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Psychology & Psychiatry

Set expectations to reduce email stress

People can limit the negative impact of email, not necessarily by sending less email, but by sending better emails that clearly define response expectations, according to a new study from the ILR School.

Pediatrics

Child restraints are high-risk interventions that can be fatal

Intended as a safety intervention—but high-risk and potentially fatal if used improperly—physical and mechanical restraints have resulted in the deaths of dozens of children living in out-of-home care settings since 1993, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Serendipity opens new path toward osteoporosis treatment

A cellular protein whose normal function appears to suppress bone formation may be a potential new target for treating osteoporosis, according to a collaborative study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Long commutes, home crowding tied to COVID transmission

Long commute times and household crowding may be good predictors for a higher number of transmissible coronavirus cases in metropolitan settings, according to Cornell urban planning, architectural and public health researchers, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Research finds few US workers aware of COVID sick leave protections

Even with federal provisions aimed at protecting workers, instances of sick people being unable to take time off tripled during the pandemic and fewer than half of workers were aware that emergency COVID-19 sick leave was ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

It's time to change the study of consent, says researcher

For many years, philosophers and legal scholars have wrestled with understanding and defining consent, while psychologists have mostly conducted domain-specific research on the subject—most commonly studying informed consent ...

Gerontology & Geriatrics

More than 10% of older adults at risk of elder abuse

More than 1 in 10 older adults in New York state—over 360,000 people—may become victims of elder mistreatment over the next decade, estimates a first-of-its-kind study by collaborators from Cornell and the University ...

Neuroscience

Brain wiring linked to age, sex and cognition

The degree to which the brain's wiring aligns with its patterns of activity can vary with sex and age, and may be genetic, suggests a study published by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The study finds that this alignment ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Red blood cell alterations contribute to lupus

The autoimmune disease lupus may be triggered by a defective process in the development of red blood cells (RBCs), according to a study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine. The discovery could lead to new methods ...

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