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• New ways to promote fitness for urban girls
• Black-white infant mortality gap: Large, persistent, unpredictable
• Brain connections may explain why girls mature faster
• Healthier happy meals
• Chewing gum is often culprit for migraine headaches in teens
• Monthly appointments with pharmacists improve medication adherence
• Awareness of Jolie’s preventive mastectomy not linked to greater knowledge of breast cancer risk
• Small talk skills improve with practice
• Sure it's white now, but what about Christmas?
• Diet rich in tomatoes may lower breast cancer risk
• Improving pollen forecasting for better quality of life for allergy sufferers
• Kids grasp large numbers remarkably young
• Empowering people with disabilities in the green industries
• Musical brain-reading sheds light on neural processing of music

New ways to promote fitness for urban girls Posted: 19 Dec 2013 01:29 PM PST How African-American girls and women perceive physical fitness are addressed by scholar, with recommendations for new ways to promote fitness.

Black-white infant mortality gap: Large, persistent, unpredictable Posted: 19 Dec 2013 01:29 PM PST The unobservable factors that underpin the infant mortality gap between blacks and whites have persisted for more than 20 years and now appear to play a larger role than the observable factors, according to a new study.

Brain connections may explain why girls mature faster Posted: 19 Dec 2013 10:11 AM PST Scientists have discovered that as the brain re-organizes connections throughout our life, the process begins earlier in girls which may explain why they mature faster during the teenage years.

Healthier happy meals Posted: 19 Dec 2013 10:10 AM PST What would happen if a fast-food restaurant reduces the calories in a children's meal by 104 calories, mainly by decreasing the portion size of French fries? Would children compensate by choosing a more calorie dense entrée or beverage? Researchers analyzed transaction data from 30 representative McDonald's restaurants to answer that question.

Chewing gum is often culprit for migraine headaches in teens Posted: 19 Dec 2013 10:09 AM PST A researcher has found that gum-chewing teenagers, and younger children as well, are giving themselves headaches with this habit. These findings could help treat countless cases of migraine and tension headaches in adolescents without the need for additional testing or medication.

Monthly appointments with pharmacists improve medication adherence Posted: 19 Dec 2013 10:09 AM PST Patients are more likely to take chronic medications when they meet monthly with pharmacists to coordinate medication schedules and treatments, according to a study.

Awareness of Jolie’s preventive mastectomy not linked to greater knowledge of breast cancer risk Posted: 19 Dec 2013 05:25 AM PST A new study has found that while three out of four Americans were aware that Angelina Jolie had undergone a preventive double mastectomy, awareness of her story was not associated with an increased understanding of breast cancer risk. The study surveyed more than 2,500 adults nationwide three weeks after Jolie revealed in a New York Times op-ed that she had undergone the surgery because she carried a rare genetic mutation of the BRCA1 gene and had a family history of cancer.

Small talk skills improve with practice Posted: 18 Dec 2013 02:07 PM PST Small talk is far from "small" or trivial, says one expert. It is the "cornerstone of civility." "Small talk is really, really important. It helps us connect with people, and not just at holiday gatherings. If you make connections with people, it makes it much more difficult for you to treat them in an uncivil way. If you think about being kind to and connecting with people, people you engage in conversation, you're going to open a door for them, you'll let them step in front of you in line. You'll engage in more acts of kindness and fewer acts of rudeness."

Sure it's white now, but what about Christmas? Posted: 18 Dec 2013 11:36 AM PST Cornell Climate Center uses half century of data to predict best cities for a White Christmas and a dry New Year's Eve.

Diet rich in tomatoes may lower breast cancer risk Posted: 18 Dec 2013 10:35 AM PST A tomato-rich diet may help protect at-risk postmenopausal women from breast cancer, according to new research.

Improving pollen forecasting for better quality of life for allergy sufferers Posted: 18 Dec 2013 10:02 AM PST New measurements on the properties and spread of airborne pollen to improve the forecasting of this natural allergen, which affects human health as well as the Earth's temperature, have been published in a new international study.

Kids grasp large numbers remarkably young Posted: 18 Dec 2013 08:29 AM PST Children as young as 3 understand multi-digit numbers more than previously believed and may be ready for more direct math instruction when they enter school, according to new research.

Empowering people with disabilities in the green industries Posted: 18 Dec 2013 08:28 AM PST People with disabilities represent a talented and creative section of the workforce in most areas of employment. A study suggests that as the so-called "green economy" grows, so education and training opportunities should be tailored to people with disabilities as well as those without.

Musical brain-reading sheds light on neural processing of music Posted: 17 Dec 2013 05:50 AM PST Finnish and Danish researchers have developed a new method that performs decoding, or brain-reading, during continuous listening to real music. Based on recorded brain responses, the method predicts how certain features related to tone color and rhythm of the music change over time, and recognizes which piece of music is being listened to. The method also allows pinpointing the areas in the brain that are most crucial for the processing of music.

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