By ABDULLAH BAJUBAIR | AL-EQTISADIAH A study conducted by a number of Dutch researchers revealed that optimism enables men to avoid heart diseases and live a healthier life. The research was led by famous Dutch psychiatrist and expert at the Dutch Psychological Health Institution Dr. Erik Giltay. The study said […]
More and more children are getting a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The percentage of children with the condition rose from 7% in 1998-2000 to 9% in 2007-2009, for both boys and girls. In some areas of the United […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times August 21, 2011 The Bible is ambivalent about alcohol at best, while the Holy Quran gives a clear […]
Source: Science Daily Rats exposed to stress during early development inherit the effects of that stress to their offspring, largely expressed in behavior impairments but also characteristics of resilience, shows a new study from the University of Haifa, published in the journal Developmental Psychobiology. Providing environmental enrichment to the future mother […]
Source: Chicago Tribune Parents learn to control temper while fasting A frazzled, home-schooling mother of three, Olivia Kompier has been known to lose her temper when she’s well-nourished, but even more so when she’s dehydrated or hungry. That’s why the prospect of giving up routine meals during the daylight hours […]
Source: Science Daily A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows that a small amount of physical exercise could profoundly protect the elderly from long-term memory loss that can happen suddenly following infection, illnesses or injury in old age. In the study, CU-Boulder Research Associate Ruth Barrientos and her colleagues […]
Source: APA Pick up the phone and hear, “Hey, what’s up?” Chances are, those few words are enough to recognize who’s speaking – perhaps unless you have dyslexia. In a surprise discovery, researchers found adults with that reading disorder also have a hard time recognizing voices. The work isn’t just […]
Courtesy: NY Times By LAURIE GOODSTEIN A decade after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a Gallup poll released on Tuesday found that the vast majority of Muslim Americans say they are loyal to the United States and optimistic about the future, even though they are more likely than other religious groups […]
Source: USA TODAY New research suggests that fatty foods do more than satisfy our stomachs. They may also soothe our psyche, literally serving as comfort foods. “Eating fat seems to make us less vulnerable to sad emotions, even if we don’t know we’re eating fat,” said psychiatrist Dr. Lukas Van […]
Source: Science Daily Imagine you’re dining at a restaurant in a city you’re visiting for the first — and, most likely the last — time. Chances are slim to none that you’ll ever see your server again, so if you wanted to shave a few dollars off your tab by […]
Source: Science Daily A team of Duke University Medical Center and Australian scientists has found that addictive drugs may have hijacked the same nerve cells and connections in the brain that serve a powerful, ancient instinct: the appetite for salt. Their rodent research shows how certain genes are regulated in […]
Source: Science Daily Yale University researchers can’t tell you where you left your car keys — but they can tell you why you can’t find them. A new study published July 27 in the journal Nature shows the neural networks in the brains of the middle-aged and elderly have weaker connections and […]
Source: Medical News Today Phone hacking. It doesn’t even sound ethical. Neither does phone spying nor my personal favorite phreaking. So how does management at a best-selling newspaper approve this and everyone else play along? “Some people may have remained quiet because they believed that this was acceptable practice – […]
A famous, almost legendary mystic poet from Punjab Pakistan wrote: پڑھ پڑھ علم تے فاضل ھوییں تے کدے اپنے آپ نوں پڑھیا نھیں بھج بھج وڑناں اے مندر مسیتی وے کدے من اپنے وچ وڑیا نھیں He says that you have read scores of books to become a scholar but have […]
Source: ScienceDaily (July 21, 2011) — A study by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) shows that people who use cosmetics buy these products primarily for emotional reasons. The study was carried out on facial creams (hydrating and nutritive ones, coloured or non-coloured, and anti-wrinkle creams) and body creams (firming […]
Source/Credit: Yahoo News WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 17-year-old boy is accused of bludgeoning his parents with a hammer, then hosting dozens of friends for a party while their bodies lay in the bedroom, police said Monday. Tyler Hadley of Port St. Lucie is charged with twin counts of […]
Source / Credit: CNN A person’s demeanor or voice radically changes As an investigator, I first try to assess how someone normally speaks. To do that, I begin an interview by asking questions that I know the answers to, like “What’s your full name?” or “Where do you live?” Some […]
Social studies of Facebook and Twitter have been adapted to gain a greater understanding of the swarming behaviour of locusts. The enormous success of social networking sites has vividly illustrated the importance of networking for humans; however for some animals, keeping informed about others of their kind is even more […]
Researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Mainz have discovered a mechanism that seems to protect the brain from aging. In experiments with mice, they switched off the cannabinoid-1 receptor. […]
Back in the 1930s, H. M. Skeels studied mentally disabled orphans who were living in an institution but were subsequently adopted. After four years, their IQs diverged an amazing fifty points from those of the orphans who were not adopted. And the remarkable thing is that the kids who were adopted were […]