Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Charting Tween Living Habits Across Europe: Key Insights

For a tween life can be both exciting and demanding – and presumably decisive for their future health. This is the starting point for a study designed to chart…

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Gastric Bypass Surgery: Teenagers Lose Weight Like Adults

A study by Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Karolinska Institutet, Sweden found that 81 teenagers lost an average of 96.8 pounds…

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Key Risky Behaviors of Children Struck by Vehicles

For the abstract, “Risky Behaviors of Pediatric Pedestrians Who are Struck by Motor Vehicles,” researchers collected data on all pedestrians who were injured…

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Antidepressants and Stroke Risk: What New Research Reveals

For the research, scientists analyzed all of the studies that have looked at antidepressant use and stroke, which included 16 studies with more than 500,000…

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Solar Power Adoption: How Clusters Influence Communities

The researchers studied clusters of solar installations throughout California from January 2001 to December 2011 and found that residents of a particular zip…

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Bicycle Infrastructure Cuts Cycling Injury Risk by 50%: UBC Study

The study, published today in the American Journal of Public Health, analyzed the cause of 690 cycling injuries in Vancouver and Toronto from 2008 to 2009 and…

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Reprogrammed Amniotic Fluid Cells Target Vascular Diseases

A research team at Weill Cornell Medical College has discovered a way to utilize diagnostic prenatal amniocentesis cells, reprogramming them into abundant and…

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Men and Women: Unique Stress Reactions to Relationship Conflict

In addition, recovery from the initial reaction to conflict also can be different for men and women, depending on individual difficulties, such as anxiety, or…

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Elevated CO2 Levels Harm Decision-Making, Study Finds

Overturning decades of conventional wisdom, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found that…

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Overeating Impairs Brain Insulin Function and Increases Diabetes Risk

In previous research Dr. Buettner's team established that brain insulin is what suppresses lipolysis, a process during which triglycerides in fat tissue are…

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Coral Reefs and Food Security: Study Identifies At-Risk Nations

The study looked at 27 countries around the world and found two common characteristics: nations with low incomes that lack the ability to adapt to alternative…

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Geographic Earnings Non-Disclosure: A Sign of Tax Avoidance?

Policy makers, lobby groups and citizens should take note—those who understand corporate tax avoidance behavior will be in a better position to deter it. A…

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Study finds molecular link between insufficient sleep, insulin resistance

Lack of sleep can change the body’s fat tissue, causing it to behave more like the fat found in an obese or diabetic person, according to a study led by a…

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Plaque Build-up in Your Brain May Be More Harmful than Having Alzheimer’s Gene

“Our results show that plaques may be a more important factor in determining which people are at greater risk for cognitive impairment or other memory diseases…

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Understanding Youth Suicide: Key Insights and Innovations

Suicide in children and adolescents has long been a matter of great concern to modern society, particularly for clinicians who deal with mental health problems…

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Long Sitting Linked to Diabetes and Heart Disease Risks

A new study led by the University of Leicester, in association with colleagues at Loughborough University, has discovered that sitting for long periods…

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