|
|
 |
The December 2009 issue of IU Home Pages featured stories inspired by the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences' inaugural Themester.
|
|
|
|
Indiana University dancers will bring history to life on Jan. 15-16 during "The Legacy of Graham," the annual guest artist/faculty concert presented by the IU Dance Theater. The concert will feature modern dance pioneer Martha Graham's Panorama, Paul Taylor's Aureole and 3 Epitaphs as well as works by faculty from the Department of Kinesiology and Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies. The concert will be performed in IU Bloomington's Ruth N. Halls Theater. Tickets are available.
|
|
|
|
New research: Sticking to diets is about more than willpower -- complexity matters
Holiday dinners and treats are behind us -- resolutions to eat better and lose weight loom over many. A new study by cognitive scientists at IU and elsewhere offers useful insights into what can give diet plans more staying power or signal slim chances for success. When dieters consider plans to try, if the rules and requirements of a potential diet plan seem difficult, the professors say, the dieter will be less likely to stick with it.
Full Story
|
Often called the sneak thief of sight because it can rob patients of vision before they know they have a problem, glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness in the United States. More than half of its victims don't know they have the disease because of its slow onset. 1956 IU grad Louis Mervis, who was diagnosed early with the disease, said fearing the problem or the diagnosis is no reason to avoid seeing an eye doctor.
Full Story
Using a stability ball as an office chair strengthens core muscles, similar to the use of a backless chair or stool; the freedom of movement from a stability ball also may decrease confined or constrained body postures that frequently occur at workstations. Additionally, a study by ergonomics experts in IU's School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation found that reaching with the nondominant hand results in different firing patterns in leg musculature compared to reaching with the dominant hand.
Full Story
Many drugs commonly prescribed to older adults for a variety of common medical conditions including allergies, hypertension, asthma and cardiovascular disease appear to negatively affect the aging brain, causing immediate but possibly reversible cognitive impairment, including delirium, in older adults, according to a clinical review conducted by IU medical and aging experts.
Full Story
When is a school bully a bully? It depends on who you ask. Sociologist Brent Harger, a recent graduate of IU Bloomington's Department of Sociology, found that students often view bullying as a false dichotomy, where someone (including themselves) who is labeled a bully must fit that label all the time. Students' bullying behavior can be dismissed by other factors, such as good grades or participation in extracurricular activities. Harger said this makes it easier to dismiss anti-bullying messages, too.
Full Story
Parents' implicit or unconscious attitudes about smoking are passed along to their children, say researchers at Indiana University and Arizona State University, and when these unconscious attitudes are more favorable about smoking, the children are more likely to begin smoking 18 months later.
Full Story
"Get ready," writes Carol the Coach. "When you approach life with positive intention, the world answers back with good things to come." Read more in this month's post.
Full Story
The Dec. 10, 2009, Active for Life includes articles about using a food journal to eat healthier, giving adults the 'gift of swimming,' and why high school athletes need to baby their bodies with good nutrition, hydration and vaccines for the seasonal and H1N1 flu. Research about gossip at work and the involvement of parents in medical rounds is discussed. IU staffer Nicole Roales also blogs about her experiences maintaining a food journal.
Full Story
|
|
|
|
|
IU Kokomo launches a new Web site with stories, video features, events and more.
|
|
Play >>
