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Monday 15 March 2010

The effect of parenting on psychological well-being

Researchers in the UK looked at the relationship between parenting styles during childhood and adolescence and children's psychological well-being in midlife.  Read Transcript

Mixed-handedness and ADHD in children

Mixed-handedness, the use of different hands for different tasks, may indicate a higher risk for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.  Read Transcript

Sleep research - the power nap and creative thinking

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, looked at the benefits of napping. And they also suggest that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving.  Read Transcript

Monday 08 March 2010

Childhood obesity

In this program we look at some of the possible causes of childhood obesity and what effect genes may have on eating behaviour. We also talk to a researcher who's involved in developing ways to help children and their parents to combat childhood obesity.  Read Transcript

School feeding programs in Sub-Saharan Africa

A new venture, the Home Grown School Feeding Project, aims to provide food for underfed children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rather than importing food from donor countries, they focus on providing the food from local sources.  Read Transcript

Monday 01 March 2010

Breast cancer and chemicals

At the recent conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Diego, California, scientists reported on their work investigating chemicals that increase the risk of breast cancer.  Read Transcript

Ovarian cancer research

Ovarian cancer has a high mortality rate, as the disease is often not diagnosed until it's in the advanced stage and has spread. In this program we look at new research into ways to diagnose the disease and screen for it in order to save lives.  Read Transcript

Monday 22 February 2010

Mysterious viruses

Just when you're beginning to relax about pandemic influenza, you're going to hear about relatively mysterious viruses which come and go for no reason, but when they re-appear and infect humans, up to 80% of them die. We have some of these viruses here too on our doorstep. And if you thought Ebola virus just occurred somewhere in Africa, well an Ebola virus has been coming and going in the Philippines, and again we don't know why. Plus an exotic sounding virus that's spreading around the world -- and Australian mosquitoes are the door through which it will come.  Read Transcript

Monday 15 February 2010

Evidence-based medicine

Professor Victor Montori from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, talks about his research into evidence-based medicine. Professor Montori is particularly interested in how knowledge is produced, distributed and taken up in medical practice, as well as the patients' role in their medical treatment.  Read Transcript

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