Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Understanding Stress: How It Affects Our Behavior

Why is it that when people are too stressed they are often grouchy, grumpy, nasty, distracted or forgetful? Researchers from the Brain Mind Institute (BMI) at…

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Space: The final frontier… open to the public

The aerospace medicine group at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston recently studied how average people with common medical problems — high…

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Glucose Substitution Extends Lifespan in Aging Mice

Glucose-rich diets have been implemented to contribute to the development of metabolic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and cancer.

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Enhancing Maternity Care for Disadvantaged Women in England

Differences in health outcomes amongst different socioeconomic groups have been demonstrated in many areas and have provided the focus for national initiatives…

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Do Wearable Activity Monitors Actually Improve Health?

Given the large and quickly growing market for these devices, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston analyzed 13 of these activity…

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Consumers Willing to Pay More for Eco-Friendly Plants

While 16 cents may not seem like much, researchers see any willingness to pay more to help the ornamental plants industry and the environment as good news.

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Brain Scans Predict Early Reading Difficulties in Children

UC San Francisco researchers have used brain scans to predict how young children learn to read, giving clinicians a possible tool to spot children with…

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New Strategies to Dissuade Smokers: Focus on Positivity

The answer depends on how confident you are in your ability to quit, according to a study led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center…

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Ancient Vertebrate’s Tool Use Shapes Unique Head Design

If you never understood what “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny” meant in high school, don't worry: biologists no longer think that an animal's “ontogeny”, that…

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One-Minute Anemia Test: Fast, Accurate Self-Testing Breakthrough

The disposable self-testing device analyzes a single droplet of blood using a chemical reagent that produces visible color changes corresponding to different…

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Physical Activity Boosts Boys’ Academic Performance: Study Insights

A recent Finnish study shows that higher levels of physical activity are related to better academic achievement during the first three school years…

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New Study Links Sleep Apnea to Brain Damage Risks

Employing a measure rarely used in sleep apnea studies, researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing have uncovered evidence of what may be damaging the brain in…

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Does Blood Type Influence Memory? New Study Insights

AB is the least common blood type, found in about 4 percent of the U.S. population. The study found that people with AB blood were 82 percent more likely to…

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Sharks Adapt: Avoiding Food Smells in Acidic Waters

Elevated carbon dioxide levels impaired the odor-tracking behavior of the smooth dogfish, a shark whose range includes the Atlantic Ocean off the eastern…

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Male Bonds: Key Insights into Social Evolution in Mammals

Contests, threats, at best ignore one another: The relationships between male mammals are usually described in this or a similar way. The situation is quite…

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Targeting Heart Damage: Antibody-Infused Iron Nanoparticles

Researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute infused antibody-studded iron nanoparticles into the bloodstream to treat heart attack damage. The combined…

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