An unusual investigation was carried out by researchers from the Institute of Psychology (Russian Academy of Sciences) under the guidance of Tatiana Rebeko. They showed interest in beauty aids or more precisely creams used by women. The researchers assumed that a lady’s preference to creams with certain properties is connected with her personality strains. The [...]
After immunosuppressants, the best medicine for organ transplant patients may be gratitude. In a study of organ recipients, researchers from UC Davis and the Mississippi University for Women found that patients who keep “gratitude journals” score better on measures of mental health, general health and vitality than those who keep only routine notes about their [...]
About 20 percent of Air Force women deployed during the Iraq war report that they are experiencing at least one major symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a University of Michigan survey of 1,114 servicewomen. The researchers also assessed the prevalence of family-work conflicts among the military women surveyed, and analyzed the impact [...]
Behavioral research over the past 15 years has confirmed what anyone who has purchased a house or dumped a significant other could tell you: When people make decisions, they anticipate that they may regret their choices. It is important that we maintain this ability, because as the aforementioned house-buyers and spouse-dumpers know, regret can be [...]
The researchers looked at the link between unemployment rates and the types of trauma admissions in New Orleans over six years. Unemployment rates were obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The trauma registry of the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans (Charity Hospital) provided data on the trauma emergency room admissions, including patient [...]
College students aren’t eating enough fruits and vegetables – in fact, a new study shows students aren’t even eating one serving per day, far from the recommended five daily servings. The study by Oregon State University researchers surveyed the eating habits of 582 college students, a majority of which were first-year students. The study, now [...]
Ineffective or even dangerous fad treatments for autism, always a problem, seem to be growing more pervasive, according to researchers who studied the problem. “Developmental disabilities like autism are a magnet for all kinds of unsupported or disproved therapies, and it has gotten worse as more children have been diagnosed with autism,” said James Mulick, [...]
WHAT: Recently convened symposium to examine how the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan affect women who are serving and have served in the military WHO: Nathan D. Ainspan, PhD, Department of Veterans Affairs Walter Penk, PhD, Texas A&M College of Medicine Jenna Ermold, PhD, Andrews AFB Maj. Lisa Teegarden, Psyd, Walter Reed Army Medical [...]
Two University of Chicago psychologists, Louise Hawkley and John Cacioppo, have been trying to disentangle social isolation, loneliness, and the physical deterioration and diseases of aging, right down to the cellular level. The researchers suspected that while the toll of loneliness may be mild and unremarkable in early life, it accumulates with time. To test [...]
Is your first craving in the morning for your computer mouse? Do you obsessively check email in the middle of the night? If so, you may be among the ten percent of all Internet surfers afflicted with “Internet addiction disorder,” a pathological condition that can lead to anxiety and severe depression. To better diagnose and [...]