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• 'Surveillance minimization' needed to restore trust
• Texting changes the way we walk: Walkers swerve and slow down while texting
• Humans can use smell to detect levels of dietary fat
• Nighttime smartphone use zaps workers' energy
• Men forget most
• Online comments can undermine anti-smoking PSAs
• Guys: Get married for the sake of your bones, but wait until you're 25
• Parental exposure to marijuana linked to drug addiction, compulsive behavior in unexposed progeny, rodent sudy finds
• Small elliptical exercise device may promote activity while sitting
• Giving up smoking? Try positive psychotherapy
• If overweight, your child will be less active
• Particulate air pollution leads to increased heart attack risk
• Disadvantaged, non-college bound young adults at risk for excessive weight gain
• Fever-reducing meds may help spread the flu
• Fast eye movements: A possible indicator of more impulsive decision-making
• Mediterranean diet associated with lower risk of peripheral artery disease
• Exercising more, sitting less reduces heart failure risk in men
• Genetic counseling via telephone as effective as in-person counseling
• Hospitals, nursing homes can learn much from hospice care
• Sugar tax would put America's medical bills on a diet
• 66 children a day treated in U.S. EDs for shopping cart-related injuries
• Students remember more with personalized review, even after classes end

'Surveillance minimization' needed to restore trust Posted: 22 Jan 2014 05:22 PM PST Surveillance minimization -- where surveillance is the exception, not the rule -- could help rebuild public trust following revelations about the collection of personal data, according to a law academic.

Texting changes the way we walk: Walkers swerve and slow down while texting Posted: 22 Jan 2014 05:22 PM PST Texting on your phone while walking alters posture and balance according to a new study.

Humans can use smell to detect levels of dietary fat Posted: 22 Jan 2014 05:20 PM PST New research reveals humans can use the sense of smell to detect dietary fat in food. As food smell almost always is detected before taste, the findings identify one of the first sensory qualities that signals whether a food contains fat. Innovative methods using odor to make low-fat foods more palatable could someday aid public health efforts to reduce dietary fat intake.

Nighttime smartphone use zaps workers' energy Posted: 22 Jan 2014 02:06 PM PST Using a smartphone to cram in more work at night results in less work the next day, indicates new research.

Men forget most Posted: 22 Jan 2014 08:26 AM PST Your suspicions have finally been confirmed. Men forget more than women do. Nine out of 10 men have problems with remembering names and dates, according to an analysis of a large Norwegian population-based health study.

Online comments can undermine anti-smoking PSAs Posted: 22 Jan 2014 07:40 AM PST Commentary accompanying anti-smoking public service announcements (PSAs) in online forums like YouTube has an impact on the PSA's overall effectiveness. Both negative and positive comments accompanying PSAs degrade the persuasiveness of the videos.

Guys: Get married for the sake of your bones, but wait until you're 25 Posted: 22 Jan 2014 07:25 AM PST Men who married when they were younger than 25 had lower bone strength than men who married for the first time at a later age. Men in stable marriages or marriage-like relationships who had never previously divorced or separated had greater bone strength than men whose previous marriages had fractured.

Parental exposure to marijuana linked to drug addiction, compulsive behavior in unexposed progeny, rodent sudy finds Posted: 22 Jan 2014 07:25 AM PST Teen marijuana use may have repercussions in unexposed progeny. This rodent study found that parental use of marijuana/THC was linked to molecular and neurobiological disturbances and increased motivation to get drugs.

Small elliptical exercise device may promote activity while sitting Posted: 22 Jan 2014 06:19 AM PST People may be able to keep the weight off by using a compact elliptical device while sitting at a desk or watching TV, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

Giving up smoking? Try positive psychotherapy Posted: 22 Jan 2014 06:16 AM PST The thousands of people who've resolved to stop smoking this New Year might soon be able to make use of a new method to help them break free from tobacco.

If overweight, your child will be less active Posted: 22 Jan 2014 06:16 AM PST A new study reports that being overweight makes children less active. The findings underscore that parents of overweight children have an obligation to keep their children active, as physical activity is vital for the general health of all children. The study also shows that slender children do not become overweight due to a lack of activity.

Particulate air pollution leads to increased heart attack risk Posted: 22 Jan 2014 06:16 AM PST Long-term exposure to particulate matter is associated with an increased risk for heart attack. Moreover, this association can already be observed in levels of particulate exposure below the current specified European limit values.

Disadvantaged, non-college bound young adults at risk for excessive weight gain Posted: 22 Jan 2014 06:14 AM PST Nutritionists develop weight management program relevant to low-income population, as outlined in a newly published article.

Fever-reducing meds may help spread the flu Posted: 22 Jan 2014 06:13 AM PST Researchers assembled information from many sources, including experiments on human volunteers and on ferrets, then used a mathematical model to compute how the increase in the amount of virus given off by a single person taking fever-reducing drugs would increase the overall number of cases in a typical year. The bottom line is that fever suppression increases the number of annual cases by approximately 5%, corresponding to more than 1,000 additional deaths from influenza in a typical year across North America.

Fast eye movements: A possible indicator of more impulsive decision-making Posted: 21 Jan 2014 03:32 PM PST Using a simple study of eye movements, scientists report evidence that people who are less patient tend to move their eyes with greater speed. The findings, the researchers say, suggest that the weight people give to the passage of time may be a trait consistently used throughout their brains, affecting the speed with which they make movements, as well as the way they make certain decisions.

Mediterranean diet associated with lower risk of peripheral artery disease Posted: 21 Jan 2014 01:47 PM PST A multicenter study that previously reported a reduction in heart attack and stroke with a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or with nuts now also reports a lower risk of peripheral artery disease, according to a study.

Exercising more, sitting less reduces heart failure risk in men Posted: 21 Jan 2014 01:47 PM PST Increased sedentary time may be linked to greater heart failure risk, according to first study its kind. Being very physically active and less sedentary reduces heart failure risk. High sedentary levels increase heart failure risk regardless of physical activity levels.

Genetic counseling via telephone as effective as in-person counseling Posted: 21 Jan 2014 01:47 PM PST The demand for genetic counseling is rapidly increasing as genetic testing for susceptibility to a vast range of diseases is now available. Can telephone counseling deliver the same quality and satisfaction as face-to-face interactions? A study says yes, and there's an added bonus: "Counseling on the phone reduces costs and expands genetic counseling and testing access to rural areas, where counseling isn't always available," says lead author Marc Schwartz.

Hospitals, nursing homes can learn much from hospice care Posted: 21 Jan 2014 10:08 AM PST There is much value in training hospital and nursing home staff in the basics of palliative care to make the last days of a dying patient's life as comfortable and dignified as possible. A recent study identifies the benefits of introducing palliative care strategies, typical of hospices, within the setting of acute care centers. These findings can have a wide impact, as most Americans will eventually die within the inpatient setting of a hospital or nursing home.

Sugar tax would put America's medical bills on a diet Posted: 21 Jan 2014 10:06 AM PST Taxing sugar – before it's added to processed foods – would reduce obesity-related disease in America, and cut medical costs to boot, according to research.

66 children a day treated in U.S. EDs for shopping cart-related injuries Posted: 21 Jan 2014 10:00 AM PST Although a voluntary shopping cart safety standard was implemented in the United States in 2004, the overall number and rate of injuries to children associated with shopping carts have not decreased. In fact, the number and rate of concussions/closed head injuries have continued to climb, according to a new study.

Students remember more with personalized review, even after classes end Posted: 21 Jan 2014 06:30 AM PST Struggling to remember information presented months earlier is a source of anxiety for students the world over. New research suggests that a computer-based individualized study schedule could be the solution. The study findings show that personalized review helped students remember significantly more material on a tests given at the end of the semester and a month later.

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