Studies and Analyses

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A greater focus on socially disadvantaged women is needed to improve maternity care in England

Differences in health outcomes amongst different socioeconomic groups have been demonstrated in many areas and have provided the focus for national initiatives…

Do wearable lifestyle activity monitors really work?

Given the large and quickly growing market for these devices, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston analyzed 13 of these activity…

Consumers Will Pay More for Eco-Friendly Plants, Study Shows

While 16 cents may not seem like much, researchers see any willingness to pay more to help the ornamental plants industry and the environment as good news.

Study first to use brain scans to forecast early reading difficulties

UC San Francisco researchers have used brain scans to predict how young children learn to read, giving clinicians a possible tool to spot children with…

Identifying a better message strategy for dissuading smokers: Add the positive

The answer depends on how confident you are in your ability to quit, according to a study led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center…

How an ancient vertebrate uses familiar tools to build a strange-looking head

If you never understood what “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny” meant in high school, don't worry: biologists no longer think that an animal's “ontogeny”, that…

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