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More tooth loss is associated with greater cognitive decline and dementia in elderly people.

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Compared to traditional lectures, active learning with in-class participation improves student exam scores and passing rates in undergraduate STEM classes, especially for minoritized students.

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Medical cannabis and cannabinoids may improve sleep for people with chronic pain. Side effects, however, may include nausea, dizziness, diarrhea, and fatigue.

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Mangrove trees protect against flooding, but their populations have shrunk significantly due to habitat loss.

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More fried food servings per week is associated with greater chance of major cardiovascular events like heart attacks.

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Black Americans benefit less from speech-recognition technology than White Americans because these systems make more mistakes with Black voices.

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Black applicants are less likely to receive funding for highly competitive NIH research grants than White applicants.

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When memories are connected by a story, even if they are separated in time and place, they become linked together. Forming a narrative connection between memories makes them easier to recall.

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Natural disaster relief advertisements about loss are more effective at increasing willingness to donate when the story is told from a first-person (rather than third-person) perspective.

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Companion dogs who were trained using punishments, such as yelling or leash-jerking, had higher levels of stress than dogs trained using reward-based methods.

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