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• Screening mammography every two years for most women recommended
• Feeling powerless increases the weight of the world… literally
• Written all over your face: Humans express four basic emotions rather than six
• Does the term 'research-based' keep parents in the dark?
• As the temperature drops, risk of fracture rises
• 'Envy-free' algorithm developed for settling disputes from divorce to inheritance
• Single-sex education unlikely to offer advantage over coed schools, research finds
• Common colds during pregnancy may lead to childhood asthma
• For infants, stress may be caught, not taught
• Whether you lose or gain weight depends on weekdays
• Increasing trend in home birth neonatal mortality rates
• Women 35 and older are at decreased risk to have anatomically abnormal child, study suggests
• New approach to personalize prevention of preterm birth
• Shy kids not delayed or deficient in language, they just speak less
• For young African-Americans, emotional support buffers biological toll of racial discrimination
• Positive feelings about race, ethnicity tied to stronger development in minority youth
• Vitamin C and E supplements may hamper endurance training, study suggests
• High media use, reduced sleep, low activity: Adolescents at 'invisible' risk of mental ill-health
• Beliefs about HPV vaccine do not lead to initiation of sex or risky sexual behavior among teen girls, young women, study shows
• Caring for animals may correlate with positive traits in young adults
• 'Nutrition facts' food labels ready for a facelift
• Divorce rate cut in half for newlyweds who discussed five relationship movies
• Third-hand smoke just as deadly as first-hand smoke, study finds
• Could your relationship with your mom increase your child's chances of obesity?
• Perceived benefits of casual video games among adults
• Women with mental health disability may face four-fold risk of abusive relationship: Study
• Kindergarten weight strong indicator of childhood obesity

Screening mammography every two years for most women recommended Posted: 03 Feb 2014 04:18 PM PST Adoption of new guidelines recommending screening mammography every two years for women ages 50 to 74 would result in breast cancer screening that is equally effective, while saving the United States $4.3 billion a year in health care costs, according to a study.

Feeling powerless increases the weight of the world… literally Posted: 03 Feb 2014 04:17 PM PST New research shows that the more personally and socially powerless you feel the heavier objects appear to weigh.

Written all over your face: Humans express four basic emotions rather than six Posted: 03 Feb 2014 08:35 AM PST Human beings are emotional creatures whose state of mind can usually be observed through their facial expressions. A commonly-held belief posits there are six basic emotions which are universally recognized and easily interpreted through specific facial expressions, regardless of language or culture. These are: happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise and disgust. New research suggests that in fact, there are really only four.

Does the term 'research-based' keep parents in the dark? Posted: 03 Feb 2014 08:21 AM PST Does applying the term 'research-based' to parental advice automatically provide a stamp of authority? A commentary paper suggests that parents and caregivers are frequently misled into an 'ignorance trap' by recommendations which are based on ill-informed research.

As the temperature drops, risk of fracture rises Posted: 03 Feb 2014 07:10 AM PST Record-setting winter weather in the U.S. has led to lots of road condition advisories, but could there also be a slip and fall alert?

'Envy-free' algorithm developed for settling disputes from divorce to inheritance Posted: 03 Feb 2014 07:09 AM PST Whether it's season tickets to Green Bay Packers' games or silver place settings, divorce and inheritance have bred protracted disputes over the assignment of belongings. But, now, a trio of researchers has found a method for resolving such conflicts in an envy-free way.

Single-sex education unlikely to offer advantage over coed schools, research finds Posted: 03 Feb 2014 06:34 AM PST Single-sex education does not educate girls and boys any better than coed schools, according to research analyzing 184 studies of more than 1.6 million students from around the world.

Common colds during pregnancy may lead to childhood asthma Posted: 03 Feb 2014 06:34 AM PST Women that are pregnant may want to take extra precaution around those that are sniffling and sneezing this winter. According to a new study published today, the more common colds and viral infections a woman has during pregnancy, the higher the risk her baby will have asthma.

For infants, stress may be caught, not taught Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:46 AM PST New research shows that babies not only pick up on their mother's stress, they also show corresponding physiological changes.

Whether you lose or gain weight depends on weekdays Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:45 AM PST Almost everyone loses weight on weekdays and gains weight on weekends. What separates the slim from the heavy isn't how much more they gain on weekends. It's how much they lose during the weekdays. In this study, researchers look into the impact that the seven-days-a-week human cycle has on weight.

Increasing trend in home birth neonatal mortality rates Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:45 AM PST Patients delivered babies at home by midwives had a roughly four times higher risk of neonatal deaths than babies delivered in the hospital by midwives. The increased neonatal mortality risk is associated with the location of a planned birth, rather than the credentials of the person delivering the baby.

Women 35 and older are at decreased risk to have anatomically abnormal child, study suggests Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:45 AM PST In a new study, researchers report that women ages 35 and older are at a decreased risk of having a child with a major congenital malformation, after excluding chromosomal abnormalities.

New approach to personalize prevention of preterm birth Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:45 AM PST New research findings may soon help doctors personalize preterm birth prevention treatments by identifying which women at higher risk for preterm birth will be helped by progesterone injections.

Shy kids not delayed or deficient in language, they just speak less Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:42 AM PST Previous research has suggested that shy children have difficulties with language. A new longitudinal study of 816 toddlers has found that shy children who are inhibited in their behavior understand what's being said as well as less shy peers, even though they tend to speak less. In other words, these children are merely reluctant to respond rather than delayed or deficient in understanding language.

For young African-Americans, emotional support buffers biological toll of racial discrimination Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:42 AM PST A new study has found that African-American youth who report experiencing frequent discrimination during adolescence are at risk for developing chronic diseases like heart disease in later years. The study, which looked at 331 rural youth living in Georgia, found that emotional support from parents and peers can protect from the effects of allostatic load -- biological wear and tear due to exposure to repeated stress.

Positive feelings about race, ethnicity tied to stronger development in minority youth Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:42 AM PST A meta-analyses of 46 studies reviewing ethnic-racial affect has found that the more positively minority youth feel about their ethnicity or race, the fewer symptoms of depression and behavior problems they have. Youth with positive ethnic-racial affect had better self-esteem and had fewer problems with drugs or alcohol. Together, the studies looked at African American, Latino, Asian American, Pacific Islander, and American Indian youth in the United States, primarily middle and high school students.

Vitamin C and E supplements may hamper endurance training, study suggests Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:40 AM PST Vitamin C and E supplements may blunt the improvement of muscular endurance -- by disrupting cellular adaptions in exercised muscles, suggests a new study.

High media use, reduced sleep, low activity: Adolescents at 'invisible' risk of mental ill-health Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:40 AM PST Adolescents with high media use, reduced sleep and low physical activity comprise an 'invisible-risk' group that has high prevalence of psychiatric symptoms, according to a large international study.

Beliefs about HPV vaccine do not lead to initiation of sex or risky sexual behavior among teen girls, young women, study shows Posted: 03 Feb 2014 05:36 AM PST A new study may alleviate concerns that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine leads to either the initiation of sex or unsafe sexual behaviors among teenage girls and young women.

Caring for animals may correlate with positive traits in young adults Posted: 31 Jan 2014 08:07 PM PST Young adults who care for an animal may have stronger social relationships and connection to their communities, according to a new study.

'Nutrition facts' food labels ready for a facelift Posted: 31 Jan 2014 10:05 AM PST It has been twenty years since federal law made Nutrition Facts a required part of food packages. The Food and Drug Administration, which is responsible for the design and content of Nutrition Facts, says knowledge about nutrition has advanced in the past two decades, and that label changes to reflect the new information may be on the way.

Divorce rate cut in half for newlyweds who discussed five relationship movies Posted: 31 Jan 2014 10:05 AM PST Discussing five movies about relationships over a month could cut the three-year divorce rate for newlyweds in half, researchers report. The study, involving 174 couples, is the first long-term investigation to compare different types of early marriage intervention program

Third-hand smoke just as deadly as first-hand smoke, study finds Posted: 30 Jan 2014 04:04 PM PST Do not smoke and do not allow yourself to be exposed to smoke because second-hand smoke and third-hand smoke are just as deadly as first-hand smoke, say scientists who conducted the first animal study of the effects of third-hand smoke.

Could your relationship with your mom increase your child's chances of obesity? Posted: 30 Jan 2014 12:29 PM PST Could the quality of your attachment to your parents affect your own child's risk for obesity? A new study says it can.

Perceived benefits of casual video games among adults Posted: 30 Jan 2014 12:28 PM PST New research finds that while a majority of adults cite the ability to compete with friends as their primary reason for playing online casual video games such as Bejeweled Blitz, they report differing perceived benefits from playing the games based upon their age.

Women with mental health disability may face four-fold risk of abusive relationship: Study Posted: 30 Jan 2014 09:16 AM PST Women with a severe mental health-related disability are nearly four times more likely to have been a victim of intimate partner violence than those without a disability, according to a new study.

Kindergarten weight strong indicator of childhood obesity Posted: 29 Jan 2014 03:51 PM PST A recent study suggests that development of new childhood obesity cases, or incidence, is largely established by kindergarten. The study showed that overweight kindergarteners were four times as likely as normal-weight children to become obese by the 8th grade.

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