Mindfulness meditation: ten minutes a day improves cognitive function

Sep 25, 2018 18:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Practising mindfulness meditation for ten minutes a day improves concentration and the ability to keep information active in ones mind, a function known as working memory. The brain achieves this by becoming more...

How many Americans really misuse opioids? Why scientists still aren't sure

Sep 25, 2018 17:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

With rates of prescription opioid use disorder and opioid-involved overdose deaths on the rise, the U.S. opioid crisis appears to be continuing unabated. Data on overdose and death are pretty reliable. But theres still...

A child's chances of being taken into care depend on where they live in the UK

Sep 25, 2018 17:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

A child growing up in the UK is much less likely to be doing so in care if they live in Northern Ireland rather than England, Scotland or Wales. Thats the finding of a new study from my colleagues and I working on the...

Insatiable: an unhelpful portrayal of binge-eating disorder

Sep 25, 2018 17:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

When eating disorders feature in TV shows or movies, they tend to either receive praise for their portrayals of the illness (Overshadowed) or accusations of glamorising it (To the Bone). Unfortunately, the new Netflix...

Autistic children need the world to acknowledge the significance of the challenges they face

Sep 25, 2018 17:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Autistic children are increasingly being suspended or expelled from school, because of behavioural problems official figures show. Some regions in the UK have seen a 100% increase in these types of exclusions since...

Children who are picky eaters still grow up healthy -- new research

Sep 25, 2018 17:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

If a standoff over vegetables at dinner is a daily hurdle with your child then good news parents a picky toddler is still likely to grow up to be a normal weight and height. Thats according to new research from the...

Deciphering how memory works in the brain – at the level of individual cells

Sep 25, 2018 17:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Say you meet an old friend at the train station. She is standing about a metre ahead of you, and on the tracks to your right a train has just pulled into the station. Behind your friend you see a bakery. We often remember...