Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Higher Job Performance Linked to Honesty and Humility

The more honesty and humility an employee may have, the higher their job performance, as rated by the employees' supervisor. That's the new finding from a…

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Solving the riddle of nature's perfect spring

University of Manchester researchers, working with colleagues in Australia and the United States, used state-of-the-art techniques to reveal the structure of…

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Lottery Winners Prefer Stability, Study Finds at Gothenburg

But these are exceptional cases, a research at the University of Gothenburg shows. In the vast majority of cases the winners claim to carry on living their…

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Boosting IT Consultant Motivation Reduces Work Stress

It also helps IT consultants experience less stress if they are able to manage their own work and if the demands placed on them in their work are reasonable….

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Self-Esteem Myths: Popular Psychology vs. Research Insights

However, there is a vast difference between the research-based knowledge on self-esteem and the simplified popular psychology theories that are disseminated…

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Emory Experts Warn of Rising Depression Rates Among Men

Emory University experts predict that rates of depressive disorders among men will increase as the 21st century progresses.In an editorial published in the…

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Spontaneous Smoking Cessation: Early Lung Cancer Indicator?

Many longtime smokers quit spontaneously with little effort shortly before their lung cancer is diagnosed, leading some researchers to speculate that sudden…

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Boosting Quality of Life After Uterine Fibroid Treatment

Uterine fibroids are benign pelvic tumors that occur in as many as one in five women during their childbearing years. Although not all fibroids cause symptoms,…

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Full Bladder May Reduce Impulsive Decisions: Study Insights

Sexual excitement, hunger, thirst—psychological scientists have found that activation of just one of these bodily desires can actually make people want other,…

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More Evidence That Alzheimer’s Disease May Be Inherited from Your Mother

“It is estimated that people who have first-degree relatives with Alzheimer’s disease are four to 10 times more likely to develop the disease themselves…

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Foster Parents Get More Support Than Kinship Caregivers

The findings by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, which appear in the February issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, also…

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Hearing Loss Surges in Older Adults: Key Survey Insights

Nearly two-thirds of Americans age 70 and older have hearing loss, but those who are of black race seem to have a protective effect against this loss,…

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Fish Oil May Combat Weight Loss From Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy can cause cancer patients to lose muscle mass and become malnourished, leading to fatigue, a decreased quality of life, an inability to receive…

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How Education Lowers Blood Pressure: New Insights Revealed

New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Public Health demonstrates that education is also correlated with lower blood pressure and a…

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Advanced Degrees Linked to Lower Blood Pressure Findings

Eric Loucks, assistant professor of community health, says the analysis of nearly 4,000 patient records from the 30-year Framingham Offspring Study may help…

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Canada's role grows amid looming world water shortages in some places, more flooding in others

Famed especially for the excellence of its peacekeepers and ice hockey players, Canada's water experts are now increasingly needed to help countries elsewhere…

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