Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Born Active or Couch Potato? Exploring Physical Activity’s Roots

The key to good health is to be physically active. The key to being active is… to be born that way?The well-documented importance of exercise in maintaining…

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Oxytocin’s Role in Reducing Social Phobia: New Insights

Their discovery might lead to a better understanding and the improved treatment of psychiatric affections in which people feel distressed when meeting others,…

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Students Using Clickers Achieve Higher Physics Exam Scores

Ohio State University students who used the devices to answer multiple-choice questions during physics lectures earned final examination scores that were…

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Consumers’ Choices: How Distraction Affects Soft Drink Preferences

CMU psychology professor Bryan Gibson surveyed undergraduate college students by measuring their preference for a variety of soft drinks, including Coke and…

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Pregnant Women Feel Uninformed by Gynaecologists: Survey Insights

The Head of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department at the Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Miguel Ángel Herráiz, who presented the results of the survey this…

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Comrades to consumers: study of advertising reveals China's startling transformation

A fascinating new study in the Journal of Consumer Research looks at the role advertising has played in China’s transformation. Authors Xin Zhao (University of…

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New Research Shifts Focus to Risky Drinking in Over 55s

Traditionally, risky drinking in young men and women receives most attention but the ageing process means that older people experience alcohol-related problems…

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Global Cancer Survival Study Reveals Country Disparities

Cancer survival varies widely between countries according to a worldwide study published online today in Lancet Oncology.* More than 100 investigators…

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How Fear Affects Accurate Perpetrator Identification

The study shows that stress and fear reduce the likelihood of successful identification, bringing into question a victim’s ability to identify the perpetrator…

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Heart Scans: Lower Dosage Achieved with Dual-Source CT

The study also demonstrated that stenoses can be diagnosed with the same high accuracy as with invasive x-ray angiography. At the University Hospital in Zürich…

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Circadian Disruption: New Insights on Its Impact on Health

Growing evidence indicates that exposure to irregular patterns of light and darkness can cause the human circadian system to fall out of synchrony with the…

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Environmental Pollutant Linked to Sex Ratio Changes

A study published today in BioMed Central’s open access journal Environmental Health found that among women from the San Francisco Bay Area, those exposed to…

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Y Chromosome Study Reveals Athapaskan Migration Insights

The study, led by researchers at the University of Illinois, is detailed this month in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. It relied on a genetic…

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Time-Saving Solutions for Busy Physicians’ Communication

With their waiting rooms crowded and exam rooms full, many physicians say they are too busy to be good communicators. Those who study physician time-management…

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Full-day kindergarteners' reading, math gains fade by 3rd grade

Children in full-day kindergarten have slightly better reading and math skills than children in part-day kindergarten, but these initial academic benefits…

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Genetic Variation Linked to Antidepressant Response: New Study Insights

It is a complex field, however, revealed by the lack of consistent and replicable findings across multiple studies, but some encouraging results are beginning…

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