Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Low Surgical Volume Increases Risks in Joint Replacement Surgery

Patients who undergo elective total hip or total knee arthroplasty at hospitals with lower surgical volume had a higher risk of venous thromboembolism and…

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Empowering Teens: Strategic Thinking in Youth Programs

“In school you learn how government is supposed to work. In youth leadership programs, youth learn how government actually works. They also learn how to…

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Forests Capture More Carbon with Increased Density Study

In Europe and North America, increased density significantly raised carbon storage despite little or no expansion of forest area, according to the study, led…

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Paved Surfaces Linked to Poor Air Quality in Coastal Cities

The international study could have implications for the air quality of fast-growing coastal cities in the United States and other midlatitude regions overseas….

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Diversity of Malaysian Bamboo

What a wildly variegated species bamboo is. The sturdy yellow bamboo is pictured swaying gracefully next to the lean apple green. Both are bamboo, both strong…

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Early light refines the brain’s circuitry for vision

Any parent knows that newborns still have a lot of neurological work to do to attain fully acute vision. In a wide variety of nascent animals, genes provide…

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Adult Mice Model Mimics Rett Syndrome Behaviors Through Gene Switch

The gene was “switched off” in adult mice by use of a sophisticated genetic trick, resulting in the appearance of behaviors typically seen in Rett syndrome….

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New Study Links Negative Thoughts to Major Depression Risks

But most of us get over it. Only some go on to develop major depression. Now, a new study, which will be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological…

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Glioblastoma Insights: Wealth Disparities in Patient Survival

The addition of concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide, a chemotherapy drug also referred to as TMZ, to post-operative radiation therapy has been shown to…

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Eating Dirt: New Research on Health Benefits for Gut

According to the research, the most probable explanation for human geophagy—the eating of earth—is that it protects the stomach against toxins, parasites, and…

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Study Finds Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy May Be Safe for Soil Animals

Earthworms perform many essential and beneficial functions in the soil ecosystem, including soil structure improvement and nutrient mineralization. However the…

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Imaging Utilization Varies by Patient Age and Facility Capacity

Advanced medical imaging is a component of health care expenditure growth. Although there are many potential reasons for imaging growth, including that scans…

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New Study: 1 in 4 New HIV Infections in Ontario Affect Women

The researchers say 93 per cent of new infections among women are acquired through sexual transmission and seven per cent through injection drug use. About 60…

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Radiology benefit managers adversely affect referring physicians, study suggests

RBMs are widely used by private payers to manage the utilization of imaging services through prior authorization, and they have been proposed for use in the…

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Low-Carb Diets Safe for Obese Weight Loss, Study Finds

“Overweight and obese people appear to really have options when choosing a weight-loss program, including a low-carb diet, and even if it means eating more…

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Why childhood obesity? It's so much more than what kids eat

“Our Strong Kids team members are looking at such diverse factors as genetic predisposition, the effect of breastfeeding, how much TV a child watches, and the…

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