Prenatal Care Affects IQ, Study of Twins Determines

The Washington Post;  July 31, 1997 ;     379 words ......an analysis combining more than 200 earlier studies, statisticians concluded that genes...colleagues combined the results of 212 earlier studies that compared the IQs of twins, siblings...prenatal conditions. Many of the 212 earlier studies had found a strong genetic component...

Intelligence inherited? Think again, study says

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 31, 1997 ;   MATT CRENSON;   403 words ......an analysis combining more than 200 earlier studies, statisticians concluded that genes...statisticians combined the results of 212 earlier studies that compared the IQs of twins, siblings...prenatal conditions. Many of the 212 earlier studies had found a strong genetic component...

Enterprise: Research into north and south divisions.

The Birmingham Post (England);  January 17, 2001 ;     236 words ......three-year research programme. It follows earlier studies in the 1970s and 1980s and aims to...indication of new business formation. In earlier studies, Buckinghamshire had the highest rate...founded in Cleveland in the 1990s with earlier studies of firms founded in the 1970s and...

Commentary--response to Richard Kronick.(Insurance to medically uninsured...

Health Services Research;  April 1, 2006 ;   Hadley, Jack Waidmann, Timothy;   787 words ......small. The commentary argues that earlier studies (Franks, Clancy, and Gold 1993; Sorlie...methods that caused downward bias in the earlier studies. The populations for both of the earlier studies included adults as young as 25. Almost...

Regional growth in China under economic reforms.(Statistical Data...

Journal of Development Studies;  December 1, 2001 ;   Yao, Shujie Zhang, Zongyi;   787 words ......shown by Sala-i-Martin [1996] and some earlier studies on China. Only after controlling for...countries, and the evidence from some earlier studies on China. Why do our data show divergence...this question, we first examine some earlier studies. In a detailed analysis of the ...

Analysis: New study suggests fewer deaths linked directly to obesity or...

All Things Considered (NPR);  April 20, 2005 ;   ROBERT SIEGEL;   575 words ......to obesity or being overweight than earlier studies Host: ROBERT SIEGEL Time: 9:00-10...overweight is significantly lower than earlier studies found. But as NPR's Patricia Neighmond...deaths in this study were lower than in earlier studies. In this study, as expected, obese...

Getting smarts Genes account for less than half of IQ factors, study finds

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 31, 1997 ;     445 words ......determines a person's IQ. In an analysis combining more than 200 earlier studies, statisticians concluded that genes accounted for 48% of...journal Nature. The statisticians combined the results of 212 earlier studies that compared the IQs of twins, siblings or parents and...

Born smart? Genes account for less than half of IQ factors, study finds

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 31, 1997 ;     451 words ......determines a person's IQ. In an analysis combining more than 200 earlier studies, statisticians concluded that genes accounted for 48% of...journal Nature. The statisticians combined the results of 212 earlier studies that compared the IQs of twins, siblings or parents and...

NURTURE TOPS NATURE FOR IQ, STUDY FINDS.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 31, 1997 ;     703 words ......an analysis combining more than 200 earlier studies, statisticians concluded that genes...statisticians combined the results of 212 earlier studies that compared the IQs of twins, siblings...prenatal conditions. Many of the 212 earlier studies had found a strong genetic component...

New Study Finds Strong Educational Progress Across Immigrant Generations,...

U.S. Newswire;  September 6, 2005 ;     208 words ......Immigrant Generations, But Is it Enough? Analysis Disputes Earlier Studies -- Shows Gains for All Immigrant Groups, But Troubling Disparities...California's various immigrant groups. The report contradicts earlier studies that suggest a stall in intergenerational progress for certain...

Seniors can keep healthy brains by giving them regular workouts ;...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  June 23, 2003 ;     223 words ......Herald (Maine) 06-23-2003 Seniors can keep healthy brains by giving them regular workouts ; Researchers have reinforced earlier studies that show stimulation is key to fighting off dementia. Edition: FINAL Section: Editorial Those who are fighting the battle...

SCIENCE; Notebook

The Washington Post;  June 20, 2005 ;     787 words ......narrowed, according to a new government report that confirms earlier studies. Historically, far more boys than girls are born each year...factors including health, lifestyle and economic status. Earlier studies had found that social contact of all kinds increases longevity...

(book review)

Renaissance Quarterly;  June 22, 2000 ;   GRAY, FLOYD;   713 words ......Rodopi, 1998. 421 pp. $77.50. ISBN: 90-420-0484-3. Whereas earlier studies of the Theoremes tended to privilege devotional stance and...partially conclusive. The great advantage of this work over earlier studies on La Ceppede, namely the thoroughness of Ganim's energetic...

Action-centred attention in virtual environments

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology;  June 1, 1999 ;   James Lyons; Digby Elliott; Kathryn L Ricker; Daniel J Weeks; Romeo Chua;   787 words ......Tipper, Lortie, & Baylis, 1992). In contrast to many earlier studies, where perception and action seem to be dissociated, an...al. attempted to circumvent the ecological limitations of earlier studies in selective attention by employing tasks that required...

Antigenics Launches First Phase III Trial Testing Its Cancer Vaccine.

PR Newswire;  June 28, 2000 ;     615 words ......treatment of renal cell carcinoma. Based on the results of two earlier studies in kidney cancer involving more than 100 patients as well...novel individualized vaccine and the promising results from earlier studies. Human clinical studies using Oncophage began in 1997. Phase...