News tagged with personal habits

Are you a happy shopper? Research website helps you find out

Psychologists have found that buying life experiences makes people happier than buying possessions, but who spends more of their spare cash on experiences? New findings published this week in the Journal of ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Habit makes bad food too easy to swallow

Do you always get popcorn at the movies? Or snack while you're on the couch watching television? A new paper by USC researchers reveals why bad eating habits persist even when the food we're eating doesn't taste good. The ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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

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

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

Investigators searching for links among meningitis victims

"Patient Zero," the first victim to come down with the rare strain of meningitis that has killed four and infected eight others in South Florida since December, was a South Florida resident who was sickened in December but ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Maternal personality affects child's eating habits

Mothers with many negative thoughts and feelings are more likely to give their children unhealthy food. This is shown in a study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in collaboration with the University of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0