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• New study aims to prevent sports-related brain injury in youngsters
• Mathematician publishes 2013 Major League Baseball projections
• Teachers' gestures boost math learning
• Risk of autism is not increased by 'too many vaccines too soon,' study shows

New study aims to prevent sports-related brain injury in youngsters Posted: 29 Mar 2013 09:53 AM PDT Ice hockey accounts for nearly half of all traumatic brain injuries among children and youth participating in organized sports who required a trip to an emergency department in Canada, according to a new study.

Mathematician publishes 2013 Major League Baseball projections Posted: 29 Mar 2013 09:52 AM PDT It looks like 2013 will be a thrilling season for baseball fans as four of the six divisions can be expected to deliver tight races, says a baseball guru and mathematician.

Teachers' gestures boost math learning Posted: 29 Mar 2013 09:51 AM PDT Students perform better when their instructors use hand gestures -- a simple teaching tool that could yield benefits in higher-level math such as algebra.

Risk of autism is not increased by 'too many vaccines too soon,' study shows Posted: 29 Mar 2013 06:03 AM PDT Although scientific evidence suggests that vaccines do not cause autism, approximately one-third of parents continue to express concern that they do; nearly 1 in 10 parents refuse or delay vaccinations because they believe it is safer than following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) schedule. A primary concern is the number of vaccines administered, both on a single day and cumulatively over the first 2 years of life. Researchers concluded that there is no association between receiving "too many vaccines too soon" and autism.

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