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Sexually Satisfied Women Have Better General Well-being, Study Finds; Older Women Score Higher Than Younger Women
Pre- and post-menopausal women who self-rated themselves as being sexually satisfied had a higher overall psychological well-being score and scores for "positive well-being" and "vitality," compared with sexually dissatisfied women...
Key To Subliminal Messaging Is To Keep It Negative, Study Shows
Subliminal messaging is most effective when the message being conveyed is negative, according to new research.
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A pet in your life keeps the doctor away
Lowers blood pressure, encourages exercise, improves psychological health - these may sound like the effects of a miracle drug, but they are actually among the benefits of owning a four-legged,...
Lack of social support tied to parental depression
The latest research from Family Relations shows that parents in low-income environments are more prone to depression when there is a lack of social support. This is especially prevalent in...
Electronic alerts about abnormal imaging test results do not always result in timely follow-up
Abnormal results on outpatient imaging tests sometimes may not receive timely follow-up even when clinicians receive and read results in an advanced, integrated electronic medical record system, according to a...
Mad genius: Study suggests link between psychosis and creativity
Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear. Sylvia Plath stuck her head in the oven. History teems with examples of great artists acting in very peculiar ways. Were these artists...
Did The Great Depression Have A Silver Lining? Life Expectancy Increased By 6.2 Years
The Great Depression had a silver lining: during that hard time, US life expectancy actually increased by 6.2 years, according to a new study.
Do your children push the boundaries? It may be a sign of future leadership abilities study shows
Children whose parents use a firm parenting style that still allows them to test the rules and learn from it are more likely to assume leadership roles as adults according...
Considering Free Will: The Deterministic Part
There is no question that we live in a deterministic universe. Despite some of the uncertainties and probabilities that are exhibited in the quantum world, the world we actually deal...
Wikipedia locks Polanski page after editing war
A Wikipedia page devoted to Roman Polanski was locked on Monday due to fighting over whether the entry should emphasize his accomplishments as a film-maker or his underage sex case.
59 percent support Massachusetts' Landmark 2006 health reform law
A new poll by the Harvard School of Public Health and The Boston Globe finds 59% of Massachusetts residents who are aware of the state's health reform legislation, which was...
Growth charts confound U.S. parents
Parents often ask pediatricians to see their children's growth chart but many don't seem to know how to interpret the information, a new U.S. study suggests.
EU starts campaign to improve kids' eating habits
The European Union said Monday it is launching a public relations blitz designed to boost the eating habits of the continent's younger people and reduce the number of overweight youth.
Help students think like soil scientists
Emphasizing cross-disciplinary concepts in teaching soil science courses, such as mass-volume relationships, can help undergraduates learn real-world, problem-solving skills that are crucial to their success in soil science careers.
China shows its soft side in Packham v pandas debate
Comments by the BBC presenter Chris Packham
Apology for human rights abuses has precedent in US
A growing global movement to apologize and make restitution to victims of human rights abuses is now gathering steam in the United States, but it won't be a first for...
New Links Among Alcohol Abuse, Depression, Obesity In Young Women Found
There is new evidence that depression, obesity and alcohol abuse or dependency are interrelated conditions among young adult women but not men.
Get biodiversity science to decision-makers
Establishing an effective science–policy interface is key to combating biodiversity loss, say Harold Mooney and Georgina Mace.
Working families busy, stressed
Working parents are increasingly putting in extra, unpaid hours at work and are feeling pressed for time, a study has revealed.
Photoshopped Images Could Carry Warnings in France
(PhysOrg.com) -- A law has been proposed in France that would see digitally enhanced images carry a warning to viewers that the image has been retouched to change the physical...
Why women have sex
According to a new book, there are 237 reasons why women have sex. And most of them have little to do with romance or pleasure
Editorial: Outsourcing clinical trials
Human exploitation is a simple concept: one man gains at the expense of another. It is easy to see the rapid trend towards testing new drugs in less developed countries as a...
The Braintionary - Our Brain's Mental Lexicon
You open your dictionary to figure out what your friend meant by 'nasute,' only to find that the definition is "A wittol, or jemadar; bannocked in an emunctory fashion." What...
Science Weekly: The paranormal
Prof Chris French is coordinator of the anomalistic psychology research unit at Goldsmiths, University of London. He defines his field as the psychology of paranormal beliefs and of ostensibly paranormal experiences, cognition and emotion....
How the iPod became a tool of war
Motivational music has been used by the military for centuries, but in modern wars, soldiers are taking along their own playlists
HIV network will intervene in Mabior appeal
A Canadian agency advocating for the rights of HIV-infected persons will be allowed to intervene in the criminal appeal of a Winnipeg man imprisoned for failing to disclose to his...
Dead Salmon 'Responds' to Pictures of People
A dead salmon has become a scientific celebrity after its brain supposedly lit up when shown pictures of humans during a brain scan.