Teachers and Trump: Response to 2016 election 11/05/2018 Health News, Teachers felt immense pressure from school leaders and families to respond in a certain way...
HPV vaccine: Why parents really choose to refuse: Study results suggest safety concerns top the list, and that physicians need to step up their patient education and vaccine recommendations 10/25/2018 Health News, A new study of survey data finds that only a minority of parents choose not...
Social media for medical journals operates in ‘wild west,’ needs more support to succeed: ‘American tax dollars are paying for research the public never hears about’ 10/21/2018 Health News, Much of the published medical research goes unread by the general public and medical community,...
Fuller picture of the human cost from terrorist attacks: Research analyzes impact of terrorism injuries 10/16/2018 Health News, Terrorist attacks injure far more people than they kill, leaving victims with lost limbs, hearing...
Why don’t we understand statistics? Fixed mindsets may be to blame 10/12/2018 Health News, Unfavorable methods of teaching statistics in schools and universities may be to blame for people...
Smart pills dumb down medical care, experts warn: Researchers caution against rapid adoption of new tech 09/21/2018 Health News, Enthusiasm for an emerging digital health tool, the smart pill, is on the rise but...
Why some human genes are more popular with researchers than others: Historical bias leads biomedical researchers to study certain genes over and over again 09/19/2018 Health News, Historical bias is a key reason why biomedical researchers continue to study the same 10...
Expedited partner therapy: With STDs at an all-time high, why aren’t more people getting a proven treatment? 09/14/2018 Health News, Nearly 2.3 million times last year, Americans learned they had a sexually transmitted disease. But...
Harnessing the power of the crowd could improve screening accuracy 09/07/2018 Health News, Averaging the results from two independent participants improved screening accuracy, whether participants were looking at...
Perceiving support — not receiving it — helps people cope with worry and waiting: Researcher studies periods of anxious waiting 09/05/2018 Health News, Feeling like your partner cares about your stress helps you cope, new UC Riverside research...