Category: News

  • Eggs can increase child growth

    Eggs can increase child growth

    Eating eggs can develop your child’s growth according to a new study at the Brown School of Washington University in St. Louis that discovered a direct correlation between height and that breakfast staple. “Eggs can be affordable and easily accessible,” study lead author and leading expert in child nutrition, Lora Iannotti, said in a statement.…

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  • Falling aid for education putting global goals at risk, warns UN agency

    Falling aid for education putting global goals at risk, warns UN agency

    Against the backdrop of aid allocations to education falling for the sixth year in a row, the United Nations agency mandated with promoting education globally has called on the donor community to focus more attention on the vital sector, especially in countries where needs are the greatest. According to a policy paper by the UN…

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  • NBA players’ late-night tweeting affects next-day performance

    NBA players’ late-night tweeting affects next-day performance

    NBA basketball players who did late-night tweeting scored lower in next-day game, linking performance and sleep, based on preliminary data of a new study. The study, which analyzed the Twitter account activity between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. of 112 verified NBA players, found those who tweeted between these times had poorer personal statistics. The…

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  • PM says Malaysia needs to win ideological warfare

    PM says Malaysia needs to win ideological warfare

    To counter the threat of terrorism in the country, Malaysia needs to “win the ideological warfare,” apart from working on police and military arrests, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak during the monthly assembly at the PM’s Department of Dataran Perdana Putra on June 5. As posted on the Prime Minister’s official website,…

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  • To protect your brain, play a musical instrument

    To protect your brain, play a musical instrument

    Music has always been an integral part of anyone’s life. But do you know that playing sounds and rhythms can help older people retain their listening and cognitive skills? In a recent study by Baycrest Health Sciences published in the Journal of Neurosciences, researchers have found out that playing music can actually rewire your brain…

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  • New research calls on governments, businesses to act against abuses in seafood industry

    New research calls on governments, businesses to act against abuses in seafood industry

    A new paper authored by a team from Conservation International of the University of Washington (UW) and other organizations seeks to look into the human rights abuses and violations in the seafood industry. This is in response to investigative reports published by the New York Times, the Associated Press, the Guardian, and other media outlets…

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  • Facial expressions are part of how brain remembers a face–study

    Facial expressions are part of how brain remembers a face–study

    A new study revealed that the brain stores both a face and its facial expressions in a person’s memory, suggesting that facial “expressions are a part of facial identify representation.” On the hand, this new study, published in the journal i-Perception, clearly demonstrated that facial expressions of unfamiliar faces could prevent telling these faces apart.…

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  • What interventions boost social and emotional learning skills of a child?

    What interventions boost social and emotional learning skills of a child?

    Emotional and social learning skills at a very young age are said to be crucial in the success of a child in school, but some researchers are trying to discover what kinds of intervention really boost these skills. Sure, practicing target skills daily, incorporating direct instruction, and engaging childhood education teachers in training as well…

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  • Number of teen crashes surge: traffic safety report

    Number of teen crashes surge: traffic safety report

    According to a recent study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, new teen drivers are most likely to succumb to car crashes as the report zoomed to 15% more as compared to last year’s findings. This study occurred between the period of Memorial Day and Labor Day when the number of teen deaths surge.…

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  • Rich American high schoolers more at risk of substance abuse and alcoholism, study indicates

    Rich American high schoolers more at risk of substance abuse and alcoholism, study indicates

    High schoolers from affluent communities who attend elite high schools are more at risk of “problematic substance abuse across early adulthood,” according to a new research from the Arizona State University. The researchers found “high rates of substance abuse among young adults who were initially studied as teenagers,” according to research lead Suniya Luthar, a…

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  • Depression among American Muslim women linked to stigma, abuse, study reveals

    Depression among American Muslim women linked to stigma, abuse, study reveals

    A new study revealed that depression experienced by Muslim women in the United States were strongly associated with stigma and physical and sexual abuse. The researchers, Henna Budhwani, PhD, MPH and Kristine Hearld, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, wrote in their article entitled, “Muslim Women’s Experiences with Stigma, Abuse, and Depression: Results of a Sample Study…

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  • India and Spain strengthen bilateral ties

    India and Spain strengthen bilateral ties

    In a bid to strengthen the bilateral relationship between Spain and India, the President of Spain Mariano Rajoy received and welcomed the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his country on May 31, which was said to be the first official visit again to Spain by a government head of India since former Prime Minister…

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