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| Mothers of twins are not more fertile, just lucky Posted: 24 May 2022 07:05 AM PDT Are women who have twins more fertile? While previous studies concluded they are, a detailed analysis of more than 100,000 births from pre-industrial Europe by an international team of scientists shows they are not. |
| Designers find better solutions with computer assistance, but sacrifice creative touch Posted: 23 May 2022 12:07 PM PDT A computer-guided approach to design can propose more solutions and balance out human inexperience and design fixation. |
| Taste buds can adapt to low salt diet Posted: 23 May 2022 12:06 PM PDT A taste adaptation intervention lowers salt intake and increases enjoyment of a sodium restricted diet in patients with hypertension, according to a small study. |
| Alcohol may be more risky to the heart than previously thought Posted: 23 May 2022 10:50 AM PDT Levels of alcohol consumption currently considered safe by some countries are linked with development of heart failure. |
| 'I don't even remember what I read': People enter a 'dissociative state' when using social media Posted: 23 May 2022 10:50 AM PDT Researchers found that people might not be 'addicted' to social media. Instead they get stuck in a state of dissociation, like what happens when you are reading a good book. |
| New research may explain unexpected effects of common painkillers Posted: 23 May 2022 08:55 AM PDT Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen and aspirin are widely used to treat pain and inflammation. But even at similar doses, different NSAIDs can have unexpected and unexplained effects on many diseases, including heart disease and cancer. |
| Lifestyle changes, meds effective to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes; no change in CVD Posted: 23 May 2022 06:33 AM PDT New findings detail the 21-year follow-up of more than 3,200 adults with prediabetes who had participated in the original Diabetes Prevention Program trial. The DPPOS confirmed that treatment through lifestyle interventions or the medication metformin were effective long-term in preventing or delaying the development of Type 2 diabetes among adults with prediabetes compared to the participants who received standard care. However, the study participants' risk of having a heart attack, stroke or dying from cardiovascular disease over the 21-year study period did not differ in the metformin or lifestyle intervention groups compared to the standard care group. |
| Children who play adventurously have better mental health Posted: 20 May 2022 11:46 AM PDT Children who spend more time playing adventurously have lower symptoms of anxiety and depression, and were happier over the first Covid-19 lockdown, according to new research. |
| New research challenges established ideas about infant crying Posted: 20 May 2022 10:28 AM PDT A research project provides a new understanding of what can be defined as normal and excessive crying among infants. |
| Climate change likely to reduce the amount of sleep that people get per year Posted: 20 May 2022 10:28 AM PDT Most research looking at the impact of climate change on human life has focused on how extreme weather events affect economic and societal health outcomes on a broad scale. Yet climate change may also have a strong influence on fundamental daily human activities -- including a host of behavioral, psychological, and physiological outcomes that are essential to wellbeing. Investigators now report that increasing ambient temperatures negatively impact human sleep around the globe. |
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