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Postal Program Brings Good News For Carers, Australia ...
Looking after a loved one with dementia is never easy, but a new UQ program could help carers better cope with the burden. School of Psychology professional doctorate student Zoe Barnett from Taringa is trialling the Coping with Caring Program, which is distributed via the post and aims to help carers identify early warning signs of low mood and anxiety.
Source: Medical News Today (Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:06:01 GMT)
Car Cell Phone Use More Hazardous Than Chat With Passengers ...
Title: Car Cell Phone Use More Hazardous Than Chat With Passengers Category: Health News Created: 12/3/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/3/2008
Source: MedicineNet.com (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:19:55 GMT)
John Carroll University sports news and notes ...
JCU photo by John Reid IIICarlo Melaragno was the 2008 co-recipient of the Lee J. Tressel Award for the Most Outstanding Defensive Back in the Ohio Athletic Conference. FOOTBALL John Carroll University seniors Carlo Melaragno and Michael Nettling both earned...
Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:48:14 GMT)
Car Cell Phone Use More Hazardous Than Chat With Passengers ...
TUESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Drivers talking on a cell phone are more distracted and more prone to error than if they were speaking with a friend sitting next to them in the car, a new report finds.
Source: HealthDay via Yahoo! News (Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:02:59 GMT)
Budgets Behaving Badly ...
Behavioral economists offer insight that could be of use to the Obama administration as it works to devise a long-term plan to reduce deficits.
Source: New York Times (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:23:31 GMT)
National Press ...
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Source: Media Week Online (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:24:37 GMT)
Psychology may be helping math scores in Memphis ...
MEMPHIS ? A little psychology may be helping math scores at Kingsbury High School.
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel (Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:34:48 GMT)
Tasimelteon may cure jet lag ...
U.S. and Australian researchers say the drug tasimelteon may alleviate jet lag and sleep disorders experienced by shift workers.Shantha Rajaratnam of Monash University's School of Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine in Australia said tasimelteon acts on melatonin receptors in the brain.The research was published in The Lancet.Our studies show that tasimelteon is able to effectively ...
Source: Moldova.org (Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:31:01 GMT)
News ...
Australian scientists have developed a new drug that could help air travellers beat severe jet lag and shift workers avoid insomnia. Melbourne researchers have made a synthetic version of the sleep hormone melatonin that appears to treat both sleepiness and the underlying cause of the sleep problem.
Source: The West Australian (Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:31:44 GMT)
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