Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

How Maternal Depression Affects Infant Sleep Patterns

“We found that mothers with high depressive symptom levels are more likely to excessively worry about their infants at night than mothers with low symptom…

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Cancer Pain Management: Study Reveals Undertreatment Issues

More than one third of patients with invasive cancer are undertreated for their pain, with minorities twice as likely to not receive analgesics, according to…

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Tracking Adolescent Behavior: Facebook Study Expands Insights

A large-scale, long-term UT Dallas study focusing on adolescent friendships and electronic communication is expanding to include Facebook posts.A research team…

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Limiting Policy Language on Girls’ Education: New Study Insights

A new study found that the very policy documents advocating the need for equal access to education limit the scope of the initiatives by over-simplifying…

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How to Curb Discharge of the Most Potent Greenhouse Gas: A 50 Percent Reduction in Meat Consumption and Emissions Is Needed

The findings are results of a study by Dr. Eric Davidson and are published today in IOP Publishing’s Environmental Research Letters. Dr. Davidson, who is…

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Study Links 4 Genes to Memory Changes in Adults

Two research studies, co-led by UC Davis neurologist Charles DeCarli and conducted by an international team that included more than 80 scientists at 71…

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Study: Customized Guide Empowers Breast Cancer Prevention Choices

When women at high risk of breast cancer viewed a customized web-based decision guide about prevention options, they were more likely to make a choice about…

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Worrying and Intelligence: A Co-Evolutionary Insight

Worrying may have evolved along with intelligence as a beneficial trait, according to a recent study by scientists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and other…

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Cells Differentiate Disease Invaders in New Study

In a paper published in this week’s early online issue of the journal Cell Host & Microbe, the researchers discovered that intestinal cells in the roundworm C….

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New Research: Buying Fossil Fuels to Combat Climate Change

However, new research from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University suggests that actually buying coal, oil and other dirty fossil fuel…

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Social Ties Influence Healthy Behaviors in Low-Income Areas

To account for this paradox, researchers theorize that for people made vulnerable by low income and poor access to services, the demands of social…

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Good News for Parkinson’s Patients: Drugs May Ease Depression without Worsening Motor Problems

“These results are exciting because depression is common in Parkinson’s but we weren’t sure about the best way to treat it. Older antidepressants are effective…

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Coral Resilience: Study Reveals Widespread Adaptive Capacity

A new study by scientists at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science suggests that many species of reef-building corals may…

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New Tool Estimates Youth Exposure to Alcohol Ads on Radio

This free and user-friendly tool is the first service to provide parents, health departments and other key audiences with access to customizable information on…

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Dental X-Rays May Increase Meningioma Risk, Study Finds

Meningioma, the most common primary brain tumor in the United States, accounts for about 33 percent of all primary brain tumors. The most consistently…

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Genetic Study Reveals Head and Body Lice as One Species

Scientists have long debated whether human head and body lice are the same or different species. The head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) is a persistent…

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