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• Food fried in olive or sunflower oil is not linked to heart disease, Spanish study finds
• School obesity programs may promote worrisome eating behaviors and physical activity in kids
• High levels of fructose consumption by adolescents may put them at cardiovascular risk, evidence suggests
• A parent's survival guide to lice
• It's evolution: Nature of prejudice, aggression different for men and women
• Babies are born with 'intuitive physics' knowledge, says researcher
• How longstanding conflict influences empathy for others
• Religion helps us gain self-control, study suggests
• The price of your soul: How the brain decides whether to 'sell out'

Food fried in olive or sunflower oil is not linked to heart disease, Spanish study finds Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:41 PM PST Eating food fried in olive or sunflower oil is not linked to heart disease or premature death, a new study finds. The authors stress, however, that their study took place in Spain, a Mediterranean country where olive or sunflower oil is used for frying and their results would probably not be the same in another country where solid and re-used oils were used for frying.

School obesity programs may promote worrisome eating behaviors and physical activity in kids Posted: 24 Jan 2012 12:12 PM PST In a new poll, 30% of parents report at least one worrisome behavior in their children that could be associated with the development of eating disorders.

High levels of fructose consumption by adolescents may put them at cardiovascular risk, evidence suggests Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:03 AM PST Evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risk is present in the blood of adolescents who consume a lot of fructose, a scenario that worsens in the face of excess belly fat, researchers report.

A parent's survival guide to lice Posted: 24 Jan 2012 10:44 AM PST They're small, creepy and suck your blood. Every parent dreads it, but it's inevitable -- the "lice letter." Though a lice infestation is about as common as a cold, trying to rid your life of them can be as much of a head-scratcher as those disgusting bugs themselves. A pediatrician now gives tips for dealing with lice.

It's evolution: Nature of prejudice, aggression different for men and women Posted: 24 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST Prejudice against people from groups different than their own is linked to aggression for men and fear for women, suggests new research.

Babies are born with 'intuitive physics' knowledge, says researcher Posted: 24 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST While it may appear that infants are helpless creatures that only blink, eat, cry and sleep, one researcher says that studies indicate infant brains come equipped with knowledge of "intuitive physics."

How longstanding conflict influences empathy for others Posted: 24 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST A young researcher had long been drawn to conflict -- not as a participant, but an observer. In 1994, while doing volunteer work in South Africa, he witnessed firsthand the turmoil surrounding the fall of apartheid; during a 2001 trip to visit friends in Sri Lanka, he found himself in the midst of the violent conflict between the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan military. He is now exploring how longstanding conflict influences empathy for others.

Religion helps us gain self-control, study suggests Posted: 24 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST Thinking about religion gives people more self-control on later, unrelated tasks, according to results from a series of recent studies.

The price of your soul: How the brain decides whether to 'sell out' Posted: 22 Jan 2012 05:12 PM PST A neuro-imaging study shows that personal values people refuse to disavow, even when offered cash, are processed differently in the brain than those values that are willingly sold. The experiment found that the realm of the sacred -- whether a strong religious belief, national identity or code of ethics -- is a distinct cognitive process, and prompts greater activation of a brain area associated with rules-based, right-or-wrong thought processes, as opposed to regions linked to costs-versus-benefits thought.

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