Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Parents rank their obese children as 'very healthy'

The study is published online in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

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Stem Cells Boost Muscle Repair After Resistance Exercise

By injecting MSCs into mouse leg muscles prior to several bouts of eccentric exercise (similar to the lengthening contractions performed during resistance…

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New Study Reveals Reading Skills Evolve Beyond 4th Grade

But a new Dartmouth study in the journal Developmental Science tested the theory by analyzing brain waves and found that fourth-graders do not experience a…

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Nearsightedness Linked to Education Levels and Schooling Trends

Education and behavior have a greater impact on the development of nearsightedness than do genetic factors: With each school year completed, a person becomes…

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Antivirals Underprescribed for High-Risk Flu Patients

Patients likely to benefit the most from antiviral therapy for influenza were prescribed these drugs infrequently during the 2012-2013 influenza season, while…

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New Insights on Cognition and Aging: A Fresh Perspective

 

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Robot-Assisted Surgery: Prostate Cancer Control for 10 Years

The study also suggested that traditional methods of measuring the severity and possible spread of the cancer together with molecular techniques might, with…

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Worm Study Offers Insights Into Adult Onset Neuronal Lipofuscinosis

The scientists studied adult onset neuronal lipofuscinosis (ANCL) which usually strikes around 1 in 100,000 people in Europe and North America in their 30s and…

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Do Women Talk More Than Men? Exploring Communication Patterns

At least, that’s what “they” say. But is any of it actu­ally true? Can we really make such sweeping gen­er­al­iza­tions about the com­mu­ni­ca­tion pat­terns…

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Asian Elephants’ Immune Response to Human TB Explored

Diagnosing and treating elephants with TB is a challenge, however, as little is known about how their immune systems respond to the infection. A new study…

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Gardens Boost Dementia Care: New Study Insights

The research is published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association and by critically reviewing the findings from 17 different pieces of…

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Business should embrace 'boomerang employees'

According to two studies co-written by a University of Illinois expert in organizational behavior and human resources management, organizations of all types…

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New Method to Forecast Hurricane Intensity Unveiled

New research from University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science suggests that physical conditions at the air-sea interface,…

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Teaching the Brain to Reduce Pain: New Research Insights

Scientists have known for many years that on-going pain in one part of the body is reduced when a new pain is inflicted to another part of the body. This pain…

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Study: Smaller Font Sizes Boost Reading Comprehension in Kids

A new study performed by Haifa University shows that decreasing the font size helps to improve reading comprehension among fifth graders who have mastered the…

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Texting While Driving: Nearly 50% of Ontario Grade 12 Students Admit

According to the 2013 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS) Mental Health and Well-Being Report, over one-third of licensed Ontario students in…

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