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One Way to Reduce Child Obesity: Get Kids Moving More in Class
Regular standing and walking activities in the classroom can aid in the fight against childhood obesity, a new study shows. Children who took part in the Active Movement program experienced an 8% reduction in their waist-to-height ratio,...
- Posted February 27, 2024
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Firsthand Experience of Climate Change Disasters Is Stressing Teens
Weather disasters driven by climate change are stressing out U.S. teenagers, a new study warns. Teens with the most firsthand experience of events like hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, droughts and wildfires were more likely to show signs of...
- Posted February 27, 2024
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Fat Around Men’s Pancreas Might Raise Odds for Alzheimer’s
Excess fat around your pancreas could bode ill for the health of your aging brain, new research shows. But maybe only if you’re male: The relationship wasn’t observed among women, noted the team from Rutgers University in...
- Posted February 27, 2024
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Which Families Are Less Likely to Get Teens the HPV Vaccine?
Well-to-do American families are more likely than poorer families to increase their children’s risk of cervical cancer by skipping the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, a new study has found. Nearly two-thirds of well-off parents (65%) do not...
- Posted February 27, 2024
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A Warming World May Mean More Premature Births
Surging temperatures caused by climate change could lead to more premature births worldwide, a new study reports. Researchers found a strong association between exposure to extreme heat during the third trimester of pregnancy and the risk of...
- Posted February 27, 2024
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You’re Aware of Relaxing Words While Asleep, and They Calm the Heart
The mind is alert to relaxing words spoken by others when you’re asleep, so much so that your heart beat slows down, new research shows. Hearing words like “relax” and “easy” spoken while asleep appeared to help...
- Posted February 27, 2024
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Mental Health Issues a Prime Driver of Deaths for New Moms: Study
Data from dozens of studies supports the notion that mental health crises are a big factor behind rising rates of maternal deaths during and around pregnancy in the United States. “We need to bring this to the...
- Posted February 26, 2024
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Grief Affects the Body, Not Just the Mind
Of course grief can ravage your mind, but science shows it can also weaken your body, leaving you open to illness. “As humans, we are strongly motivated to seek out social bonds that are warm, dependable, friendly...
- Posted February 26, 2024
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Emergency Calls by Youth Rose After States Decriminalized ‘Magic Mushroom’ Drug
U.S. poison center calls related to psilocybin “magic mushrooms” among youth skyrocketed after U.S. cities and states began decriminalizing the hallucinogen, a new study shows. Psilocybin-related calls among teens ages 13 to 19 more than tripled between...
- Posted February 26, 2024
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Amy Schumer Reveals Cushing’s Syndrome Diagnosis
Comedian Amy Schumer has disclosed that she has been diagnosed with Cushing’s syndrome, a condition that arises when there is too much cortisol in the body. In an interview published Friday in the News Not Noise newsletter, Schumer...
- Posted February 26, 2024