Had gestational diabetes? Here are 5 things to help lower your future risk of type 2 diabetes

Jul 03, 2019 20:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Gestational diabetes is a specific type of diabetes that occurs in pregnancy. Once youve had gestational diabetes, your risk of having it again in your next pregnancy is higher. So too is your lifetime chance of...

Blood-flow-restricted training: a new way to boost muscle performance

Jul 03, 2019 20:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Strapping a band tightly around your limbs to reduce blood flow while training may seem like an odd way to boost athletic performance, but our latest study suggests that it does just that. In our study, we show that if...

Men do see the mess – they just aren't judged for it the way women are

Jul 03, 2019 20:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

On a typical day, men spend a third as much time cleaning as women. Does that make women beacons of cleanliness, while men are genetically unable to see the messiness in their midst? This myth is a common explanation...

Will they ever wake up? New study on consciousness after brain injury shows 'maybe'

Jul 03, 2019 20:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Acute brain injury can result in significant damage and loss of consciousness, warranting life support and admission to an intensive care unit. A complex journey toward recovery begins, sometimes involving daily...

When it's easier to get meds than therapy: how poverty makes it hard to escape mental illness

Jul 03, 2019 07:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

The poorer people are, the higher their chances of contending with domestic violence, crime, social conflict, homelessness and unemployment. All these factors contribute to increased levels of psychological distress,...

I'm a lucid dream researcher – here's how to train your brain to do it

Jun 23, 2019 14:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Dreams can often be confusing and blurry experiences. Reduced critical thinking, little to no access to our true memories and heightened impulsivity and emotions during normal dream states often make for head-scratching...

Why your memory may not be as unreliable as psychologists often claim

Jun 23, 2019 14:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Over the past couple of decades, there has been an explosion of research into false memories, showing that our memory can be subtly altered by a variety of internal and external factors. Many psychologists think the public...