories abound for why they're doing it less. Experts say this generation may be more cautious than their predecessors, more aware of sexually spread ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 22

Research shows temptation more powerful than individuals realize

Whether it's highlighted in major news headlines about Argentinean affairs and Ponzi schemes, or in personal battles with obesity and drug addiction, individuals regularly succumb to greed, lust and self-destructive behaviors. ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 8

Researchers find link between sugar, diabetes and aggression

A spoonful of sugar may be enough to cool a hot temper, at least for a short time, according to new research.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Not tonight deer: A new birth control vaccine helps reduce urban deer damage

A new birth control vaccine for white-tailed deer -- a growing nuisance in urban areas for gardens and landscaping -- eliminates the dangerous reproductive behavior behind the annual autumn surge in automobile-deer collisions. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nearly one 1 in 12 in US have asthma: study

Asthma cases in the United States have risen 12.3 percent since 2001, and nearly one in 12, or almost 25 million Americans, are stricken with the chronic respiratory disease, the government said Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Partner controlling behaviors appear to be associated with relationship violence

Having a significant other who exhibits controlling behaviors appears to be associated with increased physical and sexual relationship violence, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Me ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

California's leadership in tobacco control results in lower lung cancer rate

A study led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego shows that California's 40 year-long tobacco control program has resulted in lung cancer rates that are nearly 25 percent lower than other states.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Behavioral therapy program reduces incontinence following radical prostatectomy

For men with incontinence for at least one year following radical prostatectomy, participation in a behavioral training program that included pelvic floor muscle training, bladder control strategies and fluid management, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Employment and Insurance: No Guarantee for Better Health

Having health insurance does not mean workers will take advantage of immunizations, cancer screenings and other preventive health services, a new study finds.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Parkinson's disease treatments associated with compulsive behaviors

Pathological gambling, compulsive shopping, binge eating and other impulse control disorders appear to be more common among individuals taking dopamine agonist medications for Parkinson's disease, according to a report in ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US survey: 1 in 10 kids has ADHD, awareness cited

(AP) -- A government survey says 1 in 10 U.S. children has ADHD, a sizable increase from a few years earlier that researchers think might be explained by growing awareness and better screening.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

Cash rewards with counseling could help prevent STIs

Giving out cash can be an effective tool in combating sexually transmitted infections in rural Africa, according to a new study conducted jointly by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cultural Cognition Project Study Sheds Light on Reactions to HPV Vaccine

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research conducted by the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School concludes that people’s cultural values influence how risky they perceive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to be and thus, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 13, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Preventive behaviors limited household transmission of H1N1 influenza during initial outbreak

Simple, common sense behaviors, including having a discussion at home about how to prevent influenza, can help limit the spread of H1N1 in a household, according to a study of the initial outbreak in New York City in 2009. ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0