News tagged with personal health

Study confirms: Whatever doesn't kill us can make us stronger

We've all heard the adage that whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but until now the preponderance of scientific evidence has offered little support for it.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 15, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (22) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Nature Makes Us More Caring, Study Says (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Want to be a better person? Commune with nature. Paying attention to the natural world not only makes you feel better, it makes you behave better, finds a new study to be published October ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

For your health, pick a mate who is conscientious and, perhaps, also neurotic

Conscientiousness is a good thing in a mate, researchers report, not just because it's easier to live with someone who washes the dishes without being asked, but also because having a conscientious partner ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2

HP's missteps culminate in loss of 27,000 jobs (Update)

(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has quantified the painful price that must be paid for the missteps of her predecessors as she tries to turn around the Silicon Valley pioneer. The bungling will wipe ...

Technology / Business

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Most Canadians can be uniquely identified from their date of birth and postal code

There are increasing pressures for health care providers to make individual-level data readily available for research and policy making. But Canadians are more likely to allow the sharing of their personal data if they believe ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Childhood psychological problems have long-term economic and social impact, study finds

Psychological problems experienced during childhood can have a long-lasting impact on an individual's life course, reducing people's earnings and decreasing the chances of establishing long-lasting relationships, according ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Keys to long life: Longevity study unearths surprising answers

Cheer up. Stop worrying. Don't work so hard. Good advice for a long life? As it turns out, no. In a groundbreaking study of personality as a predictor of longevity, University of California, Riverside researchers found just ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 11, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (39) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Play with your kid, for their mental health's sake

Learning a hobby or other complex task in childhood with assistance from a trusted adult may help guard against the emergence of a personality disorder (PD) later on in life, reports a study in the current issue of the journal, ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study Finds Conscientious People Have Better Health

(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study led by a researcher at UT Dallas reported that people classified as "conscientious" also tended to have better health, possibly because of more preventive health care.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Power at work has payoffs, but not for health

Being at the top has its perks, but new University of Toronto research shows people in positions of authority at work are more likely to experience certain psychological and physical problems that can undermine the health ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Psychologists say longer lives can still lead to happier golden years

As more people live well into their 80s and 90s, it's reassuring to know that most people get happier as they age and exert more emotional control than younger adults, according to researchers who spoke at the 117th Annual ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Google lets patients share health records

Google is letting patients share electronic medical records with loved ones or care providers who may be needed to help in emergencies.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The environment and pharmaceuticals and personal care products: What are the big questions?

Researchers at the University of York headed a major international review aimed at enhancing efforts to better understand the impacts of chemicals used in pharmaceuticals or in personal care products, such as cosmetics, soaps, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Microsoft 'vault ' open for dying Google Health records

Microsoft on Monday offered its HealthVault as a new care center for digitized medical records kept at Google's dying Health service.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Don't stop anonymizing data

Canadian privacy experts have issued a new report today that strongly backs the practice of de-identification as a key element in the protection of personal information. The joint paper from Ontario's Information and Pri ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0