U.S. students are experiencing a math crisis marked by a decline in scores that began over a decade ago and rapidly accelerated after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The top job in Pakistani higher education is, by design, a temporary one. The chairperson of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) now gets a mere two years — instead of four — to steward the ...

Recent research, published in Biological Psychiatry, provides the first proof that evidence-based parenting programs are accompanied by specific changes in children's brain activity and ...

New parents often struggle to find time to go out of the house. In this Instagram video, a new mom has to brainstorm a lot when she gets invited somewhere. She tries to figure out her baby's sleeping ...

Understanding the mechanism by which chronic high blood pressure induces vascular disease is of fundamental importance for prevention of the adverse consequences of hypertension. Clinical and ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The amygdala is part of the limbic system, which regulates emotional and behavioral responses. An amygdala hijack is a fight-or-flight response to stress. To better understand what an amygdala hijack ...

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Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China National Engineering Research Center of Cereal Fermentation and Food ...

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OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the relationship between pelvic organ prolapse distress, colorectal-anal distress, and urinary distress and sexual function in women with urinary incontinence.