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This study tested whether teaching parents to regularly do specific touch, movement, and play activities at home could improve the long-term brain and motor development of babies born very prematurely. It involved 138 families, comparing babies whose parents received this special…

This study tested whether playing recreational beach tennis twice a week for 12 weeks could help lower blood pressure in adults with hypertension. Researchers compared 42 participants who played beach tennis to a group that did not exercise, measuring their 24-hour blood pressure…

This study tested if giving the antibiotic clindamycin just once a day works as well as giving it three times a day for treating a serious uterine infection called septic abortion. Researchers enrolled 202 women with this infection and randomly assigned them to receive either the…

This study tested whether a home-based brain stimulation treatment could reduce pain and improve daily life for women with fibromyalgia. Researchers wanted to see if people who typically respond well to placebo treatments would get more benefit from the real stimulation. Particip…

This study tested whether a non-invasive brain stimulation technique could reduce pain and other symptoms in people with fibromyalgia. It involved 100 women and specifically looked at how much a person's belief in treatment (the placebo effect) influenced the results. Researchers…

This study tested whether nutritional counseling focused on self-compassion works better than traditional diet advice for improving body image and eating behaviors. Researchers worked with 194 adult women who felt dissatisfied with their bodies, dividing them into two groups for …

This study tested whether a gentle, non-invasive brain stimulation technique called tDCS could help reduce chronic pelvic pain in women with endometriosis. Thirty women with confirmed endometriosis and significant daily pain received the stimulation treatment over several weeks. …

This study investigated whether giving students with ADHD extra time on standardized exams actually improves their test scores. Researchers had 103 Brazilian students planning to take college entrance exams complete a mock test under different time conditions. The goal was to see…