Research has linked participation in sports to positive effects like better self-image, fewer teen pregnancies and higher grades.

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But she says the research does show the need to study whether or not there are long-lasting effects of repeated exposure over several years.

VOA: special.2011.03.02

Most impressively, it has helped construct an orbiting laboratory that offers the prospect of long-term research into the effects of space flight, research that can not just improve the health and safety of our astronauts but also of people on Earth.

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The objectives are the recovery and monitoring of whale populations, study of the effects of not whaling on whales and research on the effects of environmental change on whale populations.

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As far back as 2001, Indiana University Professor David Flockhart, considered one of the foremost experts in fluoroquinolone-related side effects, published research linking quinolones to neurotoxicity.

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