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A program for people with diabetes that taught them about the disease, how it can be managed, and about useful lifestyle modifications helped them to self-manage their disease, leading to fewer visits to the clinic over a year, and a greater percentage of patients meeting important treatment goals.

PLOS ONE

Health

Modafinil, typically prescribed for sleep disorders, and unofficially used by some to improve memory, and attention, did not appear to have this effect on healthy volunteers, who in fact responded slower, without improving accuracy, to a language-dependent task.

PLOS ONE

Reframing a political argument to appeal to the moral values of those holding an opposing position was more effective at persuading people on political issues.

Persuasion

An analysis of several studies examining the health effects of GMOs found that they likely do not pose a greater health risk compared to other foods.

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Winners of a non-chance-based competition were more likely to act dishonestly on a subsequent task, possibly due to an increased sense of entitlement from winning.

In terms of weight loss, low-fat diets do not seem to be better (their outcomes are the same or worse) than other diets, such as low-carbohydrate diets or other diets with higher fat content.

Men who had an immediate family member imprisoned during their childhood were more likely to suffer a heart attack later in life.

Health

People in activity-friendly neighborhoods (those with more pedestrian-accessible intersections, public transit stops, and public parks nearby), tend to get more exercise.

Meals with a high salt content are associated with increased food intake as well as perceived pleasantness of the meal.

A study following 200,000 people over 30 years found that drinking 1-5 cups of coffee per day was associated with a slightly lower risk of mortality.