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Alcohol consumption predicts risky sexual behavior, including engagement in unprotected sex.

AIDS and Behavior

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) patients receiving probiotics reported feeling less abdominal pain, less bloating, and were less likely to have persistent symptoms than IBS patients receiving a placebo substance.

American Journal of Gastroenterology

In a sample of people using an online weight management system, more engagement with the social aspects of the program (e.g. commenting on forums or messaging other users) was associated with greater weight loss.

For doctors who prescribed more antibiotics than their peers, informing them of this fact led to reductions in their antibiotic prescriptions over a 6 month period.

Having bariatric surgery (the surgery that reduces stomach size) is associated with slight increases in suicide risk.

Health

Patients were more likely to follow treatment recommendations for prostate cancer given by surgeons who disclosed their own biases for treatment choice.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

People who lived in areas with more ocean visibility had lower levels of psychological distress (an indicator of mental health) regardless of income or neighborhood quality.

In college students, amount of smartphone use (especially for social media) was associated with increased impulsivity and reduced ability to delay gratification.

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Productivity

Children with cavities in their baby teeth were more likely to develop cavities in their teeth as adults.

Adolescent girls who reported using social networking sites more than two hours per day were more likely to report being dissatisfied with their body weight due to perceiving themselves to be overweight, as compared to those who used these sites less.

Obesity Science and Practice