Tag: Study
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Wearables Track Parkinson’s Better Than Human Observation, Study Finds
[ad_1] The News An Oxford University researcher and her team showed that digital wearable devices can track the progression of Parkinson’s disease in an individual more effectively than human clinical observation can, according to a newly published paper. By tracking more than 100 metrics picked up by the devices, researchers were able to discern subtle…
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GfK study reveals only 46% of CMOs in APAC say sustainability is important for their brand | News
[ad_1] A new study by German market research company GfK entitled the CMO Outlook Survey, has found that just under half of CMOs in Asia-Pacific (46%) view sustainability and environmental protection as important parts of their brand compared to a global average of (42%). The study is based on 633 interviews with a global…
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Rental insecurity and unaffordability driving negative health outcomes, study finds
[ad_1] Key PointsA joint Australian-UK study has found people in the private rental market age faster than homeowners.Researchers found rental insecurity and unaffordability were driving contributors to negative health outcomes.The study found improving rental conditions had a measurable, positive effect on health. Housing unaffordability not only harms people’s finances but also their health, with people…
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Gun Deaths Rising Sharply Among Children, Study Finds
[ad_1] Julvonnia McDowell was making dinner one evening when she got a call saying that her 14-year-old son, JaJuan — a gentle boy who loved animals, who was so generous that he gave a pair of shoes to a classmate who was being teased — had been shot. He was visiting a relative’s home when…
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Online Marijuana Shops Make It Easy for Minors to Buy, Study Finds
[ad_1] The Numbers The research examined the age-verification policies and other practices of 80 online dispensaries, based in 32 states, that sell marijuana to American customers. The study found that 18.8 percent of dispensaries, or nearly one in five, “required no formal age verification at any stage of the purchasing process.” And that more than…
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Windows Installed in Skulls Help Doctors Study Damaged Brains
[ad_1] Tucker Marr’s life changed forever last October. He was on his way to a wedding reception when he fell down a steep flight of metal stairs, banging the right side of his head so hard he went into a coma. He’d fractured his skull, and a large blood clot formed on the left side…
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Central Team to Visit Himachal to Study Viability of Satellite Town Project to Decongest Teeming Shimla
[ad_1] Last Updated: September 14, 2023, 00:58 IST Himachal Pradesh is competing with Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, and Arunachal Pradesh to get the project. (Representational photo: Shutterstock) The proposed Rs 500-crore mountain township project to be funded by the Union Ministry for Housing and Urban Development is likely to come up at Jathia Devi, about 12…
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Global marketers fall rapidly out of love with TV, according to Kantar study | News
[ad_1] TV failed to make an appearance among the top-five-preferred media channels both for the world’s consumers and marketers, according to Kantar’s Media Reactions 2023 report. The medium, which has never been highly rated in the study by consumers, also took a bashing from the perspective of marketers in 2023, falling from third place…
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Study shows NFL jersey numbers are linked to perceptions of body type : NPR
[ad_1] A UCLA study finds that lower NFL jersey numbers tend to be associated with the idea that a player’s body is slimmer and faster. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 6, 2023.) LEILA FADEL, HOST: The NFL season gets underway today when the Detroit Lions visit the Kansas City Chiefs. Football is…
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Where are abortions happening? New study tracks post-Roe trends : Shots
[ad_1] People seeking an abortion are “highly motivated” to travel if they can’t get abortions where they live. That’s one conclusion from a study from the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy group that supports reproductive rights. Here’s one striking finding: in Illinois, there were 18,300 more abortions in the first half of this year…