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What you see is not always what you get with binocular rivalry

It is common to say 'I can't believe my eyes' when surprised by what we see. Recent scientific evidence suggests that we have a right to be sceptical and that what we see depends in no small part on what we expect to see.

26 Sep 2004

Black college students more satisfied with their bodies than white students

“In addition, blacks tended to desire the body size they considered healthy while whites wanted a body size smaller than they thought healthy,” says Mara S. Aruguete, professor of psychology at Stephens College, a women’s college, in Columbia, MO.

26 Sep 2004

Drug shortages are having major negative effects on patient care and hospital costs

A study to be published in the October 1, 2004, issue of the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy finds that ongoing drug shortages are having far-ranging, negative effects on patient care and hospital costs.

26 Sep 2004

Overweight children up to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke before age of 65

Overweight children are three to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke before they reach the age of 65 warns the World Heart Federation, an NGO dedicated to the prevention of heart disease and stroke, on World Heart Day, Sunday 26th September 2004.

20 Sep 2004

Helping others raises quality of life

When we volunteer our time to do something for others, such as helping out an elderly neighbour or taking part in a local community project, it can be good news for our health, our children’s education and even reduce the local crime rate too.

20 Sep 2004

Humans are in fact quite rational; they just do not trust what people in lab coats tell them

New research indicates that humans are in fact quite rational; they just do not trust what people in lab coats tell them. The research suggests that by taking doubt into account, psychologists have the opportunity to strengthen the predictive power of many commonly used models and potentially better understand human behavior.

18 Sep 2004

Nicaraguan deaf children create a new sign language entirely their own

At a school in Managua, Nicaragua, deaf children are speaking a new language entirely their own, which nonetheless has remarkable similarities to the world's other languages. Researchers studying these similarities suggest this week in Science that, in fact, children give language its most fundamental, universal features just by the way they learn it.

18 Sep 2004

Early drinking means a greater likelihood of problem drinking later in life

The likelihood of alcohol abuse or dependence later in life increased by 12 percent for every year of decrease in the age of first drink, says lead researcher James L. York, Ph.D., of the State University of New York at Buffalo.

17 Sep 2004

Jellyfish advance science

Salmon fishermen trolling along the waters off Puget Sound in Washington are often witness to an awesome sight when they haul in their catch: salmon captured in nets that glow brilliantly against the nighttime sky.

16 Sep 2004

Public health issues, AIDS, sex education and federal tobacco regulation take center stage

Republican and Democratic presidential campaign representatives today said their candidates will address the public health work force shortage, but they debated the need for sex education and federal regulation of tobacco

16 Sep 2004

New high-tech pacifier helps babies who are born prematurely

The pacifier also may reduce the incidence or severity of certain developmental disabilities that appear in early childhood and beyond as well as possibly boost IQ.

16 Sep 2004

We need to help mothers not only get jobs but keep them

Former welfare mothers who are unable to keep a steady job are more likely to have a teenage child drop out of school, according to a new Florida State University study.

16 Sep 2004

Current methods of delivering health care to kids are woefully unable to cope with a pediatric disease pendulum

"There's a growing gap between where child health is moving and how we're attempting to deliver health care to kids," said pediatrician and health policy researcher Paul Wise, MD, MPH.

15 Sep 2004

New research into how women view their bodies

New research into how women view their bodies aims to challenge the as yet untested belief that thin, glamorous, perfect female models in advertising are socially desirable and "sell" products to the consumer more successfully than other body types.

14 Sep 2004

Human lives and livelihood will be cost of flaky software

Multiple human deaths may be required to force the adoption of higher standards in computer software development unless the international software engineering sector lifts its game according UTS IT expert Associate Professor John Leaney.

14 Sep 2004

Inhaled nitrite spray may help babies diagnosed with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center and the Loma Linda University School of Medicine have found that use of an inhaled nitrite spray may help babies diagnosed with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN).

13 Sep 2004

Chronic illnesses among children not adequately addressed

Current methods of delivering health care to kids are woefully unable to cope with a pediatric disease pendulum that has swung from acute to chronic illnesses, says a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

13 Sep 2004

Suprising new information on the HOX genes

Researchers at the University of Bergen are now able to present new information on the HOX genes – the “software” to design animals. The findings are published in today’s issue of Nature.

10 Sep 2004

Efforts to prevent school children smoking are not targeted early enough, as children experimenting with tobacco by age seven

New Zealand based research on youth tobacco use suggests that current efforts to prevent school children smoking are not targeted early enough, as it found a significant number are already experimenting with tobacco by age seven.

10 Sep 2004

Transthyretin discovery may halt progression of Alzheimer's

In a finding that may cause a dramatic shift in the way scientists and researchers search for a therapy for Alzheimer's disease, a team of researchers led by Jeff Johnson, an associate professor at the School of Pharmacy, has discovered that increased expression of a protein called transthyretin in the brain appears to halt the progression of the disease.

10 Sep 2004

Students News and Research

What you see is not always what you get with binocular rivalry

Black college students more satisfied with their bodies than white students

Drug shortages are having major negative effects on patient care and hospital costs

Overweight children up to five times more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke before age of 65

Helping others raises quality of life

Humans are in fact quite rational; they just do not trust what people in lab coats tell them

Nicaraguan deaf children create a new sign language entirely their own

Early drinking means a greater likelihood of problem drinking later in life

Jellyfish advance science

Public health issues, AIDS, sex education and federal tobacco regulation take center stage

New high-tech pacifier helps babies who are born prematurely

We need to help mothers not only get jobs but keep them

Current methods of delivering health care to kids are woefully unable to cope with a pediatric disease pendulum

New research into how women view their bodies

Human lives and livelihood will be cost of flaky software

Inhaled nitrite spray may help babies diagnosed with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Chronic illnesses among children not adequately addressed

Suprising new information on the HOX genes

Efforts to prevent school children smoking are not targeted early enough, as children experimenting with tobacco by age seven

Transthyretin discovery may halt progression of Alzheimer's

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