News tagged with sensitivity
What you eat after exercise matters
Many of the health benefits of aerobic exercise are due to the most recent exercise session (rather than weeks, months and even years of exercise training), and the nature of these benefits can be greatly affected by the ...
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Panasonic Intros Super Compact Digital Camera Featuring AVCHD Lite HD Video Recording
Panasonic today announced the introduction of the LUMIX DMC-ZR3, a fully-featured digital camera complete with AVCHD Lite High Defintion (HD) video recording capabilities, a 25mm ultra-wide-angle Leica lens ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 27, 2010 |
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Men feel less guilt
Although changing social and cultural contexts mean guilt has less power today than it once did, a new study has shown that in the West this emotion is "significantly higher" among women. The main problem, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Why Hasn't Earth Warmed as Much as Expected?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Planet Earth has warmed much less than expected during the industrial era based on current best estimates of Earth's "climate sensitivity" -- the amount of global temperature increase expected ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 19, 2010 |
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New multi-touch screen technology developed (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from New York University have formed a company to bring flexible multi-touch screens using a new technology to a range of devices, from e-readers to musical instruments. The new ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Seeing how evolutionary mechanisms yield biological diversity
An international team of scientists has discovered how changes in both gene expression and gene sequence led to the diversity of visual systems in African cichlid fish.
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Brandeis studies evaluate visionary approach to improving eyesight
Joseph Balboni loves sports. An avid tennis player and golfer, as well as baseball fan, the 46-year-old insurance agent became increasingly frustrated over time as his eyesight dimmed due to keratoconus, a degenerative eye ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Fear of anxiety linked to depression in above-average worriers
Anxiety sensitivity, or the fear of feeling anxious, may put people who are already above-average worriers at risk for depression, according to Penn State researchers. Understanding how sensitivity to anxiety is a risk factor ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Study shows brief training in meditation may help manage pain
Living with pain is stressful, but a surprisingly short investment of time in mental training can help you cope.
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Dutch researchers develop technology for pain monitoring
Ten of thousands of patients suffer chronic pain as a result of operations, and this continues even after the wounds caused by the operation have healed. Researchers from the MIRA research institute - the University of Twente’s ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 05, 2009 |
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Pain thresholds linked to inflammation and sleep problems in arthritis patients
Despite recent advances in anti-inflammatory therapy, many rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients continue to suffer from pain. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal, Arthritis Research & Therapy found that i ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Think what you eat: Studies point to cellular factors linking diet and behavior
New research released today is affirming a long-held maxim: you are what you eat — and, more to the point, what you eat has a profound influence on the brain. The findings offer insight into the neurobiological factors behind ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Justice Dept probing IBM's computer market conduct
(AP) -- The Justice Department is looking into allegations that IBM Corp. has abused its dominant position in the market for mainframe computers, the data-crunching heavy lifters of the computing world that ...
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Transparent fish helping to shine new light on how we move
(PhysOrg.com) -- The natural transparency of young zebrafish has allowed neuroscientists to use light, much like we use a remote control, to turn on and off neurons that may be responsible for how we move our bodies.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Infant pain, adult repercussions
Scientists at Georgia State University have uncovered the mechanisms of how pain in infancy alters how the brain processes pain in adulthood.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 25, 2009 |
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