Sentences with phrase «control study found»

A randomized control study found that families who received the enhanced engagement protocol stayed in services 54 days longer than those who did not.

A multicenter, randomized control study found that babies born in hospitals whose policies promoted exclusive breastfeeding were significantly more likely to be exclusively breastfed at six months.

Luckily, most science geeks would never deny the settled science in a field where multiple peer - reviewed, placebo - controlled studies find the same thing over and over.

In fact, one double blind, placebo - controlled study found that after seven weeks of supplementing, creatine ethyl ester resulted in less creatine in the muscles and blood than regular monohydrate, plus it appears to lead to higher plasma concentrations of the byproduct creatinine.

A dietary review of 49 observational and controlled studies found plant - based vegetarian diets, especially vegan diets, are associated with lower levels of total cholesterol, including lower levels of HDL and LDL cholesterol, compared to omnivorous diets.

One placebo - controlled study found that the group receiving nutritional lithium reported increases in positive mood, happiness, and energy.

A meta - analysis of 9 cohort and 9 case - control studies found a borderline significant influence of highest coffee consumption on the risk of breast cancer.

Not exact matches

This «Super Slow» form of resistance training was popularized by inventor Ken Hutchins who conducted the «Nautilus Osteoporosis Study» and found the slow - moving controlled exercise approach to be effective in building bone density in elderly women with osteoporosis.

These researchers also looked at the National Childhood Development Study and found that, when they controlled for cognitive and non-cognitive skills, the relationship between height and wages disappeared.

«In a study of health care providers, we found that those who used WOOP were significantly more engaged with their work and less stressed than members of a control group,» Oettingen writes for HBR.org.

A small pilot study of schizophrenia patients found that a particular video game where the user has to land a rocket helped the patients control verbal hallucinations.

Overall, the study found «no evidence that personal brain training benefited the participants in terms of improving cognitive performance, working memory, on attention, cognitive flexibility, or inhibitory control,» says Lerman.

However, a study performed at Edinburgh University found that much of our predisposition toward determination, sociability, self - control, and sense of purpose is in our genes.

As I wrote back in 2013, the findings of the Guelph study (and now the findings of the New York attorney general) suggest a quality control problem at best, and outright fraud at worst.

Leahy agrees: Personality assessments conducted as part of the Texas A&M University study found that people who are more risk averse and who have more self control were more apt to choose and be successful with the snowball method.

«In sum, the findings of all studies reveal that consumers only show better self - control following reflection on their past under very specific conditions - when they recall their past self - control successes easily,» the research release reports.

Indeed, a recent study that analyzed 30 years of research found no correlation between depression and progestin - only birth control methods (like the IUD or the implant.)

That said, the study is a model — it's not a controlled study that looks at actual habits, so the findings are somewhat limited.

The author of this study, Joni Hersch, finds that after controlling for other factors that determine wages, women employed in jobs with an average probability of being sexual harassed are paid a compensating differential of 25 cents per hour relative to women employed in jobs with no risk of sexual harassment.

Indeed, in recent research we've found that this effect replicates in the NBA's Three Point contest, as well in other controlled studies.

But while preliminary findings from the first 32 cases involved in the study confirm causality, the researchers said, the true size of the effect will become clear only after full analysis of all 200 cases and 400 controls.

One study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that participants demonstrated reduced self - control — less physical stamina, reduced persistence in the face of failure and more procrastination — after making several decisions about what types of goods to buy.

After controlling for all other factors, the study found that commuting has a detrimental psychological effect on women, but not on men.

One study found that after participants completed ten minutes of short, periodic sprints, «performance on the Stroop Test — a long - established measure of mental control, or what psychologists call «executive function» — seemed to be enhanced immediately... and 45 minutes afterwards.»

And yet the largest observational study — again we don't have controlled experiments — found that childhood swearing is largely innocuous.

«A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found that from 1998 to 2008, leafy greens were associated with more incidents of food poisoning than any other single food category (though contaminated poultry led to more deaths),» Harrington reports.

Sitting on his patio at his summer house in Boulder, he pulls out his iPad to forward me an article on a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that found that only about one in 10 Americans eats the recommended minimum five servings a day of fruit and vegetables.

The court's written findings define an «adequate and well - controlled human clinical study» as one lasting a minimum of six weeks using appropriate tools.

One study looked at the behavior of about 60,000 investors from 1991 to 2002 and found that people took greater market risks when their party controlled Washington.

He found that homeowners have higher self - esteem than renters, but pointed out that the original studies may not have adequately controlled for other contributing factors.

Unlike a similar study last year that found that women chiefs make more than men, this one had a far larger sample and controlled for «chief executives» tenure, characteristics of the firms (size, performance and risk), and the size and independence of the boards.»

According to the Fast Company article, «Study Finds Work - Life Balance Could Be a Matter of Life and Death,» researchers from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business found that people who work in highly stressful jobs with little to no control over their work life were 15.4 % more likely to die sooner.

From 2001 to 2011, that study found that fewer than five per cent of Canadian taxpayers in the bottom half of the income scale owned at least 10 per cent of the shares in at least one Canadian - controlled private corporation (CCPC).

The study findings confirm what annuity consumers know - an annuity IRA allows them to take control of their savings and savings choices and not have to, perhaps uncomfortably, deal with their previous employer.

The study also found control over where people work and the associated informal work flexibility also add to job satisfaction.

An unpublished Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study confirms Florida State University criminologist Gary Kleck's findings of more than two million defensive handgun uses (DGUs) per year.

The research supports gun control: A 2016 review of 130 studies in 10 countries, published in Epidemiologic Reviews, found that new legal restrictions on owning and purchasing guns tended to be followed by a drop in gun violence — a strong indicator that restricting access to guns can save lives.

After controlling for other factors, the study found that CEO pay tends to jump 10 times as much as the pay of the other top executives after a rise in passive ownership.

In a recent study of eight state workfare programs operating since 1981, the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation found modest improvements in earnings and employment rates compared with control groups.

Two other studies found a similar link between violent game playing and aggressive thoughts and behavior, even after controlling for innate temperament and exposure to violence in other sources, such as movies and television.

There have been studies done on long - term meditators, and researchers have found through FMRI's that there are distinct changes in areas of the brain that typically lead to greater levels of peace, well - being and better mental and emotional control.

If you want to bring science into it there appears to be a neurological brain study about it: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/97 Generally speaking, at this time I'm not sure how much stock I put into the results of these various neurological studies since while they seem to show brain activity under certain controlled situations, I don't necessarily find the situations conducive to what I consider proof.

In a study I led after Hurricane Katrina, we found that people who reported higher levels of spiritual surrender viewed God more positively and as being more in control.

Conversely, the study found «children can learn to be altruistic, friendly and self - controlled by looking at television programs depicting such behavior patterns.

In another study, it was found that soy isoflavones given to a control group resulted in interrupted or absent periods.

The sample size was small, and the researchers stated that the research findings indicate the need for a randomised control trial (RCT) as RCT's are widely recognised as the best study design.

While studies examining effects of chia on blood sugar control are ongoing, the protein, heart - healthy fats, fiber, and antioxidants found in chia seeds are beneficial for people with diabetes — especially those who want to keep heart - disease risks low and achieve or maintain a healthy weight.

A 2008 study published in the British Society for Investigative Dermatology found that participants who consumed tomato paste for 12 weeks experienced over 30 % more protection from UV light than the control group.

The study found that, after controlling for certain factors, black quarterbacks were 38.5 percent more likely than white quarterbacks to change positions.

From Harvard, a recent study by Dr. Elizabeth Hoge, a psychiatrist at the Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders at Massachusetts General Hospital and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, found that «a mindfulness - based stress reduction program helped quell anxiety symptoms in people with generalized anxiety disorder, a condition marked by hard - to - control worries, poor sleep, and irritability.»