Treating clinical depression on the telephone is nearly as effective as face-to-face consultations, a new Brigham Young University study finds.
The trial run included 30 people newly diagnosed with major depression. Instead of eight scheduled visits to the clinic, the participants covered the same material during a series of phone calls with the therapist. Calls varied in length, ranging from 21 to 52 minutes. The patients did not receive antidepressant medication.
WASHINGTON – The Produce Safety Project today issued a report that examines the steps taken by select European Union (EU) countries to reform their food safety data collection and analysis systems since the 1990s. Authored by Michael Batz, head of Food Safety Programs, Emerging Pathogens Institute at the University of Florida, and J.
Montreal, May 10, 2010 – As fewer people smoke cigarettes, a new trend is gaining popularity among North American youth, says a study published in the journal Pediatrics, which found that almost one-quarter of young adults in Montreal had used waterpipes (also called shishas or hookahs) in the past year.
EVANSTON, Ill. --- How do children reason about the natural world? How do they understand the relation between human and non-human animals?
For decades, the consensus was that as young children begin reasoning about the biological world, they adopt an "anthropocentric" stance, favoring humans over non-human animals when it comes to learning about properties of animals.
But Northwestern University researchers have taken another look at the way children reason about biology.
During the May 5th meeting of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation (NSF) officials announced a change in the implementation of the existing policy on sharing research data. In particular, on or around October, 2010, NSF is planning to require that all proposals include a data management plan in the form of a two-page supplementary document. The research community will be informed of the specifics of the anticipated changes and the agency's expectations for the data management plans.
Flying can become considerably more environmentally friendly, say aviation experts from the "Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe" (ACARE) in the guidelines they compiled for the European aviation industry.
Policy makers are calling for a 50 percent reduction in carbon dioxide and noise emissions by 2020; nitrogen oxide output should be reduced by 80 percent.
Sleep disorders are common among bus and tram drivers in Gothenburg: a quarter say that they have problems with daytime sleepiness, which could affect safety. Such are the results of a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, presented at the annual Swedish Sleep Medicine Congress in Gothenburg on 21-23 April.
The survivors of Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma (also known as Myanmar) in May 2008, continue to face challenges in rebuilding their lives, in lack of access to relief and reconstruction efforts, and in violations of basic rights more than one year after the storm, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Emergency Assistance Team—Burma.
Local papers are not cultural dinosaurs yet, though they are dwindling in numbers. Some good news: In areas where members of Congress get lots of ink in local newspapers, voters are more informed and representatives do more to serve local interests, according to a study to be published next week in the Journal of Political Economy.
However, the researchers say the findings also suggest that the current trend toward fewer local newspapers could make for less responsive politicians in the future.
Eat seaweed to lose weight? Red wine will make you live longer?
Claims about the health benefits of foods and nutritional supplements have proliferated in recent years, most of them based on studies measuring ingredients' effects on biomarkers as substitutes for actual clinical outcomes.
Drug studies financed by pharmaceutical companies frequently show positive results in favor of the sponsor, says a research group headed by the Chairman of the Drug Commission of the German Medical Association in the current issue of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2010; 107(16): 279-85).
Prof. Wolf-Dieter Ludwig and colleagues describe the influence of sponsoring on the results, protocol and quality of drugs studies and conclude that pharmaceutical companies exploit a wide variety of possibilities of manipulating study results.
Access to sustainable energy and increased energy efficiency is a prerequisite for achieving the MDGs.
According to the new report from the UN, the lack of access to modern energy is a significant barrier to economic development. Today, more than 1.6 billion people worldwide have no access to electricity and close to one billion people depend on firewood, etc. as their energy supply for cooking and heating. A reliable, affordable energy supply is key to economic growth and the alleviation of poverty in the world.
Los Angeles, CA (May 6, 2010) The majority of students (about 80%) are never sent out of class to the principal's office or it happens only once in a year and why children are referred changes as they age, according to an article in the April 2010 issue of the Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions (published by SAGE). Elementary school-aged students primarily are disciplined for fighting with fellow classmates, middle school students for being defiant or disruptive with teachers and staff, and high school students for being late or skipping class.