Kerri Miller

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Articles

Neuroscientist Emily Falk links choice to change in 'What We Value'

2 weeks ago | mprnews.org | Kerri Miller |Kelly Gordon

If you’ve spent time this week doomscrolling on your phone — even though you know it’s not good for you, that it ramps up anxiety and you’d be better off taking a walk or just going to bed — Emily Falk’s new book is for you. “What We Value” is a peek behind the mental curtain. Why do our brains intend one thing and do another? Why is lasting change, even desired change, so hard?
Conservative Mental Health Study Faces Retraction

3 weeks ago | conexiant.com | Kerri Miller |s’ Response

A study examining the association between political conservatism and mental health has been retracted by the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology following a postpublication peer review that identified “major errors involving methods, theory, and normatively biased language.”The article, Do Conservatives Really Have an Advantage in Mental Health? An Examination of Measurement Invariance, authored by Edward Dutton and Emil Kirkegaard, analyzed data from 2 Finnish survey samples (N = 848 and 4,978).
Big Tobacco's Medical Research Infiltrates Journals

3 weeks ago | conexiant.com | Kerri Miller

An investigation by The Investigative Desk and The BMJ has revealed that research funded by the tobacco industry continues to appear in highly cited medical journals, despite efforts by some publications to sever ties with the industry entirely. The findings document hundreds of relationships between major tobacco companies’ pharmaceutical subsidiaries and published medical research.
Does Sleep Duration Shape Oral Microbiomes?

3 weeks ago | conexiant.com | Kerri Miller

In a cross-sectional study of 1,332 U.S. adolescents and young adults, investigators found that individuals with long sleep durations exhibited significantly higher oral microbiome diversity compared with those with healthy sleep durations, according to research scheduled for presentation at SLEEP 2025. The study analyzed data from the 2011–2012 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for participants aged 16 to 26 years (mean age, 20.9 years; 50.4% female).
Phytosterols Shield Against Diabetes, CVD

3 weeks ago | conexiant.com | Kerri Miller

Higher dietary intake of phytosterols, particularly beta-sitosterol, may be associated with a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a 36-year prospective study conducted by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The analysis included more than 206,000 participants.
Plant Diet Delays Myeloma Precursor Progression

3 weeks ago | conexiant.com | Kerri Miller

A high-fiber plant-based dietary intervention may have improved dietary quality and gut microbiome composition in patients with precursor plasma cell disorders, potentially offering the first dietary strategy to delay progression from monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and smoldering multiple myeloma to active multiple myeloma, according to results from a pilot clinical trial conducted at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Major Medical Societies Issue GLP-1 Nutrition Guidelines

4 weeks ago | conexiant.com | Kerri Miller

Four major medical organizations have released comprehensive nutritional guidance for clinicians prescribing glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists for obesity treatment. These guidelines address growing concerns about medication adherence, side effects, and long-term efficacy.
Kennedy Proposes NIH Publishing Ban

1 month ago | conexiant.com | Kerri Miller

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced that the agency may prohibit federally funded scientists from publishing in leading peer-reviewed medical journals, citing concerns about pharmaceutical industry influence. Instead, Kennedy proposed the creation of new government-run journals within each institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Harvard Revokes Behavioral Research Tenure

1 month ago | conexiant.com | Kerri Miller

Harvard University revoked tenure from Francesca Gino, a Harvard Business School professor, ending her employment with the institution last week. Gino had been contesting allegations of data fraud for nearly 4 years. The final decision was made earlier this month by the Harvard Corporation, according to WGBH, which first reported the action.
Postpartum Depression Predicted Before Discharge

1 month ago | conexiant.com | Kerri Miller

Researchers have developed and externally validated a machine learning model that stratifies risk for postpartum depression at the time of hospital discharge, potentially enabling targeted interventions for prevention and early treatment. The model incorporated prenatal depression screening scores along with routinely collected clinical data and demonstrated good discrimination and calibration in an external validation cohort.