Prices Ending in “.99” May Lead to Different Outcomes in Spending
Razi Berry Setting a price just below a round number ($39.99 instead of $40) may lead consumers into thinking a product is less expensive than it really is — but it can sometimes backfire on sellers, a new study shows. Researchers found that this “just-below” pricing makes consumers less likely to upgrade to a more […]
What Level of Coffee Consumption is “Healthy?”
Razi Berry Up to three cups of coffee per day is associated with a lower risk of stroke and fatal heart disease, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2021.1,2 “To our knowledge, this is the largest study to systematically assess the cardiovascular effects of regular coffee consumption in a population without diagnosed heart disease,” […]
Breast Milk Helps Premature Babies’ Heart Function
Razi Berry New research from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences demonstrates the beneficial effect of breast milk consumption on cardiovascular health and early cardiovascular development in premature infants. Published in JAMA Network Open, the study of 80 preterm infants is the first of its kind to show that preterm infants with higher exposure […]
Why Dreaming Matters
Razi Berry Scientists have long wondered why almost all animals sleep, despite the disadvantages to survival of being unconscious. Now, researchers led by a team from the University of Tsukuba have found new evidence of brain refreshing that takes place during a specific phase of sleep: rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, which is when you […]
Lowering Sugar in Packaged Goods Could Prevent Millions from Disease
Razi Berry Cutting 20% of sugar from packaged foods and 40% from beverages could prevent 2.48 million cardiovascular disease events (such as strokes, heart attacks, cardiac arrests), 490,000 cardiovascular deaths, and 750,000 diabetes cases in the U.S. over the lifetime of the adult population, according to micro-simulation study published in Circulation. A team of researchers […]
People Dealing With Trauma Have Harder Time with Grief and Loss
Razi Berry Among individuals who survive a trauma that resulted in the loss of a close friend or loved one, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder can predict complicated grief — a sense of persistent sadness and an inability to cope — years after the trauma, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. “Grief […]
Wildfire Smoke Making COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Worse
Razi Berry Thousands of COVID-19 cases and deaths in California, Oregon, and Washington between March and December 2020 may be attributable to increases in fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) from wildfire smoke, according to a new study co-authored by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study is the first to quantify […]
Cholesterol in Brain Regulates Alzheimer’s Plaquing
Razi Berry A team co-led by scientists at Scripps Research has used advanced imaging methods to reveal how the production of the Alzheimer’s-associated protein amyloid beta (Aβ) in the brain is tightly regulated by cholesterol. Appearing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the scientists’ work advances understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease develops […]
“Outgrowing ADD/HD” Maybe? – But Only 10%
Razi Berry Most children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) don’t outgrow the disorder, as widely thought. It manifests itself in adulthood in different ways and waxes and wanes over a lifetime, according to a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. “It’s important for people diagnosed with ADHD to understand that it’s […]
Connecting With People Who Listen Improves Brain Health
Razi Berry Supportive social interactions in adulthood are important for your ability to stave off cognitive decline despite brain aging or neuropathological changes such as those present in Alzheimer’s disease, a new study finds. In the study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers observed that simply having someone available most or all of the time […]