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Impulsiveness tied to faster eating in children, can lead to obesity: Stud
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): Parents, take note! A new study has found that children who eat slower are less likely to be extroverted and impulsive. The study also suggested that faster eating is linked to obesity risk in children.
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Study finds gender pay gap leads to fewer female candidates on the ballot
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 7 (ANI): A new study has found that electoral districts with larger gender pay gaps show favouritism toward male political candidates in Parliamentary elections, with fewer female candidates on the ballot.
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Not only humans, dogs got talent too!
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 7 (ANI): Is talent in a given field a uniquely human phenomenon? We do not know whether gifted bees or elephants exist, just to name a few species, but now there is evidence that talent in a specific field exists, in at least one non-human species: the dog.
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Continuous sleep loss has impact on mental, physical wellbeing
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 6 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that all it takes is three consecutive nights of sleep loss to cause your mental and physical well-being to greatly deteriorate.
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New online calculator might help predict end-of-life care needs, death for
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ontario [Canada], July 6 (ANI): In order to help understand the changing care needs of older adults as they age and when they might be nearing the end of their lives, scientists recently developed a new calculator that can help predict death and end-of-life care needs for them.
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Study suggests change in diet could lessen severity of headaches
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 5 (ANI): You might want to cut down on junk food as a new study showed how a change in diet based on certain classes of fatty acids decreased headaches in patients over a 16-week period.
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Personal input in surveys can't be replaced by big data
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], July 5 (ANI): Methods that focus on observations made by individuals can be useful when the analysis of digital data reaches its limits. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, a method called human social sensing might elicit information that is difficult to obtain from d
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Medical journal articles by women are less cited than those by men: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 4 (ANI): The findings of a new study suggest that while more women are entering the field of academic medicine than ever before, they are less likely to be recognised as experts and leaders and to receive prestigious awards, be promoted to full professorships, hold lead
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Study suggests physical activity may counter serious health harms of poor
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): A new study has found that those who had both the poorest sleep quality and who exercised the least were most at risk of death from heart disease, stroke, and cancer, prompting the researchers to suggest a likely synergy between the two activities.
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Consuming a balanced diet reduces skin, joint inflammation: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): A study, led by UC Davis Health researchers, found that a diet rich in sugar and fat leads to an imbalance in the gut's microbial culture and may contribute to inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis.
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Study suggests smart tech is not making people dumber
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ohio [US], July 2 (ANI): According to a new University of Cincinnati research by social/behavioural expert Anthony Chemero, while there are plenty of negatives associated with smart technology, there is also a positive side to it.
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Direct deposit is 'digital empowerment' for women workers in India
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Connecticut [US], July 2 (ANI): During a new study, co-authored by Yale economists Rohini Pande and Charity Troyer Moore, giving greater digital control over their wages to women in India's Madhya Pradesh led them to enter the labour force and also liberalised their beliefs about working wom
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