Happiness & Success
Achieving Happiness Through Acceptance of Life
The quest for happiness often leads to frustration, as many fail to realize that the...
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- Written by: Daniel Stolte, University of Arizona
Your birth year predicts—to a certain extent—how likely you are to get seriously ill or die in an outbreak of an animal-origin influenza virus, new research suggests.
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- Written by: Stanford University
Brain scans of children and teenagers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) show structural differences between the sexes in one part of the insula
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- Written by: Deborah Bach, University of Washington
A new study suggests that telephone-based intervention geared specifically to military members shows promise at helping those who are struggling with alcohol abuse.
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- Written by: Matthew Solovey, Penn State University
Experts suggest avoiding war metaphors, such as “attacking” beta amyloid, when talking about Alzheimer’s disease. While war comparisons can motivate efforts to deal with a health issue, this type of language and messaging can also create fear and stigma...
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- Written by: Texas A&M University
Can a Halloween fright actually scare you to death? Yes, says cardiologist John P. Erwin III.
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- Written by: Kristina Sauerwein, Washington University in St. Louis
A new study indicates that supplemental oxygen does not benefit a large group of patients with COPD: those with moderately low levels of oxygen in the blood.
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- Written by: Jim Dryden,Washington University in St. Louis
Scientists have linked mutations in a single gene to autism in people who have a rare tumor syndrome typically diagnosed in childhood.
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- Written by: Nicola Jones, University of Warwick
Patients could soon be diagnosed with early-stage arthritis several years before the onset of physical and irreversible symptoms, scientists say.
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- Written by: Stan Goldberg, PhD
More and more people must struggle with how to face the new reality of a life-threatening disease. And over on the sidelines, friends and loved ones struggle with how best to support them.
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- Written by: Tony Burroughs
It always seems strange to me that when they play the national anthem, almost everyone holds their hand over their heart, off to the side of their chest. But wait a minute! That's not where our heart is at all. Our heart is in the exact center of our chest...
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- Written by: Joshua Burns, University of Sydney and Verity Pacey, Macquarie University
Knock knees, also known as genu valgum, is a type of knee alignment seen when a child (or adult) stands up straight with their knees together, but their feet and ankles stay apart.
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- Written by: Victoria Indivero, Penn State University
Older adults who participate in training designed to improve cognitive ability are more likely to continue driving over the next 10 years than those who don’t, research shows.
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- Written by: Anna Burt, Cardiff University
Although the causes of Alzheimer’s disease remain a mystery, genetic research is now providing clues about how the disease develops.
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- Written by: Jason Yosar, The University of Queensland
Conjunctivitis is an eye disease that has been described since antiquity. Ancient Roman oculists, the eye physicians of the time, prescribed remedies such as vinegar lotions and copper oxide for its treatment.
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- Written by: Kate Becker, Boston University
Two powerful tools for early Alzheimer’s detection may fit in the palm of your hand. In fact, one of those tools is your hand.
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- Written by: Julia Short, Cardiff University
New research suggests a noninvasive blood test could vastly improve early detection rates of severe liver disease—before irreversible damage is done.
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- Written by: Reena Ghildyal, University of Canberra
Spring is a favourite time of year for many – as the earth rejuvenates, lawns become green and trees blossom. But for the 15% of Australians who get hay fever, it can be a struggle to get through the season.
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- Written by: Cissi Williams
I often get the question how I manage to find the time to do so many things, and my answer is always the same: I have learnt to give myself time. In order to not get overwhelmed, or waste my inner energy, I had to learn how to structure my life in such a way that there was plenty of relaxation time...
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- Written by: Elin Gray, Edith Cowan University
Breast cancer could be detected using a blood test, according to reports out today. Scientists at the Australian National University (ANU) are working with counterparts in France to make this form of cancer detection, that is far less invasive and expensive than other tests such as biopsies, a reality.
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- Written by: Joan Borysenko
I wanted to know precisely why I felt like a zombie. Was I stressed out of my mind, overloaded with information that was jamming my gray matter and making myself so crazy-busy that I was running on empty? Had I become a poster child for Prozac, or was I...
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- Written by: Joanna Poulton, University of Oxford
A baby boy, the first child to be born using a new technique that incorporates DNA from three people, is now five months old.
