According to a new paper published in the latest issue of the International Journal of Behavioral and Healthcare Research, the more tired resident physicians in learning hospitals are, the more likely they are to make a mistake. This may sound like stating the obvious, but clear scientific data are required before me... |
14 September 2009
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Researchers in Finland have announced that the short sleep duration in children is very likely to cause symptoms related to the emergence of the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), even if other complications are not present. They also warn that this is a very widespread problem, in that sleep durations ... |
28 April 2009
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Without a doubt, we’ve all been there, when we felt so tired after work that hitting the gym for an intense cardio workout was the last thing we would have wanted to do. We did it nonetheless, and came back home feeling more exhausted than ever, instead of refreshed as we might have hoped. This happens because ... |
6 March 2009
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It would appear that human physical performance is directly influenced by the individuals' state of mind, and, most importantly, by mental fatigue, the conclusion of a new scientific study reveals. The research left investigators puzzled, because they learned that no matter what a person's limits were teste... |
24 February 2009
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A new scientific study shows that a simple row of warm-up exercises done before starting a procedure yields far better results in terms of the outcome than no warm-up at all. This conclusion, published in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, is based on observations made on many surg... |
3 February 2009
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Recent studies have revealed that all the persons that usually snore while resting, as well as the ones suffering from snore-related disorders - such as the sleep apnoea, when patients, while snoring, actually have moments when they stop breathing – are efficient in burning calories, as if they would do some wo... |
16 December 2008
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Or at least that's what U.S. researchers say. Night drivers often lose their alertness because of fatigue, however blue lights, or blue light-emitting diodes, are believed to fool the brain into believing that it is morning, when in fact it is the middle of the night, thus resetting the body's natural clock... |
18 March 2008
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Chocolate is known to be good for memory, sex drive, tooth health, mood and long life. But a new dark chocolate formula could also fight against symptoms of the chronic fatigue syndrome. A pilot trial made at Hull York Medical School revealed that subjects experienced less fatigue when consuming dark chocolate with a... |
2 October 2007
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These legs are made for jumping. American researchers have put recently 20 grasshopper species to a jumping test and compared them to hopping humans. "[The grasshopper muscle] is the only invertebrate muscle that functions like our sprinting muscle," said Scott Kirkton of Union College in New York. Only that, accordi... |
9 May 2007
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