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• Babies can learn their first lullabies in the womb
• A first step in learning by imitation, baby brains respond to another's actions
• Pain in infancy alters response to stress, anxiety later in life
• Prices, family interactions influence eating behaviors
• Media Consumption To Average 15.5 Hours A Day By 2015
• Baking blueberries changes their polyphenol content, health benefits
• Weight loss not always beneficial for romantic relationships
• What happens when the lightbulb turns on? Measuring a person's creativity from single spoken words
• Moral in the morning, but dishonest in the afternoon
• Qigong can help fight fatigue in prostate cancer survivors
• Face it: Twins who smoke look older
• 'Gravity theory' may explain male pattern baldness
• Negative consequences of noise on overall health
• Dinner rituals correlate with child, adult weight
• News that is better or worse than expected influences health decisions
• Weight at time of diagnosis linked to prostate cancer mortality
• Sedentary behavior linked to recurrence of precancerous colorectal tumors

Babies can learn their first lullabies in the womb Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:55 PM PDT An infant can recognize a lullaby heard in the womb for several months after birth, potentially supporting later speech development.

A first step in learning by imitation, baby brains respond to another's actions Posted: 30 Oct 2013 03:51 PM PDT Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery for adults, but for babies it's their foremost tool for learning. Now researchers have found the first evidence revealing a key aspect of the brain processing that occurs in babies to allow this learning by observation.

Pain in infancy alters response to stress, anxiety later in life Posted: 30 Oct 2013 09:55 AM PDT Early life pain alters neural circuits in the brain that regulate stress, suggesting pain experienced by infants who often do not receive analgesics while undergoing tests and treatment in neonatal intensive care may permanently alter future responses to anxiety, stress and pain in adulthood, medical researchers have discovered.

Prices, family interactions influence eating behaviors Posted: 30 Oct 2013 09:53 AM PDT Researchers looked at how prices, parents and peers affect fruit and vegetable consumption among African-American youths. Researchers say understanding these factors can help design more effective policy interventions.

Media Consumption To Average 15.5 Hours A Day By 2015 Posted: 30 Oct 2013 08:13 AM PDT A new report looks at media consumption by individuals in and out of the home, excluding the workplace, between 2008 and 2015, breaking "media" down into 30 categories of media type and delivery (e.g. television, social media, computer gaming) and conclude that the average person will consume 15.5 hours per day by 2015.

Baking blueberries changes their polyphenol content, health benefits Posted: 30 Oct 2013 07:41 AM PDT Blueberries are called a "superfood" for their high polyphenol content, but when served as warm, gooey pie filling or when lending bursts of sweet flavor to a muffin, their "super" health benefits change. Scientists studied how cooking and baking affect the increasingly popular fruit's polyphenols and reported their mixed findings in a new article.

Weight loss not always beneficial for romantic relationships Posted: 30 Oct 2013 07:35 AM PDT Losing weight is beneficial for human health, but when one partner in a romantic relationship loses weight, it doesn't always have a positive effect on the relationship. According to new research, there can be a "dark side" to weight loss if both partners are not on board with enacting healthy changes.

What happens when the lightbulb turns on? Measuring a person's creativity from single spoken words Posted: 30 Oct 2013 06:31 AM PDT Neuroscientists have created a quick but reliable test that can measure a person's creativity from single spoken words. The "noun-verb" test is so simple it can be done by virtually anyone anywhere -- even in an MRI machine, setting the stage for scientists to pinpoint how the brain comes up with unusually creative ideas. While some believe ingenuity is spontaneous, the researchers suspect there's a lot of hard work going on in the brain even when the proverbial light bulb turning on feels effortless.

Moral in the morning, but dishonest in the afternoon Posted: 30 Oct 2013 06:31 AM PDT Our ability to exhibit self-control to avoid cheating or lying is significantly reduced over the course of a day, making us more likely to be dishonest in the afternoon than in the morning, according to a new article.

Qigong can help fight fatigue in prostate cancer survivors Posted: 30 Oct 2013 06:30 AM PDT The flowing movements and meditative exercises of the mind-body activity Qigong may help survivors of prostate cancer to combat fatigue. These are the findings of a trial study that reviewed the severe fatigue that is the most common cancer-related symptom reported by cancer survivors, particularly prostate cancer survivors receiving androgen deprivation therapy.

Face it: Twins who smoke look older Posted: 30 Oct 2013 06:29 AM PDT Twins who smoke show more premature facial aging, compared to their nonsmoking identical twins, reports a study.

'Gravity theory' may explain male pattern baldness Posted: 30 Oct 2013 06:28 AM PDT The effects of gravity may explain the apparently paradoxical effects of testosterone in male pattern baldness, or androgenic alopecia, according to new research.

Negative consequences of noise on overall health Posted: 29 Oct 2013 07:08 PM PDT The combined toll of occupational, recreational and environmental noise exposure poses a serious public health threat going far beyond hearing damage, according to an international team of researchers.

Dinner rituals correlate with child, adult weight Posted: 29 Oct 2013 02:19 PM PDT Families that eat together without the television on and stay seated until everyone's finished have children with lower weights and body mass index (BMI), reports a study.

News that is better or worse than expected influences health decisions Posted: 29 Oct 2013 02:16 PM PDT Patients who are unrealistically optimistic about their personal health risks are more likely to take preventive action when confronted with news that is worse than expected, while unrealistic pessimists are less likely to change their behavior after receiving feedback that is better than expected.

Weight at time of diagnosis linked to prostate cancer mortality Posted: 29 Oct 2013 11:30 AM PDT Men who are overweight or obese when they are diagnosed with prostate cancer are more likely to die from the disease than men who are of healthy weight, according to a study.

Sedentary behavior linked to recurrence of precancerous colorectal tumors Posted: 29 Oct 2013 11:30 AM PDT Men who spend the most time engaged in sedentary behaviors are at greatest risk for recurrence of colorectal adenomas, benign tumors that are known precursors of colorectal cancers. Although there is extensive evidence supporting an association between higher overall levels of physical activity and reduced risk of colorectal cancer, few studies have focused on the impact of sedentary behavior on colorectal cancer risk.

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