Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Inadequate Mask Use Among Healthcare Workers in 2009 H1N1

The study, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tracked 63 Southern California health care workers who had contact with six of the…

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Timely Acute Care Can Reduce Stroke Costs, New Study Finds

The new study, 'The cost of stroke and transient ischaemic attack in Ireland – a prevalence-based estimate', funded by the Irish Heart Foundation, is a…

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Training Peers Boosts Social Skills for Kids with ASD

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who attend regular education classes may be more likely to improve their social skills if their typically…

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Heart Attack Risk: Gender Differences in Coronary Artery Disease

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a narrowing of the blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. It is caused by a build-up of fat and other…

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How Violent Video Games Impact Young Men’s Brain Function

The controversy over whether or not violent video games are potentially harmful to users has raged for many years, making it as far as the Supreme Court in…

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Car Seats Effective for Overweight Kids, Study Finds

Researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Center for Injury Research and Prevention studied nearly 1,000 1- to 8-year-old children involved in…

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UI Engineers Study Residential Soils in U.S. First

The authors of the study, published in the November online edition of the journal Environmental Pollution, collected soils in the residential areas of downtown…

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Gray Matter in Brain’s Control Center Linked to Ability to Process Reward

The more gray matter you have in the decision-making, thought-processing part of your brain, the better your ability to evaluate rewards and consequences. That…

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Higher petrol taxes don’t hurt the poor

Yet a new study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, – the largest ever of its kind – shows that it is middle- and high-income earners who…

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How Environment and Diet Shape Heart Health Insights

The new data collected greatly benefits a field that is still in its scientific infancy and is a significant leap ahead of where the researchers were, even 18…

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Norwegian Study Links Longer Bar Hours to Increased Violence

The findings suggest that a one-hour extension of bar closing hours led to an increase of an average of 20 violent cases at night on weekends per 100,000…

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How the Brain Forms Sentences: New Insights in Language Science

While it has long been recognized that certain areas in the brain's left hemisphere enable us to understand and produce language, scientists are still figuring…

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Pediatricians Report Rising Demand for Alternative Vaccine Schedules

Seventy-seven percent of Washington state pediatricians report that they are sometimes or frequently asked to provide alternative childhood vaccine schedules…

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Genetics and Sociality

Social support from family and friends is one of the most powerful protective factors against stress-related diseases – from heart attacks to depression. Prof….

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Graphene Foam Detects Explosives, Emissions Better Than Today’s Gas Sensors

A new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute demonstrates how graphene foam can outperform leading commercial gas sensors in detecting potentially…

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Youth Suicide Attempts: 40% Start Before High School

In a study published in the November issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, nearly 40 percent of young adults who said they had tried suicide said that…

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