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• Go on, volunteer -- it could be good for you!
• Restricting food and fluids during labor is unwarranted, study suggests
• Better management of free time ensures happier retirement
• Engaging in a brief cultural activity can reduce implicit prejudice
• Well-being not a priority for workaholics
• Breast is best: Good bacteria arrive from mum's gut via breast milk
• Depressed people have a more accurate perception of time
• Boys suffer from their fathers' long working hours
• Human brains are hardwired for empathy, friendship
• New technology protects against password theft and phishing attacks

Go on, volunteer -- it could be good for you! Posted: 22 Aug 2013 04:44 PM PDT Volunteering can improve mental health and help you live longer, finds the study which pools and compares data from multiple experimental trials and longitudinal cohort studies. Some observational evidence points to around a 20 per cent reduction in mortality among volunteers compared to non-volunteers in cohort studies. Volunteers also reported lower levels of depression, increased life satisfaction and enhanced well-being, although the findings have yet to be confirmed in trials.

Restricting food and fluids during labor is unwarranted, study suggests Posted: 22 Aug 2013 11:19 AM PDT Despite the longstanding, widespread practice of restricting women's food and fluid intake during labor, a large-scale analysis finds it unwarranted and supports women eating and drinking as they please.

Better management of free time ensures happier retirement Posted: 22 Aug 2013 08:21 AM PDT How well retirees plan their free time is more important than the amount of free time on hand, study reveals. Retirees should be masters of their own destiny, and actively manage and plan their free time to ensure a happy and fulfilling retirement. A new study found that the effective management of free time has a far greater impact on a retiree's quality of life than the amount of time the person actually has available for leisure activities.

Engaging in a brief cultural activity can reduce implicit prejudice Posted: 22 Aug 2013 07:50 AM PDT A small cue of social connection to someone from another group -- such as a shared interest -- can help reduce prejudice immediately and up to six months later, according to new research.

Well-being not a priority for workaholics Posted: 22 Aug 2013 07:35 AM PDT Researchers found a preliminary link between workaholics and reduced physical and mental well-being.

Breast is best: Good bacteria arrive from mum's gut via breast milk Posted: 22 Aug 2013 06:10 AM PDT Scientists have discovered that important 'good' bacteria arrive in babies' digestive systems from their mother's gut via breast milk.

Depressed people have a more accurate perception of time Posted: 22 Aug 2013 06:03 AM PDT People with mild depression underestimate their talents.  However, new research shows that depressed people are more accurate when it comes to time estimation than their happier peers.

Boys suffer from their fathers' long working hours Posted: 22 Aug 2013 06:00 AM PDT Fathers' extremely long working hours can be detrimental to their sons´ wellbeing. This is the key finding of a longitudinal study.

Human brains are hardwired for empathy, friendship Posted: 22 Aug 2013 05:58 AM PDT Perhaps one of the most defining features of humanity is our capacity for empathy -- the ability to put ourselves in others' shoes. A new study strongly suggests that we are hardwired to empathize because we closely associate people who are close to us -- friends, spouses, lovers -- with our very selves.

New technology protects against password theft and phishing attacks Posted: 21 Aug 2013 05:51 AM PDT New technology, will help protect people from the cyber attack known as "phishing," believed to have affected 37.3 million of us last year, and from online password theft, which rose by 300% during 2012-13.

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