18 Aug 2010  | 7 PM

It's unavoidable: breakdowns in brain connections slow down our physical response times as we age, a new study suggests. read

01 Feb 2010  | 05:00 AM

An analysis of data from the National Infant Sleep Position Study, an annual national telephone survey of about 1,000 caretakers of infants aged up to 7 months, shows that from 1993 to 2001, supine sleep increased for all

30 Aug 2010  | 06:00 AM

The Magic of Procrastination Oscar Wilde once said, “I never put off till tomorrow what I can do the day after.” As a university professor, I constantly see Wilde’s words put into action. Each fall students arrive to the first day of class determined to meet deadlines and stay on top of their assignments. And each fall the human weakness to procrastinate gets the best of them. After a few years of witnessing this behavior, my colleague Klaus Wertenbroch and I worked up a few studies hoping to get to the root of this problem. Our guinea pigs were the delightful students in my class on consumer ...

05 Nov 2009  | 05:00 AM

Intensive care unit nurses are more likely than floor nurses to show evidence of abnormal sleep, which may be associated with an increased number of errors during their shifts. In addition, a high-intensity staffing model may decrease pneumonia rates in the intensive care unit, according to research presented at the 75th annual international scientific assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians, held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 5 in San

18 June 2010  | 04:00 AM

The Berlin questionnaire performs poorly in predicting obstructive sleep apnea in pregnant women compared to polysomnography, according to research published in the June issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics &

01 Sep 2010  | 06:52 AM

"You believe them? Are you out of your mind?! How can you not see through their lies?! It's so obvious your leaders are manipulative. And you just don't get it, do you?"Conservative friends have said that to me about my respect for likes of Obama, Reid, and Boxer, and I've said that to them about their respect for Palin, Beck, and McCain.As America becomes increasingly partisan, I sometimes wonder if we're not just two separate species. What distinguishes species is an inability to make children. We're sort of like that. It's hard for us to make brainchildren with each other. I do know ...

21 June 2010  | 06:57 AM

Cambridge Who's Who offers an online networking platform where members can establish new business relationships and achieve career advancement within their company, industry or

01 Sep 2010  | 8 PM

Women tend to think of bad boy/jerks as naughty boys who are very sexy and great in bed. But what is a jerk really?We label a man a jerk because he manipulates women’s feelings, actions, and attitudes after his façade has sucked them in. There is something about a jerk that can be very attractive. These men can act as charming and nice as can be. They know they look good. They have their routines down pat. These professional jerks are like fishermen. They regularly go on missions to get things from women by using their bait to get them hooked. Then they keep women dangling from ...

01 Sep 2010  | 6 PM

* Calmer seas will allow equipment switch to proceed * Drilling to resume on relief well after switch [More] BP - Business - Mining and Drilling - Tools and Equipment - Gulf of ...

27 July 2010  | 11 PM

By Alison AbbottThe world buzzed last week with news that an antiretroviral gel can halve the incidence of HIV infection in women.But a quieter buzz could be heard at the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) in Vienna, where the gel results were unveiled. [More] HIV - Antiretroviral drug - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Immune ...