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• Mediterranean diet helps cut risk of heart attack, stroke: Results of PREDIMED study presented
• Doing good is good for you: Volunteer adolescents enjoy healthier hearts
• Targeting CPR education in high-risk neighborhoods could save more lives
• Gender gap disappears in school math competitions
• Global surveys show environment ranks low among public concerns
• Moments of spirituality can induce liberal attitudes, researchers find
• Memory strategy may help depressed people remember the good times
• A question of accountability: What happens when employees are left in the dark?
• Catfight? Workplace conflicts between women get bad rap
• Most babies slow to grow catch up by early teens

Mediterranean diet helps cut risk of heart attack, stroke: Results of PREDIMED study presented Posted: 25 Feb 2013 03:15 PM PST Results of a major study aimed at assessing the efficacy of the Mediterranean diet in the primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases show that such a diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or tree nuts reduces by 30 percent the risk of suffering a cardiovascular death, a myocardial infarction or a stroke.

Doing good is good for you: Volunteer adolescents enjoy healthier hearts Posted: 25 Feb 2013 01:22 PM PST Giving back through volunteering is good for your heart, even at a young age, according to researchers.

Targeting CPR education in high-risk neighborhoods could save more lives Posted: 25 Feb 2013 12:30 PM PST Targeting CPR education in high-risk neighborhoods could increase the number of bystanders giving CPR and decrease deaths from cardiac arrest, according to a new statement.

Gender gap disappears in school math competitions Posted: 25 Feb 2013 12:30 PM PST The idea that boys are better at math and in competitions has persisted for a long time - primarily because of the competition format. A new study shows that competitions that extend beyond a single round result in parity between the sexes.

Global surveys show environment ranks low among public concerns Posted: 25 Feb 2013 10:15 AM PST A newly released international study reveals that the issue of climate change is not a priority for people in the United States and around the world. The surveys showed that when asked to rank priority worries, people were five times more likely to point to the economy over the environment.

Moments of spirituality can induce liberal attitudes, researchers find Posted: 25 Feb 2013 10:15 AM PST People become more politically liberal immediately after practising a spiritual exercise such as meditation, researchers have found.

Memory strategy may help depressed people remember the good times Posted: 25 Feb 2013 09:20 AM PST New research highlights a memory strategy that may help people who suffer from depression in recalling positive day-to-day experiences.

A question of accountability: What happens when employees are left in the dark? Posted: 25 Feb 2013 08:23 AM PST All employees are accountable for something, but very few fully understand exactly what they are accountable for, according to a new study.

Catfight? Workplace conflicts between women get bad rap Posted: 25 Feb 2013 06:22 AM PST A new study suggests troubling perceptions exist when it comes to women involved in disputes at work.

Most babies slow to grow catch up by early teens Posted: 25 Feb 2013 06:22 AM PST New research shows that most babies who are slow to put on weight in the first nine months of life have caught up to within the normal range by the age of 13, but remain lighter and shorter than many of their peers. There are significant differences in the pattern of "catchup," depending on the infant's age when the slow weight gain occurs.

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