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Research reveals parental alienation, partner abuse are similar
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 19 (ANI): According to a new study, parental alienating behaviours and coercively controlling abuse are similar.
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Study finds why asthma worsens at night
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 11 (ANI): For hundreds of years, people have observed that asthma severity often worsens in the nighttime. One longstanding question has been to what degree the body's internal circadian clock -- as opposed to behaviours, such as sleep and physical activities -- co
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Genes can identify, respond to coded information in light signals: Study
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 5 (ANI): A recent study by the North Carolina State University showed how a single mechanism can trigger different behaviours from the same gene -- and has applications in the biotechnology sector.
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Eating for hunger or pleasure? Regulating feeding behaviours involves diff
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): Many times we eat, not because we are hungry, but because of social pressures or because the food is so appetising, that, even though we are full, we just want another bite.
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Older people are worse at learning to self-help, but just as good learning
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): Older adults may be slower to learn actions and behaviours that benefit themselves, but a new research shows they are just as capable as younger people of learning behaviours that benefit others.
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Study evaluates the outsized impacts of rudeness at workplace
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): A new study found that rudeness can boost negative emotions, narrowing workers' perceptions and incurring biases in judgment. The findings of the study suggested that in certain situations, these behaviours can have deadly consequences.
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Women experiencing pregnancy difficulties can make improved choices by usi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): A new study suggested that in the period before and shortly after women become pregnant, they can improve their lifestyle behaviours by using personalised coaching through a smartphone.
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Online coaching can help pregnant women make improved choices
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Southampton [UK], June 26 (ANI): In the period before and shortly after women become pregnant, they can improve their lifestyle behaviours by using personalised coaching through a smartphone, according to the findings of a recent study.
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Women experiencing pregnancy difficulties can make improved choices by usi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Southampton [UK], June 21 (ANI): A recent study has suggested that in the period before and shortly after women become pregnant, they can improve their lifestyle behaviours by using personalised coaching through a smartphone.
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Cellphone use while driving tied to other risky road behaviours in young a
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): Parents, take note! A new study found that 18 to 24-year-olds who use cell phones while driving are more likely to engage in other risky driving behaviours associated with "acting-without-thinking," a form of impulsivity.
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Study reports OCD linked to increased ischemic stroke risk later in life
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dallas [US], May 27 (ANI): Adults who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were more than three times as likely to have an ischemic stroke later in life compared to adults who do not have OCD, according to a new research.
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Researchers discover key brain molecule that may play role in brain disord
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 10 (ANI): A molecule called microRNA-29 as a powerful controller of brain maturation in mammals has been discovered by a team, led by scientists at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine. Deleting microRNA-29 in mice caused problems very similar to t
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