Cart is empty Many psychological studies rely on participants to give up their time to take part in experiments or complete questionnaires. They take part because they get paid or because they are required to as part of their university course. But, beyond this, not much is known about what motivates people to take part in these studies.
Teens in deprived areas consume more energy drinks amid widening inequality
Young people in deprived areas are drinking more energy drinks while the total falls in wealthier communities, according to new research.
Doctors think they’re drunks or addicts. This ‘warrior’ fights so his disease is understood
Kevin Wake has suffered three strokes. He is only 54. The first one taught him how humiliating an emergency room visit can be for Black people living with the blood disorder sickle cell disease.
Study models the causes of insomnia in menopausal women
One of the most common symptoms that women experience during menopause is sleep disruption. Although this change is thought to be associated with depression, hot flashes, and fluctuating hormone levels, few studies have investigated whether they actually influence sleep. In a new study, published in Journal of Women’s Health, researchers have modeled what factors influence sleep in menopausal women.
Most Americans with medical debt owe money to hospitals
When Americans have medical debt, it’s typically to a hospital, according to new research.
New treatment can improve cardiac pump function in patients with heart failure
A clinical study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden shows that the hunger hormone ghrelin can increase the heart’s pump capacity in patients with heart failure. The results have been published in the European Heart Journal.
Starseeds: Psychologists on why some people think they’re aliens living on Earth
There’s a new group of people on Earth who believe they’re aliens. Star people, or starseeds, are individuals who believe they have come to Earth from other dimensions to help heal the planet and guide humanity into the “golden age”—a period of great happiness, prosperity and achievement.
Novo Nordisk to cut US insulin prices by up to 75%
Novo Nordisk announced Tuesday that it will lower the US price of insulin by up to 75 percent, the latest move by a drugmaker to mitigate diabetes treatment costs.
Why it’s hard to tell what gave you food poisoning
Soon after eating a kale salad, your stomach churns and you need to run to the nearest bathroom. There must have been something in the salad to make you sick—right?
Diuretics work differently according to biological sex and time of treatment, shows study
A new computational study in a mouse model finds biological sex and time of day makes a difference in the effectiveness of diuretics—medications commonly prescribed to manage high blood pressure. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology.