Health & Medicine : Science World Report

Jun 19, 2014 11:48 AM EDT

Men With Prostate Cancer Experience Health Benefits by Playing Soccer

According to the Copenhagen Centre for Team Sport and Health, men with prostate cancer experience a variety of benefits while remaining active through playing soccer, as they discovered after a 12-week trial.

Jun 19, 2014 11:04 AM EDT

European Congress on Obesity Finds Mediterranean Diets Decrease Number of Overweight Children

At the 21st Annual European Congress on Obesity in Sofia, Bulgaria, a group of researchers from eight European countries presented a study that found that children who regularly eat a Mediterranean diet decrease their risk of being overweight.

Jun 19, 2014 10:14 AM EDT

FDA Warnings for Antidepressant Use Among Teens Backfire, Suicide Attempts Rise

In 2004 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued warnings about antidepressant use among teenagers, and although prescriptions for these medications dropped, suicide attempts sharply rose following the FDA announcement.

Jun 19, 2014 07:52 AM EDT

Physical Fitness Could Drastically Improve Academic Performance in Children

Scientists have found that physical fitness in childhood and adolescence is beneficial for both physical and mental health throughout life, and that it could also play a key role in brain health and academic performance.

Jun 19, 2014 07:35 AM EDT

Watching Violent TV Shows Linked to Impaired Executive Function in the Human Brain

Violent video games and television have long concerned parents and researchers. Could watching violent scenes impact the human brain? It turns out that that might actually be the case.

Jun 19, 2014 07:13 AM EDT

Music Has the Power to Increase Executive Function in the Human Brain

Music has the power to move us and now, scientists have found that it might also have the power to change our brains. A new study reveals that early musical training can result in improved executive function in both children and adults.

Jun 19, 2014 04:34 AM EDT

Younger Women with Depression at Increased Risk of Death from Heart Disease

New research found that younger women who are moderately or severely depressed suffer from a two-fold increased risk of heart attack, death or may require an artery-opening procedure.

Jun 18, 2014 11:54 PM EDT

Parents with Autistic Child One-Third Less Likely to have More Children

A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, shows that for many parents who have a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), this may factor into whether or not they decide to have any other children. For the study, published in the journal JAMA Psyc...

Jun 18, 2014 11:31 PM EDT

Induced-Labor Births are Declining: CDC

Due to various medical reasons, future mothers may opt to have their labor induced early. Yet a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that fewer women are going this route.

Jun 19, 2014 08:18 AM EDT

Study Dismisses Association between ADHD Drugs and Suicidal Behaviour

New research knocks down previous assumption claiming that drug therapy for ADHD does not trigger any increased risk of suicide attempts or suicide.

Jun 18, 2014 08:31 PM EDT

'Relationship OCD' Could Adversely Affect A Couple's Sex Life

It would be senseless to say that we don’t get jealous from time to time, but is the envious emotion consuming your relationship? If so, you could be suffering from ‘Relationship OCD,’ which is categorized by pathological jealousy and self-doubt.

Jun 18, 2014 03:12 PM EDT