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Students with attention problems more likely to cheat

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 11:59 AM PST

High school students who have trouble paying attention in class are more likely to admit to cheating, a new study shows.

Weight loss before fertility treatment may not increase births for obese women

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 11:56 AM PST

Health care professionals often encourage women with obesity to lose weight prior to trying to conceive or start infertility treatments. But a new nationwide study found that women with obesity and unexplained infertility who lost weight prior to starting infertility treatments did not have a greater chance of having a healthy baby than those who did not lose weight prior to starting therapy.

Fear of catching COVID-19 heightened Americans' disgust sensitivity

Posted: 18 Jan 2022 09:51 AM PST

A new study suggests that disgust sensitivity -- how intensely a person is repulsed by images, ideas or situations that could be considered really gross or merely unpleasant -- was affected by the pandemic, when concern about catching COVID increased sensitivity to disgust.