If you ever experience performance anxiety -- commonly known as stage fright -- getting excited might help more than trying to calm down, according to a new study. Researchers at Harvard Business School found that becoming excited before ...
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Pregnant women who have a bacterial infection that's diagnosed during hospitalization may be at greater risk of delivering a child with autism, a new study suggests. These infections -- usually of the genitals, urinary tract or amniotic ...
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One year after breast cancer surgery, many women continue to experience pain, according to a new study. Researchers revealed that the factors associated with the women's pain included chronic pain and depression before surgery, ...
After studying specimens from the Nearctic deposited in the United States National Museum of Natural History and some specimens in the Canadian National Collection of Insects, researchers have found 16 new species of wasps from the Nearctic ...
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Time travel has captured the public imagination for decades, not excluding screenwriters and creative writing instructors who encourage creative leaps about stepping back and beyond the present through time. What about evidence? Two ...
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By Eleanor McDermid, Senior medwireNews Reporter Chronotherapy, involving total sleep deprivation and light therapy, brings about a rapid reduction in suicidality among patients with bipolar disorder experiencing a phase of major ...
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Researchers in China have developed a selective area epitaxy (SAE) approach to create nanopyramids of nitride semiconductor 'white' light-emitting diodes (LEDs) without using phosphors [Kui Wu et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol103, p241107, ...
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Researchers have created products fermented with probiotic bacteria from grains and nuts — known as plant-based or vegetable "milks" — as an alternative to conventional yoghurts. The products, which were created by researchers ...
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Dietary supplements may upset the balance in the body's cells and therefore cause more harm than good, according to new research from Norway. The study, which is being conducted by a research group at the Biotechnology Centre at the ...
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A government and industry team led by engineers from the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (AFRL/RX) has completed a program to assess, improve, refine and validate a domestic source of supply ...
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Peer pressure might play a part in what you eat and how much you eat, a new review suggests. British researchers said their findings could help shape public health policies, including campaigns to promote healthy eating. The review was ...
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Doctors often neglect to have a discussion with their teen patients about sexuality issues during their annual physical, a new study reveals. This results in missed opportunities to inform and counsel young people about ways to help ...
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Many phrases reflect how emotions affect the body: Loss makes you feel "heartbroken," you suffer from "butterflies" in the stomach when nervous, and disgusting things make you "sick to your stomach." Now, a new study from Finland suggests ...
Hypothyroidism, a condition that causes low or no thyroid hormone production, is not linked to mild dementia or impaired brain function, a new study suggests. Although more research is needed, the scientists said their findings add to ...
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In the largest ever assessment of substance use among people with severe psychiatric illness, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Southern California have found that rates of smoking, ...
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