Social & Behavioral Science

(Indiana University) A proof-of-concept, phase 2 trial by an international research team has found promising results for a myostatin antibody...

(American Cancer Society) Survivors of cancer pay thousands of dollars in excess medical expenditures every year, with the excess financial...

(Cornell Food & Brand Lab) Eating too much is typically considered one of the prime culprits of obesity. A new...

(University of Notre Dame) How should a concerned mother discuss issues of diet and weight with her daughter? Very carefully,...

(University of Akron) This study examines what can create a dependency on Facebook. The researchers learned the more a person...

(American Academy of Neurology) The hepatitis C virus may be associated with an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according...

(University of Birmingham) New research from the University of Birmingham has found that lower levels of antibodies in saliva are...

(University of Gothenburg) In Swedish classrooms, religion is often associated with an obsolete time when people just didn't know better...

(University of Iowa) A new University of Iowa-led study has identified a hormone that appears to be involved in sugar...

(Indiana University) Two genetic variants previously linked to Alzheimer's disease have been more specifically tied to brain atrophy that is...

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other chronic respiratory...

(Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) An article 'SIR-Network Model And its Application to Dengue Fever,' authored by Lucas M....

(The JAMA Network Journals) Electronic toys for infants that produce lights, words and songs were associated with decreased quantity and...

(Wiley) The rise of wearable activity trackers, such as Fitbit, Fuelband, and Jawbone, has generated a lot of public excitement...

(eLife ) Modern schedules can lead us to eat around the clock so it is important to understand how this...

(University of New Hampshire) Sparked by national debate and efforts to help make football safer for players, research at the...

(Rockefeller University) Even under repeated stress, the brain maintains the potential to adapt and recover. Researchers have shown how changes...

(University of Hawaii Cancer Center) In the findings published in PLOS Genetics, through genetic and genealogical studies by Michele Carbone,...

(International Rett Syndrome Foundation) Last year, the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Science Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network funded...

(Michigan State University) A Michigan State University study shows that 14- and 15-year-olds are at a higher risk of becoming...