Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

“Treatments Waiting to be Discovered” Inside New Database

The answers to these questions could help doctors and researchers manipulate protein levels in the body that cause disease, especially cancer. A University of…

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Patients with autism spectrum disorder are not sensitive to 'being imitated'

A Japanese research group led by Prof Norihiro Sadato, a professor of the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural…

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Study Links Limited Video Game Time to Better-Adjusted Kids

A new study suggests video game-playing for less than an hour a day is linked with better-adjusted children and teenagers. The research, carried out by Oxford…

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New Study Unveils Link to Baffling Superconductor Behavior

Scientists have new clues this week about one of the baffling electronic properties of the iron-based high-temperature superconductor barium iron nickel…

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New Tracking Methods Enhance Bigeye Tuna Study in Atlantic

This NOAA-funded research, which used a new approach to study one of the most important commercial tuna species in the Atlantic, provides the longest available…

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Socialization Strength in Fragile X: A Longitudinal Study

Standard scores measuring “adaptive behavior” in boys with fragile X syndrome tend to decline during childhood and adolescence, the largest longitudinal study…

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Unhealthy habits more than double risk of metabolic syndrome in childhood cancer survivors

A St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital study found that 73 percent of adult survivors of childhood cancer more than doubled their risk of developing metabolic…

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Hepatitis C Genotype 1: Global Prevalence Insights Revealed

In one of the largest prevalence studies to date, researchers from the U.K. provide national, regional, and global genotype prevalence estimates for the…

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Climate Change and Air Pollution: Impacts on Food Supplies

Many studies have shown the potential for global climate change to cut food supplies. But these studies have, for the most part, ignored the interactions…

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Youth Thrive in Community Service Programs with Reflection

The study, by researchers at Utrecht University and Rutgers University, appears in the journal Child Development.

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Strong Early Reading Skills Linked to Higher Future Intelligence

“Since reading is an ability that can be improved, our findings have implications for reading instruction,” according to Stuart J. Ritchie, research fellow in…

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'Big picture' thinking doesn't always lead people to indulge less, study says

These are the kind of self-control dilemmas that people face all the time. And according to research from a University of Illinois expert in new product…

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Study Connects Enzyme to Autistic Behaviors in Fragile X Syndrome

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a genetic disorder that causes obsessive-compulsive and repetitive behaviors, and other behaviors on the autistic spectrum, as well…

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Pulse Monitoring After Stroke: A Key to Preventing Recurrence

“Screening pulse is the method of choice for checking for irregular heartbeat for people over age 65 who have never had a stroke. Our study shows it may be a…

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Shark Bycatch Study: Understanding Risks in Commercial Fishing

A new study that examined the survival rates of 12 different shark species when captured as unintentional bycatch in commercial longline fishing operations…

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High School Lacrosse Players Face Increased Injury Risks

Lacrosse is one of the fastest-growing high school sports in the United States, with more than 170,000 students now playing the sometimes hard-hitting game….

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