Children and youth learning English require better support for academic success

Despite their potential, many English learners (ELs) – who account for more than 9 percent of K-12 enrollment in the US – lag behind their English-speaking monolingual peers in educational achievement, in part because schools do not provide adequate instruction and social-emotional support to acquire English proficiency or access to academic subjects at the appropriate grade level, says a new report.

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Poor adolescent, early adult diet associated with increased risk for premenopausal breast cancer

Women who consumed a diet as adolescents or young adults associated with chronic inflammation had a higher risk for premenopausal breast cancer compared with those whose adolescent and early adulthood diet was not associated with chronic inflammation.

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Promise in light therapy to treat chronic pain

Chronic pain afflicts over 100 million people across the United States. It diminishes their productivity, their quality of life and costs hundreds of billions of dollars each year to medically manage. It shatters people’s emotional wellbeing, tears apart families and claims lives through suicides and accidental drug overdoses. But now researchers have found promise in a novel, non-pharmacological approach to managing chronic pain – treating it with green light-emitting diodes (LED).

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Sleepovers with stuffed animals help children learn to read

Sending stuffed animals for a sleepover at the library encourages children to read with them, even long after the sleepover took place, say researchers. For the first time, the study proves stuffed animal sleepovers are an effective way to get children to read.

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Does pre-eclampsia during pregnancy increase risk to mothers' eyes?

Pre-eclampsia may be associated with retinal disease in the mother later in life, new research indicates. Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and large amounts of protein in the urine. According to this study, more severe and earlier-onset pre-eclampsia was associated with even higher risk.

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Stem cells derived neuronal networks grown on a chip as an alternative to animal testing

Scientists have developed an in vitro stem cell-based bioassay grown on multi-electrode arrays capable of detecting the biological activity of Clostridium botulinum neurotoxins. Their assay could serve in minimizing animal experiments as well as provide a physiological relevant platform for drug-screening of neuroactive compounds.

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Nerve wrapping nanofiber mesh promoting regeneration

A joint research team developed a mesh which can be wrapped around injured peripheral nerves to facilitate their regeneration and restore their functions.

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