July 8, 2016 — Eating similar food promotes trust between strangers, new research indicates. The researchers also discovered that these findings applied to marketing products. Participants trusted information from ...
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July 6, 2016 — Children with attention problems in early childhood were 40 percent less likely to graduate from high school, says a new study that examines how early childhood characteristics affect academic ...
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July 6, 2016 — Wearable devices can give away your passwords, according to new research. In a new paper, researchers combined data from embedded sensors in wearable technologies, such as smartwatches and fitness ...
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July 6, 2016 — Parent-child diet quality and calories consumed are related in significant ways, research indicates. This discovery could lead to better strategies as the nation works to address the growing public ...
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July 6, 2016 — Zinc acetate lozenges may reduce the duration of the common cold by nearly 3 days, according to a recent ...
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July 6, 2016 — What motivates people to contribute to trustful moral judgment, which is a public good yet tends to be costly? This is 'the moral free rider problem'. Mathematicians have put forth a ...
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July 6, 2016 — A recent study in rats suggests that acoustic shock waves could speed up a muscle's healing process. This technique could help injured athletes to return to training and be able to compete more ...
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July 5, 2016 — Switching to use a pill organizer could cause adverse effects among the elderly, new research suggests. The research team say that patients should consult their GP or pharmacist before switching to a ...
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July 5, 2016 — A positive link between mood, motivation and physical activity during work and study has been uncovered by new research that studied the cognitive effects of physical activity workstations and ...
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July 5, 2016 — A study examined 29 trials assessing the effects of unhealthy food and beverage marketing and analyzing caloric intake and dietary preference among more than 6000 children. Researchers found that the ...
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July 5, 2016 — How long does the protection from a mother's immunization against influenza during pregnancy last for infants after they are born? A new study indicates that the vaccine's efficacy against ...
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July 5, 2016 — Keeping count of daily steps and boosting physical activity can really pay off for children with type 1 diabetes, according to new ...
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July 5, 2016 — Convincing kids to choose vegetables becomes easier when you deploy a team of animated characters to sell them on the good stuff, new research has ...
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July 4, 2016 — Children describe junk food advertising as ‘tempting’ and ‘addictive’, and say they could ‘lick the screen’, according to a new study that talked to children in the United Kingdom aged ...
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July 4, 2016 — A study based on over 23,000 Italian citizens recruited in two large epidemiological studies does justice to one of the fundamental elements of the Mediterranean diet, showing how pasta consumption ...
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July 4, 2016 — Youth who experienced high parental warmth and support are less civically engaged in young adulthood -- in comparison to their peers who received less parental affection. The surprising finding ...
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July 4, 2016 — The number of children born to single women is increasing, partly as a result of social and legislative changes (in most jurisdictions) in the rights to parenthood. While technology has been readily ...
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July 1, 2016 — Changing just one seated meeting per week at work into a walking meeting increased the work-related physical activity levels of white-collar workers by 10 minutes, according to a new study. The study ...
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July 1, 2016 — Do you really need to get your eyes checked -- even if you haven't noticed any vision problems or eye-related symptoms? More than half of routine eye examinations in asymptomatic patients lead ...
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July 1, 2016 — Schools are commonly known as breeding grounds for viruses and bacteria, but this may not necessarily be linked to hygiene. New research in mice shows that because their immune systems do not operate ...
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