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Still irritating after all these years:  Study of adult children and parents

Still irritating after all these years: Study of adult children and parents

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The majority of parents and adult children experience some tension and aggravation with one another, a new study says.





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'Housekeeping' genes play important role in developmental pathways of cells

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study from the Center for Molecular Genetics at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shows that a gene called HPRT plays an important role in setting the program by which primitive or precursor cells ...


Food habits are more important than the most important obesity risk gene

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The risk of becoming obese is 2.5 times higher for those who have double copies of the best known risk gene for overweight and obesity. However, this is only true if the fat consumption is high. A low fat diet neutralizes ...


Food habits of the poor unchanged by NY calories law: study

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

A New York City law requiring restaurant chains to display calorie counts has not changed eating habits among poorer people, a study released Tuesday said.


Most older long-term cancer survivors have poor health habits

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study finds that most older long-term cancer survivors who are interested in diet and exercise actually have poor health habits. The study also reveals that those survivors who do exercise and watch their diet have ...


Loss of Tumor-Suppressor and DNA-Maintenance Proteins Causes Tissue Demise, Penn Study Finds

Loss of Tumor-Suppressor and DNA-Maintenance Proteins Causes Tissue Demise, Study Finds

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study published in the October issue of Nature Genetics demonstrates that loss of the tumor-suppressor protein p53, coupled with elimination of the DNA-maintenance protein ATR, severely disrup ...


Baby Einstein Controversy: Professor Offers Healthy Language Learning Alternatives for Young Children

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Baby Einstein videos have become a staple in many American households until recently when the Walt Disney Company decided to refund the product, acknowledging that these ever-popular videos were not intended ...


US media giant Hearst Corp. on Friday launched LMK.com, a free online magazine that scours the Internet for news

New Hearst e-magazine weaves tales from Internet

Technology / Internet

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US media giant Hearst Corp. on Friday launched LMK.com, a free online magazine that scours the Internet for news and photos and presents the information as topic pages.


Infant sucking habits may affect how baby talks

Infant sucking habits may affect how baby talks

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pacifier, baby bottle or finger sucking may hamper a child's speech development if the habit goes on too long.


Monkeys' grooming habits provide clues to how we socialise

Monkeys' grooming habits provide clues to how we socialise

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of female monkeys' grooming habits provides new clues about the way humans socialise. New research reveals a link between the size of the neocortex in the brain, responsible for higher-level ...


Crossing paths: Pinpointing when rates of binge eating converge across races

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Existing research shows that rates of binge eating among adult women is virtually identical across race. However, among college age women, it's a different story: Caucasian women are more apt to exhibit binge eating behaviors ...



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