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Soccer moms everywhere have a new thing to worry about – it turns out that repeatedly heading soccer balls isn’t great for young noggins. Researchers from New Yorks Albert Einstein College of Medicine decided to see what theyd find after doing brain scans on adults who played soccer since childhood and played in 12-month soccer leagues and determined how many of them had headed the ball in the previous year, the New York Times reported.

Any parent who has held their screaming child down to get a shot or during a check-up knows how nerve-wracking a visit to the doctor can be. It’s agonizing to watch your baby feel pain – even when it’s for their own good. But what if there was a simple way to ease that pain? Medical researchers at the University of Alberta have found that listening to music effectively reduces the amount of pain children perceive when they’re in the emergency room.

Beginning each day with a bowl of cereal, especially a whole-grain variety, could shave up to 20% off your risk of developing high blood pressure, according to preliminary research presented at an American Heart Association meeting last month in Atlanta. Although cereal alone won’t do the trick, eating it regularly may be an easy and practical way to prevent hypertension, the researchers point out.