News tagged with relationship
Thoughtful words help couples stay fighting fit
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Couples who bring thoughtful words to a fight release lower amounts of stress-related proteins, suggesting that rational communication between partners can ease the impact of marital conflict on the immune system.
Study finds link between childhood physical abuse and arthritis
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Adults who had experienced physical abuse as children have 56 per cent higher odds of osteoarthritis compared to those who have not been abused, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers.
Half of your friends lost in seven years
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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Had a good chat with someone recently? Has a good friend just helped you to do up your home? Then you will be lucky if that person still does that in seven years time. Sociologist Gerald Mollenhorst investigated how the context ...
Married with children the key to happiness?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Having children improves married peoples' life satisfaction and the more they have, the happier they are. For unmarried individuals, raising children has little or no positive effect on their happiness. These findings by ...
Future angst? Brain scans show uncertainty fuels anxiety
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Anyone who has spent a sleepless night anguishing over a possible job loss has experienced the central finding of a new brain scan study: Uncertainty makes a bad event feel even worse.
Nature Makes Us More Caring, Study Says (w/ Video)
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Want to be a better person? Commune with nature. Paying attention to the natural world not only makes you feel better, it makes you behave better, finds a new study to be published October ...
Partner status influences women's interest in men
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 28, 2009 |
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A study by Indiana University neuroscientist Heather Rupp found that a woman's partner status influenced her interest in the opposite sex.
Why you may lose that loving feeling after tying the knot
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 22, 2009 |
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Dating couples whose dreams include marriage would do well to step back and reflect upon the type of support they'll need from their partners when they cross the threshold, a new Northwestern University study suggests.
Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage
Nov 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday.
Scientists begin census of microbes: the trillions that live in or on us
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Scientists are beginning a large-scale effort to identify and analyze the vast majority of cells in or on your body that aren't of human origin.
Why dishing does you good: study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why does dishing with a girlfriend do wonders for a woman's mood?
Does Size Matter? Study shows Taller People Earn More Money
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Taller men are able to earn more money than their shorter counterparts simply because taller people are perceived to be more intelligent and powerful, this according to a study published in The Economic Re ...
Orchids and fungi -- partners for life
Aug 13, 2009 |
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Three Thai orchids have been found to rely on a wide range of fungi to help them take carbon out of the soil instead of producing their own organic carbon. A detailed study of the relationship, published in ...
Seven-year itch? Boredom can hurt a marriage
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Boredom, not only conflicts, causes couples to lose interest in their marriage, new findings indicate.
Ability to literally imagine oneself in another's shoes may be tied to empathy
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 23, 2009 |
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New research from Vanderbilt University indicates the way our brain handles how we move through space -- including being able to imagine literally stepping into someone else's shoes -- may be related to how ...
