Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Post-Traumatic Stress Hits Record Levels in Uganda

The study, conducted by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Gulu University has found that 54% of those interviewed met symptom-criteria for…

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Teenagers Face Eating Issues, Anxiety Takes a Greater Toll

Thirteen per cent admitted eating problems in either the first or second survey and a further five per cent reported problems in both surveys.Students who had…

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Young Innovators Embrace Mobile Technology at Any Cost

Lynn Lim of the School of Business and Social Science at Roehampton University, London and Mei Wen Chou and T.C. Melewar of the Brunel Business School at…

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Austrian and Swiss Teams Gain Edge from Home Support

At this European championship, Austria and Switzerland regard themselves as having the upper hand. Due to the vehement support of the ”twelfth man on the…

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Talking Distractions: Study Shows Why Cell Phones and Driving Don't Mix

A study by a University of South Carolina psychology researcher featured in the journal, Experimental Psychology, provides a better understanding of why…

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Children’s diet not the main cause of ADHD

A review of scientific evidence found only a minority of children were actually affected by what they eat. A combination of food, genetics and environmental…

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Young Men’s Sexuality: Insights on Sex Education Trends

Whereas the number of new HIV-infections has remained relatively stable, infections with other sexually transmitted diseases such as hepatitis, syphilis and…

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Tap Water Safety for Expectant Mothers: Key Findings Revealed

This finding, based on an analysis of nearly 400,000 infants in Taiwan, is the first that links by-products of water chlorination to three specific birth…

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Chemotherapy’s Impact on Fertility in Breast Cancer Patients

The researchers analyzed markers of ovarian reserve in 20 premenopausal breast cancer patients who had been treated with adjuvant chemotherapy, who were one or…

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Applied Tension Release Enhances Biathlon Shooting Skills

The method is called Applied tension release (ATR) (or TASP, an acronym based on its name in Swedish) and was developed by Jan Lisspers, a professor of…

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Antibiotic Prophylaxis Ineffective for VUR Complications in Kids

This result stems from a randomized controlled trial led by the Institute of Child Health Burlo Garofolo (ICHBG) in Trieste (Italy) that lasted 6 years (2…

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Health Care Burnout Linked to Poor Sleep Among Doctors

According to experts, job burnout is currently considered one of the psychosocial risks to which health professionals are exposed. The study analysed the…

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Children With Cancer Face Social Isolation, Study Finds

This study, led by Arturo Álvarez Roldán, aspired to understand the implications of cancer for children diagnosed with the disease as well as their families,…

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Tropical Biodiversity Linked to Heat, Not Sunlight

The answer is not necessarily “both.” According to a study published online this week in PNAS Early Edition, the explosion of species at the tropics has much…

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Cultural Responses to Crisis: Insights from Global Research

Professor Ed Galea, from the University of Greenwich in London, and a team of international colleagues have won a grant of 2 million Euros from the European…

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Early Intervention for Infants: Addressing Developmental Delays

Part C early intervention is specified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) as an early intervention program for children age…

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