Studies and Analyses

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Study offers clues to early detection of bipolar disorders in high-risk children

The study is among the first to show that subthreshold manic episodes — experiences that approach but do not meet the cut-offs for full-blown bipolar disorder…

People use handshakes to sniff each other out

In the study, published in the journal eLife, scientists from Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science found that people use the touch of a handshake to sample…

Study shows strong link between adolescent obesity and high blood pressure

The study, led by Yaron Arbel, M.D., Department of Cardiology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, examined 715,000 Israeli adolescents, both male and female, aged 16-20,…

Do Long Sleepers Have an Increased Risk of Stroke?

The study found that people who slept more than eight hours a night, called long sleepers, were 46 percent more likely to have a stroke than people who slept…

Why companies don’t learn from their mistakes

The mobile phone bill is not quite correct, the wrong food is served at a restaurant or the hotel room hasn’t been properly cleaned: Most of us may have been…

New research pinpoints crucial protein that keeps the heart beating on time

The average heart beats 35 million times a year – 2.5 billion times over a lifetime. Those beats must be precisely calibrated; even a small divergence from the…

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