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• Baby's innate number sense predicts future math skill
• Effective arts integration improves test scores
• Theatre offers promise for youth with autism
• 'Supernatural experiences' trigger religious donations
• Retirement expert: Financial planning important for non-retirees, too
• Internet users more likely to engage in cancer-preventive behaviors
• Opioids for chronic pain: How patients and their doctors talk about risks
• 'A permanent talent underclass': 'Excellence gap' among American students charted
• Facing our fears: How horror helps
• Coffee consumption reduces risk of liver cancer, analysis suggests
• Small changes can help health service staff avoid burnout
• Are you ready to retire?
• Use of booze and drugs common among truck drivers on the road
• Moderate to vigorous exercise boosts teens' academic performance
• Lifestyle factors could put college-age women at higher risk of breast cancer
• Growing up poor, stressed impacts brain function as adult
• Bottle feeding associated with increased risk of infant stomach obstruction
• Intervention helps older adults prepare for emergencies
• Children born to teen mothers have delayed development, likely due to social factors

Baby's innate number sense predicts future math skill Posted: 22 Oct 2013 02:08 PM PDT A new study suggests that the strength of an infant's innate sense of numerical quantities can be predictive of that child's mathematical abilities three years later.

Effective arts integration improves test scores Posted: 22 Oct 2013 02:06 PM PDT Effective classroom arts integration can reduce or eliminate educational achievement gaps for economically disadvantaged students, according to a report.

Theatre offers promise for youth with autism Posted: 22 Oct 2013 11:37 AM PDT A novel autism intervention program using theatre to teach reciprocal communication skills is improving social deficits in adolescents with the disorder that now affects an estimated one in 88 children.

'Supernatural experiences' trigger religious donations Posted: 22 Oct 2013 10:20 AM PDT People who have had what they believe to be supernatural experiences are more likely to be "religious givers," with their behavior based on cost-benefit principles that apply in other transactions -- whether they be through a major online store or an auto repair shop, according to a new study.

Retirement expert: Financial planning important for non-retirees, too Posted: 22 Oct 2013 10:20 AM PDT Older workers delaying retirement or putting it off entirely should carefully consider the financial-planning options available in Social Security, Medicare and employment-based retirement plans.

Internet users more likely to engage in cancer-preventive behaviors Posted: 22 Oct 2013 10:20 AM PDT Older men and women who used the internet were more likely to participate in screening for colorectal cancer, participate in physical activities, eat healthily, and smoke less, compared with those who did not use the internet, according to a study.

Opioids for chronic pain: How patients and their doctors talk about risks Posted: 22 Oct 2013 08:35 AM PDT A pilot study is believed to be the first to analyze how patients and doctors discuss potentially addictive pain medications in primary care appointments. This knowledge may ultimately lead to more effective strategies for communicating about chronic pain treatment.

'A permanent talent underclass': 'Excellence gap' among American students charted Posted: 22 Oct 2013 08:35 AM PDT A new report finds that high-performing American students are disproportionately white and well-off.

Facing our fears: How horror helps Posted: 22 Oct 2013 08:34 AM PDT As scores of Americans enter the darkened realms of haunted houses, nighttime hayrides and horror film marathons, monsters, ghosts and pop-culture goblins wait to give them a scare. A popular Halloween tradition, these dramatized attractions, coupled with costumes, trick-or-treat candy and festive decorations added up to an estimated $7 billion in 2011. While it may seem odd to celebrate a night of fright with so much enthusiasm, confronting what scares us isn't a new phenomenon.

Coffee consumption reduces risk of liver cancer, analysis suggests Posted: 22 Oct 2013 07:22 AM PDT Coffee consumption reduces risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer, by about 40 percent, according to an up-to-date meta-analysis. Further, some data indicate that three cups of coffee per day reduce liver cancer risk by more than 50 percent.

Small changes can help health service staff avoid burnout Posted: 22 Oct 2013 06:16 AM PDT A survey of nurses working with older adults across three National Health Service trusts in England explored how perceptions of the workplace affect nurse wellbeing. Standardised validated measures were used to assess burnout, perceived organisational support and organisational culture. Significant associations were found between innovative organisational culture and nurses' sense of personal accomplishment, which reduce the likelihood of burnout.

Are you ready to retire? Posted: 21 Oct 2013 06:17 PM PDT In a paper published last month, authors present a partial differential equation model governing the value of defined pension plans including the option for early retirement.

Use of booze and drugs common among truck drivers on the road Posted: 21 Oct 2013 06:17 PM PDT The use of booze and drugs among truck drivers on the road is common, but seems to be mainly linked to poor working conditions, finds a systematic analysis of the available evidence.

Moderate to vigorous exercise boosts teens' academic performance Posted: 21 Oct 2013 06:17 PM PDT Regular moderate to vigorous exercise improves teens' academic performance, and particularly seems to help girls do better in science, indicates research.

Lifestyle factors could put college-age women at higher risk of breast cancer Posted: 21 Oct 2013 06:14 PM PDT With hopes to spark a shared conversation regarding breast cancer prevention in young adults, a researcher compiled some key prevention awareness tips for young women.

Growing up poor, stressed impacts brain function as adult Posted: 21 Oct 2013 06:14 PM PDT Poverty, coupled with stress, has long-lasting effects on brain function, according to a new study. Researchers found that test subjects who had lower family incomes at age 9 exhibited, as adults, greater activity in the amygdala, an area in the brain known for its role in fear and other negative emotions. These individuals showed less activity in areas of the prefrontal cortex, an area in the brain thought to regulate negative emotion.

Bottle feeding associated with increased risk of infant stomach obstruction Posted: 21 Oct 2013 01:25 PM PDT Bottle feeding appears to increase the risk infants will develop hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS), a form of stomach obstruction, and that risk seems to be magnified when mothers are older and have had more than one child.

Intervention helps older adults prepare for emergencies Posted: 21 Oct 2013 12:32 PM PDT A researcher has found a way to help older adults who live independently better prepare for health emergencies.

Children born to teen mothers have delayed development, likely due to social factors Posted: 16 Oct 2013 06:30 PM PDT Babies born to teen mothers have less developed speaking skills at age five than children of older mothers, a new study has found.

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