Sentences with phrase «new study findings raise»

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A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research has found that tax policy has a dramatic impact on businesses and, if raised too high, could drive consumers to the black market.

A survey of New York City employers after implementation of the city's paid sick days law showed that more than 91 percent of respondents did not reduce hiring; 97 percent did not reduce hours; and 94 percent did not raise prices as a result of the law.26 In a similar study from Connecticut, which passed a statewide paid sick days law in 2011, employers also reported no effects or modest effects to their bottom lines.27 And an audit of the District of Columbia's paid sick leave law, effective in 2008, found that it did not discourage business owners from basing their businesses in the District, nor did it incentivize them to relocate their businesses outside of Washington.28

Cool - Raising Kids May Lower Blood Pressure A new study has found a link between parenthood, especially mothers, and lower blood pressure.

«In two studies of breast - fed infants involving more than 3,000 children in Britain and New Zealand, breastfeeding was found to raise intelligence an average of nearly 7 IQ points if the children had a particular version of a gene called FADS2.

Having too little thyroid hormone in the blood — even in the low - normal range — raises the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, especially in people with prediabetes, a new study in nearly 8,500 people finds.

In a second study, (abstract 2.348) researchers from New York University's Langone Medical Center find that genetic mutations altering the transmission of electrical impulses in the heart and brain may raise the risk of SUDEP in people.

RAISING RISK Painkillers like this baby aspirin have been associated with reducing the risk of colorectal cancer, yet they can actually boost the risk in rare cases, a new study finds.

A new study led by Boston Children's Hospital and the University of Montreal raises a note of caution, finding that person - to - person genetic differences may undercut the efficacy of the gene editing process or, in more rare cases, cause a potentially dangerous «off target» effect.

Pregnant women who had low socioeconomic status during childhood and who have poor family social support appear to prematurely age on a cellular level, potentially raising the risk for complications, a new study has found.

In the near term before 2040, the most cost - effective way to protect New York likely is a more modest combination of building improvements — such as raising new structures and home foundations — and smaller barrier methods to keep out water, such as small levees, the policy study finNew York likely is a more modest combination of building improvements — such as raising new structures and home foundations — and smaller barrier methods to keep out water, such as small levees, the policy study finnew structures and home foundations — and smaller barrier methods to keep out water, such as small levees, the policy study finds.

And a new study published two weeks ago raises the specter of Chagas from another more familiar insect pest: bed bugs, found all over the country.

EID Church Rock Sheep Studies, 8/86 — EID News, news release, June 17, 1986, Elevated radionuclide levels found in cattle grazing near Uranium mines and mills; Executive Summary and Recommendations Radionuclide Levels in Cattle Raised Near Uranium Mines and Mills in Northwest New Mexico, Environmental Improvement Division, NM, June 1986; Radionuclide Levels in Sheep and Cattle Grazing Near Uranium Mining and Milling At Church Rock, NM, Dr. Jere B. Millard, Dr. Sandra C. Lapham, and Paul Hahn, NM EID, October 1986.

Eating high amounts of white bread and corn flakes may raise the risk of lung cancer, a new study has found.

A new study of almost 2,000 people found that among full - time employees, each additional hour per week that they worked raised their risk of cardiovascular disease by about 1 percent.

A September 2008 study led by the same author, Thomas E. Rohan, MD, PhD, an epidemiologist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in New York City, found similarly disturbing evidence in a study of women taking estrogen and progestin: Combined HT raised a womans risk of benign breast disease by 74 %.

Dr. Felson, however, says the new findings aren't sufficient to quell the concerns raised by previous studies.

New Recommendations from the National Sleep Foundation - The Atlantic January 2015 - Poor Sleep in Adolescence Predicts Future Problems, Study Says - Los Angeles Times January 2015 - How Sleep Keeps You Healthy, Helps You Heal - Discovery News September 2014 - Lack of Sleep Increases Risk of Failure in School Among Teens - Science World Report, from Sleep Medicine August 2014 - Sleep Woes in Old Age May Be Linked to Brain Cell Loss - Health magazine August 2014 — University of Chicago Study: Getting More Sleep Could Cut Junk Food Cravings in Half — CBS News August 2014 — University of Montreal Study Shows Learning Is Best Enhanced During Sleep - Jewish Business News February 2014 - Link Found between Sleep Duration and Depression - Psych Central February 2014 - Less Sleep, More Time Online, Raises Risk for Teen Depression — National Public Radio

«Evidence of prostate cancer, omega - 3 link US scientists say they have confirmed a surprising 2011 study that found a higher risk of prostate cancer among men who consume omega - 3 fatty acids, raising new questions about the safety of supplements.»

Given the severity of this year's flu, the study's findings raise an important issue, said Dr. Marc Siegel, a professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City.

David Figlio talks with Education Next about his new study, which finds that public schools in Florida raise their performance when faced with the prospect of losing students to nearby private schools via the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.

Podcast: David Figlio talks with Education Next about his new study, which finds that public schools in Florida raise their performance when faced with the prospect of losing students to nearby private schools via the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.

Now a new study has found that highly effective principals raise the achievement of a typical student in their schools by between 0.05 and 0.21 standard deviations, the equivalent of between two and seven months of additional learning each school year.

Teacher Performance Pay Alone Does Not Raise Student Test Scores — New Vanderbilt Study Finds, Vanderbilt - Peabody News, Melanie Moran, September 21, 2010

For example, a study by Helen Ladd and Lucy Sorensen of North Carolina middle school students found that a teacher with midlevel experience of 12 years raised English test scores by.08 standard deviations and math test scores by.18 standard deviations more than a new teacher.33

A new study finds that enhanced eBooks for children don't raise literacy levels.

Born and raised in New York City — the daughter of Alice Trumbull Mason, a founding member of New York's American Abstract Artists — Mason graduated from New York's High School of Music and Art, studied at Bennington College for two years, and attended and graduated from Cooper Union, a distinguished college of art, architecture and engineering.

OCEANS RISING FAST, NEW STUDIES FIND Melting ice could raise levels up to 20 feet by 2100, scientists say David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor

OCEANS RISING FAST, NEW STUDIES FIND Melting ice could raise levels up to 3 feet by 2100, scientists say David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor Friday, March 24, 2006 Glaciers and ice sheets on opposite ends of the Earth are melting faster than previously thought and could cause sea levels around the world to rise as much as three feet by the end of this century and 13 to 20 feet in coming centuries, scientists are reporting today.

The number of high school students passing New York State's standardized tests, the Regents exams, is raised by as much as 10 percentage points if the teachers participated in Columbia University's Summer Research Program for Science Teachers, the study found.

A new study raised worry over finding that the last time ocean temperatures were this warm, or 125,000 years ago, sea levels were up to 30 feet higher than they currently are.

For the parent report version of the SDQ used in the current study, the new four - band classification system for total difficulties scores is as follows: 0 — 13 «close to average», 14 — 16 «slightly raised», 17 — 19 «high» and above 19 «very high».17 For the purposes of analysis, we considered that all children with a total difficulties score below the threshold for high risk of emotional or behavioural problems (< 17) had «good» mental health.18 — 20 The SDQ has previously been found to be acceptable, 21 reliable and valid22 among the SEARCH cohort.

[FN16] Beginning in the early 1980s, and swelling in volume as the decade progressed, new studies have emphasized the limitations of those early findings and have raised a series of questions.

While it may appear that adopting children can be risky, the good news is that the preliminary finding of a new comprehensive study being conducted at the University of Minnesota indicates that there is minimal difference in psychological functioning between children raised in adoptive families and those in biological families.

The majority of millennials» housing preferences may not be as different from previous generations as once believed, according to a new report released this week from The Demand Institute, Millennials and Their Homes: Still Seeking the American Dream.The report finds that the majority of millennials want to own a house in the suburbs as they look to raise families and they want more space, a veer from other studies that have shown twentysomethings will likely choose walkable urban neighborhoods when it comes time to buy.