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Comparing your house to your neighbors’ can lead to dissatisfaction says study
Summary:Satisfaction with your home can depend on its size compared to your neighbors’ homes, according to new research. Researchers found that people are more likely to be dissatisfied with their house if it is smaller than their neighbors’.
Satisfaction with your home can depend on its size compared to your neighbors’ homes, according… Read More
Princeton University | Roadmap for detecting changes in ocean due to climate change
Summary:When will we see significant changes in the ocean due to climate change? A new study finds that some changes are noticeable already, while others will take up to a century.
Sea temperature and ocean acidification have climbed during the last three decades to levels beyond what is expected due to natural variation alone, a new study led by Princeton researchers… Read More
Global change is triggering an identity switch in grasslands says study
Summary:Since the first Homo sapiens emerged in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago, grasslands have sustained humanity and thousands of other species. But today, those grasslands are shifting beneath our feet. Global change — which includes climate change, pollution and other widespread environmental alterations — is transforming the plant… Read More
Research on possible new treatment strategy for lung cancer
Summary:It is estimated there will be roughly 228,000 new lung cancer cases this year, and nearly 30% of those patients will have mutations in the KRAS pathway. This type of mutation makes the cancer more aggressive and difficult to treat. Researchers are hoping to change that. They have now discovered a new treatment approach that may help this group of patients.… Read More
Just avoid your cellphone if you need a mental break says Research
Summary:Using a cellphone to take a break during mentally challenging tasks does not allow the brain to recharge effectively and may result in poorer performance, researchers found.
Using a cellphone to take a break during mentally challenging tasks does not allow the brain to recharge effectively and may result in poorer performance, Rutgers researchers… Read More
Mississippi River diversions is it driving land gain or land loss?
Summary:River diversions have not created or maintained land, but resulted in more land loss, according to a new article.
River diversions have not created or maintained land, but resulted in more land loss, according to a new paper in the peer-reviewed science journal Restoration Ecology. LSU Boyd Professor R. Eugene Turner and his LSU co-authors Erick… Read More
Should doctors accept unvaccinated children as patients ?
Summary:Four in 10 parents say they are very or somewhat likely to move their child to a different provider if their doctor sees families who refuse all childhood vaccines, according to a new national poll.
Four in 10 parents say they are very or somewhat likely to move their child to a different provider if their doctor sees families who refuse all childhood vaccines,… Read More
Insomnia tied to higher risk of heart disease & stroke says Research
Summary:Data from more than a million people found that genetic liability to insomnia may increase the risk of coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke. Among types of ischemic stroke, genetic liability to insomnia was primarily associated with an increased risk of large artery stroke.
People suffering from insomnia may have an increased risk … Read More
Unless Paris Agreement holds, Climate change to shrink economies of rich, poor, hot & cold countries alike says study
Summary:Detrimental economic effects of global warming are likely to go beyond those being discussed in policy circles — particularly for wealthier nations, say researchers. Study suggests that 7% of global GDP will disappear by 2100 as a result of business-as-usual carbon emissions — including over 10% of incomes in both Canada and the United… Read More
Ohio State University says that Low-income, black neighborhoods still hit hard by air pollution
Summary:Disease-causing air pollution remains high in pockets of America — particularly those where many low-income and African-American people live, a disparity highlighted in recent research.Disease-causing air pollution remains high in pockets of America — particularly those where many low-income and African-American people live,… Read More
Why products like green tea, detox juices are just a marketing gimmick and won’t help you with fat-loss!
These days market is flooded with weight-loss products and getting popular very fast. Products such as green tea, green coffee, detox juices etc. can be easily found in retail stores or online space. They are prominently projected as a miracle fat-loss or weight-loss food products. Office going educated population is one of the leading consumers of these … Read More
