Smartphone virtual assistants often fail in their responses when someone is in distress, a new study that tested phrases such as “I was raped” has found.
NYT > Fitness & Nutrition
A study in The New England Journal of Medicine also found that emergency room visits for supplements occurred frequently among young adults.
Well
Teenage drivers who have a later school start time have fewer car accidents, according to a new study in The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
Well
In some people, consumption of the sugar sharply effects a hormone that helps to regulate fat accumulation, researchers at Harvard reported.
Well
A comprehensive review of earlier studies found higher levels of antioxidants and lower levels of pesticides in organic fruits and vegetables compared with conventionally grown produce.
NYT > Fitness & Nutrition
Tamiflu and its siblings reduced the mortality rate in hospitalized patients by as much as 50 percent, researchers say.
Well
Tamiflu and its siblings reduced the mortality rate in hospitalized patients by as much as 50 percent, researchers say.
     |
In a trend that public health officials call encouraging, fewer women are undergoing early-term Caesarean deliveries. The rate of C-sections overall, which had risen steeply since the mid-1990s, leveled out at 31 percent from 2009 to 2011.
Well
Health experts said the findings offered an encouraging sign that the obesity epidemic might be easing, but cautioned that the magnitude of the decline was small.
NYT > Fitness & Nutrition