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Unemployment Has Little Long-Term Effect on Mental Health
Losing a job can be a profoundly stressful experience, but the unemployed may be more resilient than previously believed
The impact right or left handling has on development may determine emotional consequences
Certain events experienced at the moment of birth have consequences on the emotional reactions of animals at an adult age. French researchers from the Laboratoire d'Ethologie Animale et Humaine have...
Attempting to predict epileptic seizure
While the causes of epileptic seizures continue to confound brain researchers, scientists have been exploring how changes in the coordinated activity of brain networks, as monitored through electrodes, might help...
Apartment Living May Raise Kids' Secondhand Smoke Exposure
Children may be at an increased risk of exposure to secondhand smoke by living in apartment complexes rather than in houses.
Well: Do Vitamins Interfere With Sleep?
In this week's "Really?" column, Anahad O'Connor takes a look at the research on multivitamins and sleep problems.
Legal Memo: Years of Wrangling Lie Ahead for Health Law
A federal court ruling against the Obama health care law highlighted both the novelty of the constitutional issues and the difficulty of forging consensus among judges.
Potential chink in armor of African sleeping sickness parasite: It's social
Long considered a freewheeling loner, the Trypanosoma brucei parasite responsible for African sleeping sickness has revealed a totally unexpected social side, opening a potential chink in the behavioral armor of...
Tired bees make poor dancers
Sleep deprivation hampers ability to give directions to food.
Over long haul, money doesn’t buy happiness
A new analysis shows that long-term happiness does not correspond to increased wealth. Across a worldwide sample of 37 countries, rich and poor, ex-Communist and capitalist, researchers have shown strikingly...
Personal contacts at work help people better understand organ donation
Face-to-face workplace interactions may be the best way to educate and encourage people to consider becoming organ donors, according to new research.
We believe experts who confirm our beliefs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Turns out that Average Joe doesn't rate the credibility of an expert based on rigor, clarity, prestige, reputation or the diplomas he or she holds, but rather on...
We spend more time sick now than a decade ago
Increased life expectancy in the United States has not been accompanied by more years of perfect health, reveals new research published in the December issue of the Journal of Gerontology....
Rich Women Prefer Attractive Older Men
Called the George Clooney effect, as gals become more independent they go for older, more attractive partners.
Recipes for Health: Healthy Holiday Appetizers
Party snacks don’t have to be bad for you. Today: mushrooms in garlic sauce.
Choose Your Own Adventure - But For Movies, In Real Time
When I was a lad, a fellow named Edward Packard came up with a series of books called the Choose Your Own Adventure series, where you read until an action...
Surviving the Christmas blues
Christmas is a time of strong emotions, reflections on lost loved ones and stress from shopping and preparing for seasonal parties and gatherings.
Overweight people influenced by labels
Fat or obese? The labels we use to describe heavy-weight individuals can dramatically influence the judgments we make about people, a new study suggests.
Britain at political crossroads
The National Centre for Social Research today released its latest British Social Attitudes report, its landmark study of the public's attitudes and values, published annually for almost thirty years....
Low-sugar cereals prompt better eating by kids
Children served low-sugar cereal are more likely to eat a nutritious breakfast, even if they sprinkle on table sugar, compared with those served high-sugar cereals, a new study finds.
Choose a movie's plot -- while you watch it
Will Rona and Sol kiss and seal their fate as a couple forever, or will Sol answer the ringing phone and change the course of history? A new movie format...
Santa fears can prompt children's tears
It's a perennial holiday tradition for children to pose for photos with Santa, but some may feel shy, nervous, anxious and even teary-eyed when the moment arrives.
Redefining Great Britain
This research paper describes a clever way to redefine and redraw geographical areas using telephone communication networksLet's pretend that you have been given the task of redrawing the county boundaries for Great Britain;...
Fewer cancers found in Hinkley than expected
A survey says the number is not disproportionately high. It's still important for PG&E to clean up groundwater tainted with chromium 6, says the epidemiologist who did the survey.A state...
Women smokers shocked into giving up habit by seeing effect on their faces, study finds
Seeing the effect smoking will have on their faces shocks women into giving up the habit, research from the UK has revealed.
Top Ten Creationist Arguments
We all hear the same tired and stupid Creationist arguments SO OFTEN that the folks at The Thinking Atheist decided to assemble their 10 favorites and address them in this...
Arsenic And Peer Review
I haven't said much about the infamous arsenic bacteria study until now, not because I didn't want to but because I didn't actually get a chance to read the original...
Is there an excuse for climate change?| The Observer Panel
Economic turmoil may distract us from the issues debated by world leaders in CancúnJohnCooper Climate change is the primary example of an issue needing attention today to prevent catastrophe tomorrow. On a different...
No-sweat holiday gifts for serious athletes
The serious athlete is a picky fellow or gal, normally quite unwilling to delegate the critical task of shopping for high-tech training gadgets to mere holiday well-wishers. But the stuff...