Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Diet Changes Gut Bacteria, Impacting Brain Function: UCLA Study

In an early proof-of-concept study of healthy women, they found that women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics through yogurt showed…

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Regulating Alcohol Brand Placements in Movies to Curb Underage Drinking

The study, “Trends in Tobacco and Alcohol Brand Placements in Popular US movies, 1996 through 2009,”was published online in the May 27, 2013 JAMA Pediatrics. Studies have shown that movies influence smoking and drinking during adolescence: A 2012 Surgeon General's report noted a causal relationship between the initiation of smoking in adolescents and depictions of smoking in movies, and there are studies showing that children's exposure to movie imagery of tobacco and alcohol is also associated with early onset of drinking and alcohol abuse. A 1998 agreement, enforced by the State Attorneys General, resulted in dramatic declines in cigarette brand placements after 1999, and coincided with declines in youth tobacco use. However, paid brand placement in movies is still a common marketing practice for the alcohol industry and their rules don't adequately restrict placements to movies intended for adults….

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Farm Animal Diversity Declines Amid Species Loss Threats

The accelerating disappearance of Earth's species of both wild and domesticated plants and animals constitutes a fundamental threat to the well-being and even…

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Meta-analysis: Bug and weed killers, solvents may increase risk of Parkinson's disease

“Due to this association, there was also a link between farming or country living and developing Parkinson's in some of the studies,” said study author…

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Preterm Birth Linked to Complex Cognitive Challenges

Being born preterm goes hand in hand with an increased risk for neuro-cognitive deficits. Psychologists from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of…

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Driving and Hands-Free Talking Increase Driver Errors

A pilot study by Yagesh Bhambhani, a professor in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, and his graduate student Mayank Rehani, showed that drivers who talk…

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Facial Recognition Technology Advances Under MSU Experts

In the Pattern Recognition and Image Processing laboratory, Anil Jain, MSU Distinguished Professor of computer science and engineering, and Josh Klontz, a…

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Reforestation Study Shows Trade-Offs Between Water, Carbon and Timbe

However, the advent of very large “super” cargo ships, now more than 20 percent of the ships at sea, has demanded change. The Panama Canal is being expanded to…

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Migraine and Depression: Exploring Brain Size Links

“Studies show that people with migraine have double the risk of depression compared to people without migraine,” said study author Larus S. Gudmundsson, PhD,…

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Study Provides Better Understanding of Water’s Freezing Behavior at Nanoscale

The formation of ice at the nanoscale is a challenging, basic scientific research question whose answer also has important implications for climate research…

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Bicycle Fatalities Drop in States With Helmet Laws

Existing research shows that bicyclists who wear helmets have an 88 percent lower risk of brain injury, but researchers at Boston Children's Hospital found…

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Footwear’s (carbon) footprint

A typical pair of running shoes generates 30 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to keeping a 100-watt light bulb on for one week, according to a…

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Invasive Species: "Away-Field Advantage" Weaker Than Ecologists Thought

The away-field advantage hypothesis hinges on this idea: Successful invaders do better in a new place because the environment is more hospitable to them. They…

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Early Signs of Motor Disorders Uncovered in Pan-European Study

For the first time, an international group of researchers led by the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and the Bonn University Hospital has…

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Early-Life Air Pollution Exposure Tied to Hyperactivity Risks

The research is detailed in a study being published Tuesday, May 21, in Environmental Health Perspectives, a peer-reviewed open access journal published by the…

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New era of fisheries policy needed to secure nutrition for millions

Securing the critical contribution of wild fish stocks to food and nutrition security in the developing world depends on better governance and management of…

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