Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

NYC Bans Trans Fats: What’s Next for Restaurant Innovation?

Last month, New York City outlawed the use of partially hydrogenated oils, known as trans fats, in restaurants, a ban now under consideration in other cities,…

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Health Study Reveals Impact of TETRA Masts on Wellbeing

The study follows the recent completion of the largest ever scientific study of the health effects of conventional and 3G mobile phone masts, carried out at…

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Rural America more prepared for disaster — also more vulnerable

A new study at the University of Illinois attempts to understand the differences in how rural and urban citizens across the US respond to disaster. Preliminary…

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How Sound Influences Brain Learning in Musicians

A new imaging study shows that when we learn a new action with associated sounds, the brain quickly makes links between regions responsible for performing the…

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Study: Lost Dogs Recover More Often Than Cats in Ohio

In one city in southwestern Ohio , researchers found that 71 percent of lost dogs were found, compared to just 53 percent of lost cats.More than a third of the…

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Heart And Stroke Surgery Risks: Study Reveals Key Insights

The study involved the review of hospital discharge data from 657,877 patients who had been admitted to U.S. hospitals for carotid endarterectomy or coronary…

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Study Finds No Link Between Benzodiazepines and Hip Fractures

Benzodiazepine use was not shown to be associated with hip fractures after all, according to a new study from the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention…

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Study Links Tobacco Smoking to Higher Tuberculosis Risk

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that causes an estimated 2 million deaths each year. The majority of those deaths occur in developing countries,…

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Visualizing Microtubule Protein Interactions in Cell Division

When eukaryotic cells undergo cell division, a dramatic reorganization occurs during the transition from interphase to metaphase. The cell rounds up,…

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Ghost Authorship Found in 75% of Industry Drug Trials

A study of 44 industry-initiated trials from Denmark in the 1990s found evidence of ghost authorship for 33 trials, which increased to 40 if a person…

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England Football Team Best in World – So Say 1.3 Billion Chinese

Dr Sue Bridgewater, a researcher in the University of Warwick's Warwick Business School carried out research among football fans in China for the English…

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New Study to test Statin-Parkinson’s Link

Suggestions of a statin link are not new, but the results of a recent study linking low LDL cholesterol to Parkinson’s provide the strongest evidence to date…

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Mental Health Disability Discrimination: Inequities in Lawsuits

“People with psychiatric disabilities were less likely to receive a monetary award or job-related benefit, more likely to feel as though they were not treated…

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Long-Term Benefits of Plicator Procedure for Acid Reflux Relief

The majority of patients had complete relief of acid reflux symptoms without the need for prescription proton pump inhibitors and only rare use of antacids…

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New Study Examines Radiation-Linked Cancer Risks

To address these concerns, Herman Suit and his colleagues Saveli Goldberg, Andrzej Niemeierko, Marek Ancukiewicz, Eric Hall, Michael Goitein, Winifed Wong and…

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Soil Nutrients Influence Tropical Forest Species Diversity

A key question is whether all tree species are equivalent in their use of resources – water, light and nutrients – or whether each species has its own niche. …

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