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Switching schools affects student achievement, study
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Picture a kindergarten classroom of 20 students. By the time that class finishes fourth grade, only six students—30 percent—will have been continuously enrolled in the same school.
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Better sleep is associated with improved academic success
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Getting more high-quality sleep is associated with better academic performance. according to new research. The positive relationship is especially relevant to performance in math.
Study examines relationship between low birth weight and psychiatric problems in children
Sep 01, 2008 |
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Low-birth-weight children appear to be at higher risk for psychiatric disturbances from childhood through high school than normal-birth-weight children, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of General Ps ...
Anxiety's hidden cost
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 23, 2009 |
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The effect of anxiety on academic performance is not always obvious but new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council suggests that there may be hidden costs. The research found that anxious individuals ...
Researchers find culture of academic institution may influence health care delivery
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Brandeis University have completed a qualitative study on the cultural environment in medical schools and how this may affect medical faculty vitality, professionalism ...
New report warns current policies will not avert health workforce crisis
Jul 18, 2008 |
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Without immediate action to develop an integrated, comprehensive, national health workforce policy, the U.S. is at risk of losing its status as the global health care leader, states a new report released by the Association ...
Good relationship with parents may prevent teen drinking problems
Apr 23, 2009 |
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Teenagers who have a strong relationship with their parents may start drinking at a later age -- which may, in turn, lessen their risk of developing alcohol problems, a new study suggests.
Serious school failure turns out to be a real bummer for girls, but not boys
Jul 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adolescent girls who had a serious school failure by the 12th grade -- being expelled, suspended or dropping out -- were significantly more likely to have suffered a serious bout of depression at the age ...
Assembling the virtual human
Jun 29, 2009 |
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It could mean the end of animal testing and eventually even clinical patient drug trials. The Virtual Physiological Human is a 21st century pan-European project that's gaining momentum and takes a major step forward this ...
Researchers Study Academic Effects of ADHD Drugs
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stimulant medications used to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, are often assumed to improve memory and make a person smarter, but experts have found that is not the case. Researchers ...
Mind out of balance, body out of balance
Jan 22, 2009 |
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Many of the 40 million American adults who suffer from anxiety disorders also have problems with balance. As increasing numbers of children are diagnosed with anxiety, Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that ...
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