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Middle schoolers with social disorders showed greater improvement in their social abilities when they were grouped with other children based on social skill level rather than type of disorder.

For first-time mothers, inducing birth at full term (39 weeks) was related to fewer cesarean deliveries, lower occurrence of high blood pressure, shorter hospital stays, and slight reductions in pain during birth compared to waiting for spontaneous labor to occur post-term.

Health

More sedentary behavior is associated with increased anxiety.

Journal of Affective Disorders

Toddlers with only four toys in their environment played longer and more creatively than toddlers with 16 toys in their environment, suggesting that having fewer accessible toys encourages more focused and creative play.

Parenting

Native English speakers understood active sentences (subject performs action) and passive sentences (something acts on subject) faster than non-native English speakers. However, both groups took longer to understand passive sentences.

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism

Self-reported lonely college students enjoyed learning about their favorite celebrities' personal lives and visited their social media pages more than their less lonely classmates.

The Social Science Journal

Eating more fish or supplements high in omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the risk of sudden death from cardiac events in men, including men without a history of cardiovascular disease.

New England Journal of Medicine

Stress increases the risk and worsens the outcome of heart attack and stroke in adults who are already susceptible to cardiovascular disease. However, it is a less important factor than smoking or obesity.

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Health

The amount of cotinine (a molecular marker for nicotine) in children's saliva is a better measure of tobacco exposure and predictor of hospitalization rates for severe asthma than caregiver reports, suggesting that caregivers tend to underestimate children's environmental tobacco smoke exposure.

Archives of Disease in Childhood

From 2014 to 2016, songs with atypical lyrics (lyrics that defied genre conventions) were downloaded more on large streaming services than songs with typical lyrics.

Persuasion