News articles tagged with 'Chinese'
Body mass index and risk of death in Chinese population
— 8 Mar 2011 13:50 | HealthChinese people with a body mass index (BMI) of 24-25.9 had the lowest risk of death, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)…
Acupuncture curbs severity of menopausal hot flushes
— 8 Mar 2011 13:41 | HealthTraditional Chinese acupuncture curbs the severity of hot flushes and other menopausal symptoms, suggests a small study published today in Acupuncture in Medicine…
Oldest fossils of large seaweeds, possible animals tell story about oxygen in an ancient ocean
— 17 Feb 2011 18:39 | Geology and palaeontologyAlmost 600 million years ago, before the rampant evolution of diverse life forms known as the Cambrian explosion, a community of seaweeds and worm-like animals lived in a quiet deep-water…
Culturally inspired mobile phone games help Chinese children learn language characters
— 22 Oct 2010 20:38 | HealthMobile phone-based games could provide a new way to teach basic knowledge of Chinese language characters that might be particularly helpful in underdeveloped rural areas of China, say…
Novel diabetes hope comes from Chinese herbs
— 18 Aug 2010 08:14 | HealthEmodin, a natural product that can be extracted from various Chinese herbs including Rheum palmatum and Polygonum cuspidatum, shows promise as an agent that could reduce the impact…
IBMT meditation found to boost brain connectivity
— 17 Aug 2010 11:39 | HealthJust 11 hours of learning a meditation technique induces positive structural changes in brain connectivity by boosting efficiency in a part of the brain that helps a person regulate…
Most panda habitat is outside nature reserves according to joint MSU-Chinese research
— 29 Jul 2010 10:13 | BiologyThough much effort and many resources have been expended to protect the endangered giant panda, research by an international team of scientists shows that much suitable panda habitat…
Tibetan adaptation to high altitude occurred in less than 3,000 years
— 2 Jul 2010 11:52 | HealthA comparison of the genomes of 50 Tibetans and 40 Han Chinese shows that ethnic Tibetans split off from the Han less than 3,000 years ago and since then rapidly evolved a unique ability…
Second language learners recall native language when reading
— 2 Jun 2010 16:03 | HealthAdults fluent in English whose first language is Chinese retrieve their native language when reading in English, according to new research in the June 2 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.…
In the brain, early-stage intense passionate love seems to be universal
— 29 May 2010 13:18 | HealthClose relationship researchers have previously found that Easterners (those from collectivistic cultures such as China) seem to regard love differently from Westerners (those from individualist…