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• Having children lowers mortality in people with type 1 diabetes, women more than men
• Living better with heart failure by changing what you eat
• Older is wiser, at least economically
• Vitamin D alone does little to protect bone health in postmenopausal women
• Professional French horn players in danger of developing noise-induced hearing loss
• Develop after-sex contraceptive pill for routine use, urge researchers: Political opposition biggest hurdle
• Playing with blocks may help children's spatial, math thinking
• Responsive interactions key to toddlers' ability to learn language
• Cross-ethnic friendships in schools make youths feel less vulnerable, safer
• Caffeine consumption slows down brain development, rat study shows
• Sports medicine specialists make pitch to prevent overuse injuries in young athletes
• Marriage associated with better cancer outcomes
• Bedsharing associated with longer breastfeeding; study warns of bedsharing risk

Having children lowers mortality in people with type 1 diabetes, women more than men Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:36 PM PDT New research shows that having children lowers mortality in people with type 1 diabetes, but for women more than men.

Living better with heart failure by changing what you eat Posted: 24 Sep 2013 12:36 PM PDT Just 21 days of following a low-sodium DASH diet lowered blood pressure and improved heart function for older adults living with a common type of heart failure.

Older is wiser, at least economically Posted: 24 Sep 2013 11:10 AM PDT The brains of older people are slowing but experience more than makes up for the decline. Researchers came up with this conclusion after asking the participants a series of financially related questions.

Vitamin D alone does little to protect bone health in postmenopausal women Posted: 24 Sep 2013 10:51 AM PDT While calcium supplements noticeably improved bone health in postmenopausal women, vitamin D supplements did not reduce bone turnover, according to a recent study.

Professional French horn players in danger of developing noise-induced hearing loss Posted: 24 Sep 2013 09:28 AM PDT A new study has found further evidence that French horn players are one of the most at-risk groups of developing noise-induced hearing loss among professional orchestral musicians.

Develop after-sex contraceptive pill for routine use, urge researchers: Political opposition biggest hurdle Posted: 24 Sep 2013 08:00 AM PDT A contraceptive pill that could be routinely used after, rather than before, sex and fertilization is probably scientifically feasible and would probably be welcomed by many women, say researchers.

Playing with blocks may help children's spatial, math thinking Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:18 AM PDT Playing with blocks may help preschoolers develop the kinds of skills that support later learning in science, technology, engineering, and math, according to a new study that examined over a hundred three-year-olds of various socioeconomic levels. Researchers emphasized the importance of the study's implications because block building and puzzle play can improve children's spatial skills that in turn support complex mathematical problem solving in middle and high school.

Responsive interactions key to toddlers' ability to learn language Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:18 AM PDT Responsive interactions are the key to toddlers' ability to learn language, according to a new study. Researchers studied 36 two-year-olds, who learned new verbs either through training with a live person, live video chat technology such as Skype, or prerecorded video instruction. Children learned new words only when conversing with a person live and in the video chat, both of which involve responsive social interactions, thus highlighting the importance of responsive interactions for language learning.

Cross-ethnic friendships in schools make youths feel less vulnerable, safer Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:18 AM PDT A new study found that cross-ethnic friendships in urban middle schools help make youths feel safer and less vulnerable. Researchers examined 536 Latino and 396 African American sixth graders from 66 classrooms in 10 urban American middle schools. The research suggests that these friendships increased feelings of safety and decreased those of vulnerability because no one ethnic group is numerically more powerful than any other group.

Caffeine consumption slows down brain development, rat study shows Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:13 AM PDT Humans and other mammals show particularly intensive sleeping patterns during puberty. The brain also matures fastest in this period. But when pubescent rats are administered caffeine, the maturing processes in their brains are delayed, a new study shows.

Sports medicine specialists make pitch to prevent overuse injuries in young athletes Posted: 24 Sep 2013 06:05 AM PDT Numerous studies indicate that approximately half of the sports-related injuries among children and adolescents in this country are caused by overuse. And overuse injuries are preventable.

Marriage associated with better cancer outcomes Posted: 23 Sep 2013 02:57 PM PDT People who are married when diagnosed with cancer live longer than those who are not, report researchers. Married patients also tended to have cancers diagnosed at an earlier stage -- when it is often more successfully treated -- and to receive more appropriate treatment. The findings suggest that the availability of social support when facing a serious illness may improve outcomes.

Bedsharing associated with longer breastfeeding; study warns of bedsharing risk Posted: 23 Sep 2013 02:56 PM PDT Frequent bedsharing between a mother and infant was associated with longer duration of breastfeeding, but researchers warned of the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) associated with bedsharing.

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