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Re-reading or highlighting textbooks to study is a less effective learning strategy than frequent practice and testing over periods of days, weeks, or months.

Mindfulness-based art therapy reduced headaches and stress in a group of 8 teenage girls.

Exposure to higher levels of animal and pest allergens (cats, cockroaches, and mice) during the first three years of life was linked to a reduced risk of asthma at the age of seven.

Being overweight was associated with worse hearing in both middle-aged women and children aged 11-12.

International Journal of Obesity

Health

Women sleep better and feel more comfortable and secure when sharing their bed with dogs rather than with cats or human partners.

Having a partner who empathizes with one’s negative emotions is good for relationship quality, although empathizing with positive emotions may carry even greater benefit.

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Happiness

Climate change-denying organizations are more likely to have written and distributed texts that downplay the impact of climate change if they have corporate funding, such as from ExxonMobil or Koch family foundations.

The number of head impacts received playing American football in high school or college was related to an increased risk of apathy, depression, cognitive impairment, and behavioral issues later in life.

Journal of Neurotrauma

Eating more fruits and vegetables is associated with lower risk of hip fractures in men and women over 50.

PLOS ONE

Ten minutes of moderate exercise (stair walking) increased feelings of alertness more than caffeine in chronically sleep-deprived women.