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Alarming Surge: Global Crisis of Childhood Overweight and Obesity

New research finds that if you’re aiming for muscle growth, training closer to failure (the point where you can’t do another rep) might be more effective

Study detects cognitive changes in older drivers using in-vehicle sensors

Ultra-processed foods are packed with additives and emulsifiers that strip food of healthy nutrients

Different communities in the US have different “personalities” finds a new study

Researchers demonstrate in vivo the chemo-preventive properties of sandalwood oil constitute (alpha-santalol) against prostate cancer development using a transgenic mouse model.

Geographic ‘hot spots’ for cigarette and firearm deaths in the U.S.

Perils of not being attractive or athletic in middle school

Physicians Should Screen Youth for Cyberbullying, Social Media Use

Study reveals that although private automobiles continue to be the dominant travel mode in American cities, the share of car trips has slightly and steadily decreased since its peak in 2001

Wild Animals Stop the Spread of Socially Transmitted Misinformation

Meta-study shows access to paid sick leave means less occupational injury, spread of contagious disease, presenteeism, and employee death [meta-analysis, 120 research papers over 22 years]

Seat Assignments Drive Friendships Among Elementary School Children, Study Shows

Recent guidelines have restricted aspirin use in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease to patients under 70, and more recent guidance to patients under 60

Hashing Techniques: A Survey and Taxonomy (2017)

A first-of-its-kind study has found that cone snail venom, conotoxin from a species of sea snail, could potentially treat severe malaria, by disrupting the protein-protein interactions of P

Like humans, beluga whales form social networks beyond family ties: A study brings together decades of research, showing that beluga whales not only regularly interact with close kin, including close maternal kin, but also frequently associate with more distantly related and unrelated individuals

Study Reveals How 98 Percent of Plastics at Sea Go Missing Each Year

Three faces of teen popularity: Being feared, being loved, and being feared and loved

Teens 'mocked' by their parents are at greater risk for bullying, victimization, suggests new study (n=1,409 ages 13-15), which may be due to parents who demean and humiliate the child, without any obvious provocation from the child, and rely on emotional and physical coercion to obtain compliance.

It's safer to be a cop in the U.S. today than 50 years ago, finds a new study

Laws to Curb Use of Cell Phones Save Lives of Motorcyclists

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill’s Dramatic Effect on Stingrays

Lack of paid sick leave increases poverty. It also increases medical care costs and use of welfare.

Depressed parents blamed for childhood friendship breakup: A study published on Thursday in the Journal of Family Psychology shed light on why childhood friendships tend to fall apart, demonstrating that parents are an important source of those breakups.

A researcher is the first to document that two genetically distinct species of guenon monkeys inhabiting Gombe National Park in Tanzania, Africa, have been successfully mating and producing hybrid offspring for hundreds maybe even thousands of years

Like human societies, whales value culture and family ties - "Groundbreaking genetic kinship study of beluga whales"

While a candidate's voice pitch sways voters, it doesn't result in better leaders - Results from the study reveal that while voters prefer to vote for candidates with lower sounding voices, elected officials with lower voices are not necessarily better leaders.

Study Shows Alarming Number of Teens Cyberbully Themselves - "Where adolescents post, send or share mean things about themselves anonymously online."

Study shows a 45 percent increase in death by law enforcement, mostly among non-whites, between 1999 and 2013.

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