Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Study Finds Overcontrol May Lead to Regret Over Vice

“While yielding to temptation can certainly be harmful, this article argues that overcontrol and excessive farsightedness ('hyperopia') can also have negative…

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Study Supports Steroid Injections for Hip Osteoarthritis Relief

Prof. Maksymowych, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, and his radiologist colleagues recognized the importance of image-guided…

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Stress During Pregnancy May Raise Fibromyalgia Risk in Baby Girls

Stressful or traumatic events experienced during pregnancy can have long-lasting effects on the fetus, yet these effects may not become apparent until many…

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4×4 drivers more likely to flout mobile phone and seat belt laws

Drivers of four wheel drive vehicles are more likely to flout laws regarding mobile phones and seat belts than drivers of other cars, finds a study published…

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Americans' circle of friends is shrinking, new study shows

“The evidence shows that Americans have fewer confidants and those ties are also more family-based than they used to be,” said Lynn Smith-Lovin, Robert L….

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How Color Coding in Sports Uniforms Enhances Game Tracking

It is that color coding, Johns Hopkins University psychologists have now demonstrated, that allows spectators, players and coaches at major sporting events to…

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Biological Traits and Bird Diversification Rates: What We Found

“Few studies have looked at ecological traits such as dispersal and feeding generalization as explanations for variation in rate of diversification, perhaps…

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Consumers don't pardon the intrusion of advertisements

“Media create the audience for most advertising. Consumers come to a medium for its content,” explain Jing Wang (University of Iowa) and Bobby Calder…

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3 Million Babies Born Through Assisted Reproductive Technologies

According to the 2002 World report on ART presented at the 22nd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Prague, Czech…

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How Peer-to-Peer Sharing Fosters Social Solidarity

But a groundbreaking new study in the September issue of the Journal of Consumer Research argues that members of peer-to-peer file sharing networks, like the…

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Nitric Oxide Levels Linked to Infertility and Sperm Damage

Dr Iraj Amiri, embryology laboratory director at the IVF Centre, Fatemieh Hospital, Hamadan, Iran, said: “In recent years nitric oxide (NO) has been recognised…

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Labour Migrants Unbound? EU Expansion and Market Impacts

Situation 2004-2006Ten countries joined the European Union in 2004. At this moment 73 million new EU citizens acquired the right to settle in all other EU…

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HIV Pregnancy Study Reveals Anaemia and Blood Pressure Issues

A team from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa compared 212 HIV positive mothers-to-be with 101 women who had tested negative.“Latest statistics…

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Kids in Mobile Homes: Overcoming Challenges to Succeed

“Unfortunately, children living in trailer parks have a hard time reaping the benefits of small-town living unless they work exceptionally hard to build…

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Wild vs. Lab Rodents: Insights into the Hygiene Hypothesis

The prevailing hypothesis concerning the development of allergy and probably autoimmune disease is the “hygiene hypothesis,” which states that people in…

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Organ transplants just as successful in those with mental retardation

A survey of published cases worldwide found that the one-year survival rate for people with mental retardation who received kidney transplants was 100 percent,…

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