Health
Money Worries Hurt Parent-Child Connection
COLUMBIA, Mo., Dec. 9 (UPI) — Middle- to upper-middle-class parents with financial problems and depression are less likely than others to connect to their children, U.S. researchers say. Gustavo Carlo of the University of Missouri, Laura Padilla-Walker and Randal Day, both of Brigham Young University, studied how parents’ financial problems and resulting mental distress affect […]
Flexible Workplace = Improved Health
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 7 (UPI) — Judging an employee not on hours spent in the office, but on output, increases the health of the employee, U.S. researchers found. Sociology Professors Erin Kelly and Phyllis Moen at the University of Minnesota used longitudinal data collected from 608 employees at the Best Buy headquarters in Richfield, Minn., in […]
Study: Many Who Cohabit Eventually Marry
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Dec. 7 (UPI) — Three-fifths of young U.S. adults who cohabit eventually get married, researchers say. Dr. Susan Brown, co-director of Bowling Green State University’s National Center for Family and Marriage Research, said 63 percent of women cohabited versus 57 percent of men. “Today, most marriages are preceded by cohabitation,” Brown said […]
Obesity May Worsen Breast Cancer Outcomes
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 7 (UPI) — Obesity may be linked to a worse prognosis in women with early-stage breast cancer, U.S. researchers found. Lead researcher Dr. Sao Jiralerspong, an assistant professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, and colleagues used data from the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor involving 4,368 patients […]
Binge Drinking Linked To Sex Assault
BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec. 8 (UPI) — The degree to which women college students consume alcohol is linked to their chance of being sexually victimized, U.S. researchers said. Lead researcher Maria Testa, a senior scientist at the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions, and colleagues tracked 437 young women from high school graduation through freshman […]
Fast-Food Toy Ban Said Beneficial
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 (UPI) — A ban on fast-food toys in California hasn’t improved meals’ nutritional quality but restaurants are at least promoting the right food, researchers say. Stanford University researchers say following a ban on the toys in Santa Clara Country, area restaurants seem to have stopped promoting their fat- and salt-laden children’s […]
Girls Have More Headaches After Concussion
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 6 (UPI) — Girls are more likely than boys to have headaches after suffering a traumatic brain injury such as concussion, a U.S. study found. Of those children with mild head injuries who reported headaches, 59 percent were girls, and with girls — but not with boys — the risk of headache increased […]
Irregular Schedule May Up Diabetes Risk
BOSTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) — Women who work rotating or irregular shifts that include some night shifts, may have an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, U.S. researchers say. Lead author An Pan, a research fellow in Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, and senior author Frank Hu, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology, […]
U.S. Presidents' Faster Aging Is A Myth
CHICAGO, Dec. 7 (UPI) — U.S. presidents, Contrary to conventional wisdom, do not age at twice the normal rate, a University of Illinois at Chicago demographer says. S. Jay Olshansky, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, examined the lifespan of U.S. presidents after media comments concerning […]
Rape, Abuse Linked To PTSD In Women
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec. 7 (UPI) — Women with post-traumatic stress disorder who report a history of rape or child physical abuse are more likely to suffer chronic PTSD, U.S. researchers say. Jesse R. Cougle, an assistant professor at Florida State University, said women who reported more “re-experiencing” of symptoms, such as nightmares and flashbacks, at […]
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