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Study to explore if more sleep will help teens shake off depression
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- After a late night of texting or updating Facebook, it's hardly surprising that many teenagers show up groggy for school, which studies have shown can diminish academic performance. To address this troubling ...
Recognizing children's successes in all areas may prevent teenage depression
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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Students' successes in the first grade can affect more than their future report cards. In a new study, University of Missouri researchers found links among students' weak academic performance in the first grade, self-perceptions ...
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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.
Improving education may cut smoking in youth
May 13, 2009 |
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Although low socio-economic status is associated with an increased liability to smoke, performing well at school can mitigate this effect. A new study, published in BioMed Central's open access International Journal for Eq ...
High-quality child care leads to academic success for low-income kids
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Sep 15, 2009 |
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For low income parents, finding high quality child care not only boosts the performance of their children in school, but actually combats the effects of poverty, according to a new study in the journal Child Development.
Full-day kindergarteners' reading, math gains fade by 3rd grade
Jul 15, 2008 |
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Children in full-day kindergarten have slightly better reading and math skills than children in part-day kindergarten, but these initial academic benefits diminish soon after the children leave kindergarten. This loss is ...
Time spent on meaningful pursuits may cut risk of physician burnout
May 25, 2009 |
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Faculty physicians at academic medical centers may be less likely to experience burnout if they spend at least one day per week on the aspect of their work that is most meaningful to them, according to a report in the May ...
College students who pull 'all-nighters' and get no sleep more likely to have a lower GPA
Jun 13, 2007 |
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A common practice among many college students involves "pulling all-nighters", or a single night of total sleep deprivation, a practice associated with lower grade-point averages compared to those who make time for sleep, ...
Children's under-achievement could be down to poor working memory
Feb 28, 2008 |
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Children who under-achieve at school may just have poor working memory rather than low intelligence according to researchers who have produced the world's first tool to assess memory capacity in the classroom.
Students with depression twice as likely to drop out of college (w/ Podcast)
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Jul 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- College students with depression are twice as likely as their classmates to drop out of school, new research shows.
The effect of parental education on the heritability of children's reading disability
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Dec 22, 2008 |
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Parental education is a strong predictor of socioeconomic status and children's educational environment. Nevertheless, some children continue to experience reading failure in spite of high parental education and support for ...
Sick Children Affect Parents' Mental Health
Jul 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Caring for a child with health problems profoundly affects the physical health, mental health and work attendance of parents, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin ...
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