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Stress in the form of depressive symptoms affects exercise patterns in breast cancer patients

Stress in the form of depressive symptoms affects exercise patterns in breast cancer patients

The first study to monitor physical activity in breast cancer patients for five years suggests that patients with greater depressive symptoms and a lower emotional quality of life are less likely to exercise as part of their recovery than are patients reporting less distress.

22 Apr 2009

Couples cope in different ways following death of premature baby

Couples cope in different ways following death of premature baby

Most parents who have lost a premature baby still hold the baby in a central place in their lives two to six years after the baby's death, physicians report in a new small study.

22 Apr 2009

8.5 percent of youth gamers addicted to video games

8.5 percent of youth gamers addicted to video games

Parents have been saying for years that their kids are "addicted" to video games, but a new study by an Iowa State University psychology professor is the first to actually report that pathological patterns of video game addiction exist in a national sample of youth, aged 8 to 18.

20 Apr 2009

Study shows alcohol consumption does not affect how men judge the age of a women

Study shows alcohol consumption does not affect how men judge the age of a women

A new study led by the University of Leicester has demonstrated that consuming alcohol did not affect how men judged the age of women.

20 Apr 2009

Rockefeller University Hospital opens new Sleep Research Center

Rockefeller University Hospital opens new Sleep Research Center

A good night's sleep is good for your health, but the details have long been sketchy.

20 Apr 2009

Chronic pelvic pain syndrome as prevalent in teens as older males

Chronic pelvic pain syndrome as prevalent in teens as older males

A Queen's University research team has found that a painful pelvic affliction associated with adult men occurs as frequently in adolescent boys.

16 Apr 2009

Feeling bored in marriage leads to reduced satisfaction

Feeling bored in marriage leads to reduced satisfaction

Feeling bored in marriage leads to substantially less marital satisfaction even nine years later, according to a study published in the April 14, 2009 issue of Psychological Science.

16 Apr 2009

Research suggests the importance of play in the evolutionary success of the human species

Research suggests the importance of play in the evolutionary success of the human species

A new theory about early human adaptation suggests that our ancestors capitalized on their capacities for play to enable the development of a highly cooperative way of life.

15 Apr 2009

Eyes seek new targets during visual search

Eyes seek new targets during visual search

When we look at a scene in front of us, we need to focus on the important items and be able to ignore distracting elements.

15 Apr 2009

Wireless body sensors to help prevent falls in seniors

Wireless body sensors to help prevent falls in seniors

When an older person is injured in a fall, the cost is significant, both in quality of life and medical expense.

14 Apr 2009

Many consumers ignore food product recalls

Many consumers ignore food product recalls

Rutgers' Food Policy Institute (FPI) released a study today showing that many Americans fail to check their homes for recalled food products.

14 Apr 2009

Family ties provide protection against young adult sucidal behavior

Family ties provide protection against young adult sucidal behavior

Adolescents and young adults typically consider peer relationships to be all important.

13 Apr 2009

Promotion good for the pocket but bad for the health

Promotion good for the pocket but bad for the health

British researchers have discovered that a job promotion might be good for the pocket but could be bad for the health.

13 Apr 2009

Do people become healthier after being promoted?

Do people become healthier after being promoted?

New research by economics and psychology researchers at the University of Warwick has found that promotion on average produces 10% more mental strain and gives up to 20% less time to visit the Doctors.

12 Apr 2009

Research defines neurons that control sociability in worms

Research defines neurons that control sociability in worms

Ants colonize. Fish shoal. Flamingos flock and caribou herd. Earth is populated by inherently social beings. Even lowly worms seek out the benefits of companionship.

12 Apr 2009

Children can add problems and stress to a marriage

Children can add problems and stress to a marriage

What married couples have suspected for years is now proven by researchers at the University of Denver (DU) and Texas A&M - children can add problems and stress to a marriage.

9 Apr 2009

Panic attacks immediately following traumatic events do not trigger or predict PTSD in the long-term

Panic attacks immediately following traumatic events do not trigger or predict PTSD in the long-term

New Geisinger-lead research dispels a recent notion in psychiatry that if a person experiences a panic attack during a traumatic event that they will likely suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the future.

8 Apr 2009

Classroom-based intervention reduces children's viewing of violent TV

Classroom-based intervention reduces children's viewing of violent TV

A team of Oregon State University researchers has successfully implemented a classroom-based intervention that reduces the amount of violent TV that children watch.

8 Apr 2009

Exercise is safe, improves quality of life in patients With chronic heart failure

Exercise is safe, improves quality of life in patients With chronic heart failure

Behavior treatment works as well as drugs for children with ADHD and bypasses the risk of medication's side effects, a meta-analysis of 174 studies on ADHD treatment conducted at the University at Buffalo, has shown.

7 Apr 2009

Thinking of others causes lapses in our self-control

Thinking of others causes lapses in our self-control

Exerting self-control is exhausting. In fact, using self-control in one situation impairs our ability to use self-control in subsequent, even unrelated, situations.

6 Apr 2009

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