Dementia Screening

A recent commentary arguing against routine screening for dementia by physicians working in primary care settings has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association

Dementia Screening

Disclosing Bad News

Using negotiation skills to help clinicians handle requests from family members not to reveal bad news to a patient.

Disclosing Bad News

Never Too Late To Change Your Lifestyle

Older adults can achieve significant health improvements with simple and realistic lifestyle changes.

Never Too Late To Change Your Lifestyle

Bestselling Computing Books

Updated selection of the best computing and internet books:

Bestselling Computing Books

Recovery From Substance Abuse

An expert panel's report recently published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment concludes that abstinence from alcohol and drugs is only the initial stage in recovery for people with substance abuse disorders. The report from the Betty Ford Institute explains that although recovery is generally recognized as a primary treatment goal, there is no widely accepted definition of what the term actually
means.

Recovery From Substance Abuse

Lifestyle Habits

Child health psychologists should play a greater role in development of positive
lifestyles thus contributing to adult disease prevention.

Lifestyle Habits

Hearing Messages

Hearing messages embedded in meaningless noise could be an early sign of schizophrenia.

Hearing Messages

Machiavellian Monkeys

Humans and rhesus macaque monkeys share tendencies towards nepotism and political maneuvering.

Machiavellian Monkeys

Survey Of Caistor Roman Town

A survey of Caistor Roman town near Norwich sponsored by the British Academy has given dramatic new insights into the nature of this settlement and confirms it as a site of international importance.

Survey Of Caistor Roman Town

20,000 New Cancer Cases A Day Worldwide

A report from the American Cancer Society estimates that 2007 saw over 12 million new cancer cases and 7.6 million cancer deaths (about 20,000 a day) worldwide. Of these, 5.4 million cases and 2.9 million deaths occurred in economically developed countries, compared to 6.7 million cases and 4.7 million deaths in developing economies.

20,000 New Cancer Cases A Day Worldwide

Roman-Byzantine Era Synagogue Found

Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered an ancient synagogue among the ruins of a large Jewish village from the Roman-Byzantine era at the foot of the Mt Nitai cliffs overlooking the Sea of Galilee.

Roman-Byzantine Era Synagogue Found

Chocolate's Early History

The earliest known cacao consumption has been identified from analysis of pottery shards found at the site of Puerto Escondido in northern Honduras.

Chocolate's Early History

Cancer Viruses

Ground-breaking research from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University published in PloS One has demonstrated successful treatment of cancers by targeting causative viruses and raised the possibility of prevention by destroying virus-infected cells before they turn cancerous. Researchers explain that nearly 20 per cent of human cancers result from pre-existing viral infections, for example liver cancer (caused by hepatitis B and C viruses), cervical cancer (caused by human papillomaviruses) and some types of lymphoma (caused by the Epstein-Barr virus).

Cancer Viruses