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- Dramatic drop in marijuana use among U.S. youth over a decade https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/marijuana-use-teens-study.php 293 comments
- Driver vehicle crashes and mental health challenges among commuter college students. Instead of concentrating on driving their minds may wander to worries about exams, personal failures, or the future. This distraction can interfere with tasks where focus is crucial, ultimately increasing crash risk https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/college-commuters-crash-risk-study 13 comments science
- A new study cautions parents – especially meddling moms – to resist the temptation to prohibit friendships because doing so can backfire and only makes a bad situation worse. Maternal disapproval of friends damages the child’s standing among peers, which exacerbates behavior problems. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/meddling-moms-study 2 comments science
- 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. For strength, how close you push to failure doesn’t seem to matter as much. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/muscle-growth-strength-study 149 comments science
- Study detects cognitive changes in older drivers using in-vehicle sensors. An estimated 4 to 8 million older adults with mild cognitive impairment are currently driving in the United States, and one-third of them will develop dementia within five years. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/in-vehicle-sensors-older-drivers 151 comments science
- Ultra-processed foods are packed with additives and emulsifiers that strip food of healthy nutrients. Hundreds of novel ingredients never encountered by human physiology are now found in nearly 60 percent of the average adult’s diet and nearly 70 percent of children’s diets in the United States. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/ultraprocessed-foods-silent-killer#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThose%20of%20us%20practicing%20medicine,program%20director%20for%20the%20internal 344 comments science
- Different communities in the US have different “personalities” finds a new study. For example, San Antonio had the highest proportion of agreeable people, while Manhattan had the highest proportion of open persons, but the lowest proportion of people who were agreeable or conscientious. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/community-personality-study 159 comments science
- Wild Animals Stop the Spread of Socially Transmitted Misinformation https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/fish-misinformation-study.php 4 comments science
- Scientists discover Roundup and Glyphosate causes seizure-like behavior in nematodes and worms, it also affect microorganisms in soil. It’s the first study that directly connects Roundup and convulsions in animals. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/weed-killer-study 252 comments environment
- Seat Assignments Drive Friendships Among Elementary School Children, Study Shows https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/classroom-seats-friendships 59 comments science
- Study Ranks Florida, Ohio Housing Markets Among Nation’s Most Overvalued https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/overvalued-housing-markets-december 40 comments economics
- Online Forums Like Reddit Could Work as Drug Use Early Warning System https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/reddit-nps-study 5 comments science
- 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. Primary care providers should prescribe aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease based on benefit−risk ratio, not age. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/prescribing-aspirin 18 comments science
- Cat’s Meow: Robotic Pet Boosts Mood, Cognition in Adults with Dementia. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/robotic-pet-cat-dementia.php 2 comments science
- 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. falciparum malaria. Emerging diseases like AIDS and COVID-19 may also benefit from conotoxins as treatment. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/cone-snail-venom.php 482 comments science
- 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 http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/beluga-kinship-study.php 6 comments science
- Study Reveals How 98 Percent of Plastics at Sea Go Missing Each Year http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/plastics-at-sea.php 13 comments science
- Chair Yoga More Effective than Music in Adults with Advanced Dementia http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/chair-yoga-dementia.php 4 comments science
- Three faces of teen popularity: Being feared, being loved, and being feared and loved. Study identifies distinct types of teen popularity; 'Machiavellian-like' teens are the most popular http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/teen-popularity-types.php 27 comments science
- Millennials, think you're digitally better than us? Yes, says science http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/net-gen-study.php 5 comments technology
- 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. http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/derisive-parenting.php 1525 comments science
- Researchers from Florida Atlantic University have published a commentary in the American Journal of Medicine on the issues contributing to the rise of measles cases in NYC, using important and relevant data from a small case series of interviews conducted with ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/measles-outbreaks.php 6 comments science
- It's safer to be a cop in the U.S. today than 50 years ago, finds a new study. Despite increases in violent crimes, the hazards of policing has dramatically declined since 1970 with a 75 percent drop in police officer line-of-duty deaths. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/police-deaths-study.php 3829 comments science
- Research has indicated that the more friends differed on anxiety symptoms and depressive symptoms, the greater the incidence of friendship instability. Therefore, youth who resemble one another were more likely to remain friends from one year to the next. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/teen-psychology-study.php 3 comments science
- Study Reveals Police Officers’ Views on Body-worn Cameras http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/body-worn-cameras.php 18 comments science
- Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill’s Dramatic Effect on Stingrays http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/stingray-study.php 6 comments science
- Workers without Paid Sick Leave Endure Financial Worries. A study shows that Americans without paid sick leave were more likely to worry about both short-term issues like housing expenses, as well as long-term issues such as retirement or future bills for an illness or accident. http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/sick-leave-finance.php 19 comments science
- Lack of paid sick leave increases poverty. It also increases medical care costs and use of welfare. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/sick-leave-poverty-study.php 1431 comments science
- 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. https://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/childhood-friends-study.php 4 comments science
- Like human societies, whales value culture and family ties - "Groundbreaking genetic kinship study of beluga whales" http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/beluga-whales.php 19 comments science
- 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. http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/voice-pitch.php 12 comments science
- Study Shows Alarming Number of Teens Cyberbully Themselves - "Where adolescents post, send or share mean things about themselves anonymously online." http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/self-bullying-study.php 67 comments science
- Restricting how much you eat has been shown to extend lifespan in more than 20 species of animals including primates. Neuroscientists show that smelling food in addition to consuming calories, and cellular autophagy, could influence the aging process, in a new study involving C elegans. http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/autophagy-aging-study.php 4 comments science
- Corporate Social Responsibility Not a Profitable Investment http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/corporate-social-responsibility-not-a-profitable-investment.php 14 comments business
- Corporate Social Responsibility Not a Profitable Investment http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/corporate-social-responsibility-not-a-profitable-investment.php 3 comments nottheonion
- Cavefish May Help Humans Evolve to Require Very Little Sleep http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/cavefish-sleep-study.php 7 comments science
- FAU Poll: Trump Closing to Within Three Points of Clinton in Florida, 46%-43% http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/trump-closing-to-within-three-points-of-clinton-in-florida.php 10 comments politics
- FAU Poll Finds Two-Thirds of Hispanics Voting for Clinton : Florida Atlantic University http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/fau-poll-finds-two-thirds-of-hispanics-voting-for-clinton.php 3 comments politics
- Study Shows 45 Percent Increase in Death by Law Enforcement - "An FAU analyses of nationwide data on individuals who were killed as a result of legal intervention or law enforcement in the U.S. between 1999 and 2013, shows a 45 percent increase mostly among non-whites." http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/legal-intervention.php 3 comments politics
- Study shows a 45 percent increase in death by law enforcement, mostly among non-whites, between 1999 and 2013. http://www.fau.edu/newsdesk/articles/legal-intervention.php 95 comments science