Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Brain Imaging Reveals Former Smokers’ Enhanced Willpower

A study, completed by researchers from Trinity College and the Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society, Dublin, Ireland, compares former smokers to…

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Antibiotic Benefits for Lung Health in Preterm Infants

The study, published in Pediatric Pulmonology, showed subjects colonized or infected with the Ureaplasma bacteria developed BPD or died 73 percent of the time…

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High Levels of Flame Retardants Found in Pet Dogs’ Blood

Their study, “Flame Retardants in the Serum of Pet Dogs and in their Food,” appears this month in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Authors are…

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Red Pepper May Help Curb Appetite and Boost Calorie Burn

“We found that consuming red pepper can help manage appetite and burn more calories after a meal, especially for individuals who do not consume the spice…

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Mosquitoes and Heat: Insights from a New Study on Blood Meals

The mosquito’s eating pattern is inherently risky: Taking a blood meal involves finding warm-blooded hosts, avoiding detection, penetrating tough skin and…

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Insights Into H1N1 Virus Evolution: New Study from Japan

While yielding valuable clues on the genetic origins of drug resistance, the findings also pave the way toward the development of new diagnostic kits for…

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Fighting HIV in South Africa: Study Highlights Couples’ Risks

A new study of sexual risk behaviors within long-term couples in South Africa finds that HIV-positive people take almost as much risk in their sexual behavior…

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Insecticide Exposure During Pregnancy Linked to Cognitive Decline

Researchers from the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health report evidence of a link between prenatal…

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Topical Corticosteroids Safe for Children With Eczema

Parental phobia of TCS is widespread and leads to poorly managed eczema in children. The commonest fear is that TCS use will “thin the skin.” Parents fears are…

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New Study Examines Video Game Violence Effects on Teens

Three researchers have developed a novel method to consider that question: they analyzed the research output of experts who filed a brief in a U.S. Supreme…

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Propeller Turbulence May Affect Marine Food Webs

The study—by VIMS graduate student Samantha Bickel, VIMS professor Kam Tang, and Hampton University undergraduate Joseph Malloy Hammond—appears in the March…

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American Consumers’ Views on Debt: 2006 Case Study Insights

The findings were based on case studies conducted with 27 white, middle-class Americans in 2006. The researchers, Michelle Barnhart of Oregon State University…

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Empowered Workers Are Better, More Productive Workers

“Empowerment is an effective approach for improving employee attitudes and work behaviors in a broad range of industries, occupations and geographic regions,”…

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Spring-Cleaning Your Mind: New Research on Memory Lapses

Lapses in memory occur more frequently with age, yet the reasons for this increasing forgetfulness have not always been clear. According to new research from…

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Green environments essential for human health

“Through the decades, parks advocates, landscape architects, and popular writers have consistently claimed that nature had healing powers,” Kuo said. “But…

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Young People Embrace Sexual Experiences But Risky Choices Persist

“We have to get young people to view condoms as an essential part of having sex,” says Ronny Heikki Tikkanen, one of the researchers behind the study which…

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