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Girl Power Surges in India
January 12, 2012 An affirmative action law in India has led to a direct role model effect and is changing the way the girls as well as their parents think about female roles of leadership and has improved their ... > full story -
Scarcity of Women Leads Men to Spend More, Save Less
January 12, 2012 The perception that women are scarce leads men to become impulsive, save less, and increase borrowing, according to new ... > full story -
When Co-Workers Are Treated Poorly: 'I Feel Your Pain ...'
January 11, 2012 According to a new study, workers who witness incivility towards colleagues feel negative emotions -- especially when the incivility is aimed at workers of the same sex. The work is the first to look ... > full story -
Personalized Gene Therapies May Increase Survival in Brain Cancer Patients
January 9, 2012 Personalized prognostic tools and gene-based therapies may improve the survival and quality of life of patients suffering from glioblastoma, an aggressive and deadly form of brain cancer, reports a ... > full story -
Marijuana Use Associated With Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome in Young Males
January 9, 2012 Researchers have found clear associations between marijuana use in young males and cyclic vomiting syndrome, where patients experience episodes of vomiting separated by symptom-free ... > full story -
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Fit Females Make More Daughters, Mighty Males Get Grandsons
January 9, 2012 Females influence the gender of their offspring so they inherit either their mother's or grandfather's qualities. "High-quality" females -- those which produce more offspring -- are more likely to ... > full story -
Obesity and Cancer Screening: Does Race and Gender Also Play a Role?
January 9, 2012 Researchers recently found that obesity was linked to higher rates of prostate cancer screening across all races/ethnic differences and lower rates of cervical cancer screening, most notably in white ... > full story -
Men and Women Have Major Personality Differences: New Report Suggests Previous Measurements Have Underestimated Variation Between the Sexes
January 4, 2012 Men and women have large differences in personality, according to a new study. The existence of such differences, and their extent, has been a subject of much debate, but the authors of the new ... > full story -
Blogging May Help Teens Dealing With Social Distress
January 4, 2012 Blogging may have psychological benefits for teens suffering from social anxiety, improving their self-esteem and helping them relate better to their friends, according to new ... > full story -
Boy or Girl? Simple Blood Test in the First Trimester Predicts Fetal Gender
January 3, 2012 New findings could lead to a non-invasive test allowing expecting mothers to learn the sex of their baby as early as the first trimester. Specifically, researchers discovered that various ratios of ... > full story
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