Want higher graduation rates? New study shows public spending on families is key
MSU has a satellite uplink/LTN TV studio and Comrex line for radio interviews upon request. A new study, conducted in ...
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Blood test detects tumors early in families with cancer
Researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and University Health Network (UHN) ...
Doubling down on known protein families
Imagine researchers exploring a dark room with a flashlight, only able to clearly identify what falls within that single beam. ...
Andalusian families do not have the same bilingual education opportunities
Bilingual education programs, which began to be implemented in Spain in the mid-2000s, and were created, in part, to prevent ...
New study finds children of color and from low-income families are exposed to more toxic chemicals and experience greater harm
Media contacts: Abby Manishor amanishor@burness.com Allison Eatough aeatough@umd.edu EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 12:01am ...
Preschoolers from low-income families may have worse health and benefit less from health promotion interventions than children with higher socioeconomic status
Low socioeconomic status can negatively impact children’s health in preschool, along with their ability to follow specialized health education intervention ...
Research explores why daughters in Chinese families of son preference fail to break from sustained exploitation
New research from Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) unveils the extent of sustained exploitation within many Chinese families that have ...
Families with a team mindset strengthened their bonds during COVID-19 pandemic
Despite reports of families disintegrating under the hardships and constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study suggests that many ...
NCCN releases new resource to help families understand pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma, part of award-winning patient information series
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA — The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) today announced the publication of NCCN Guidelines for Patients®: Hodgkin ...
Measuring communication experiences of families of inpatients unable to make decisions for themselves
INDIANAPOLIS – As the population of the United States grows older, more and more family members will be called upon ...
Multi-level international study explores anxiety, concerns of families with a child with a neurodevelopmental condition during the COVID-19 pandemic
A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Global Health analyzed data from more than 6,600 families with a child ...
Black families growing up on either side of the tracks have same economic outcomes
For many, neighborhoods that offer children access to better resources, less crime and less violence often result in better opportunities ...
DNA sequencing in newborns reveals years of actionable findings for infants and families
Researchers who lead the world’s first comprehensive sequencing program for newborn infants have published the next chapter in the ongoing ...
Helping health care providers support Black breastfeeding families
PHILADELPHIA (May 5, 2023) - Despite breastfeeding being recommended for at least two years, only 36 percent of all infants ...
From oral structure to molecular evidence: new insights into the evolutionary phylogeny of the ciliate order Sessilida (Protista, Ciliophora), with the establishment of two new families and new contributions to the poorly studied family Vaginicolidae
This study is led by Dr. Ying Yan (Institute of Evolution & Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China). Ciliated protists ...
Association of hardship among families with young children with federal relief program participation
About The Study: The results of this study suggest that the COVID-19 crisis exacerbated pre-existing inequities in food insecurity and difficulty ...
Study shows families making choices that perpetuate segregation in city with school choice policy
LAWRENCE — Even though Brown v. Board of Education outlawed school segregation in 1954, racially segregated schools have persisted in ...
Sexual minority families fare as well as, and in some ways better than, ‘traditional’ ones
Sexual minority families—where parental sexual orientation or gender identity is considered outside cultural, societal, or physiological norms—fare as well as, ...
Families of facial transplant donors – What do they go through?
February 6, 2023 – At a time of devastating grief, family members of facial transplant donors face a range of difficult challenges ...
Abandoning wood cook stoves would be great for Africa, if families could afford it
DURHAM, N.C. -- Replacing traditional biomass-burning cookstoves across sub-Saharan Africa could save more than 463,000 lives and US $66 billion ...