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• Sleepy college students stressed by jobs
• Moms trust moms on the net, study shows
• Economic disparities impact infant health, experts show
• Targeted brain training may help you multitask better
• Growing up poor affects adults' sense of control, impulsiveness when faced with economic uncertainty
• How parents juggle work hours may influence kids' weight
• 'Tickling' your ear could be good for your heart
• Financial weight makes it trickier to lose pounds where it counts
• Unlike less educated people, college grads more active on weekends than weekdays
• Daughters provide as much elderly parent care as they can, sons do as little as possible
• Fighting unfairness: Children have advanced ideas about fairness
• Hatha yoga boosts brain function in older adults, study suggests
• Disconnect between parenting and certain jobs a source of stress
• For men in pink-collar jobs, a tradeoff: Lower pay, more job security
• Middle-aged women missing passion (and sex) seek affairs, not divorce

Sleepy college students stressed by jobs Posted: 20 Aug 2014 08:17 AM PDT College students are typically more sleep deprived than the rest of us and often ignore the health benefits of adequate slumber, said a researcher who studies the topic. "Sleep is extremely important to overall health," one researcher said. "Poor sleep has short-term consequences on mood, concentration, higher learning and can lead to the dangers involved in drowsy driving. "It also has long-term ramifications on our overall health. Research has found links between poor sleep and diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity."

Moms trust moms on the net, study shows Posted: 20 Aug 2014 08:04 AM PDT Facebook groups for mothers are overtaking the traditional mums-and-bubs and playgroup environments as a source of trusted advice, and offer a largely untapped marketing tool for businesses wanting to sell their products, an Australian study has found.

Economic disparities impact infant health, experts show Posted: 20 Aug 2014 06:17 AM PDT Women who are poor experience higher cortisol levels in pregnancy and give birth to infants with elevated levels of the stress hormone, putting them at greater risk for serious disease later in life, according to a new research. "By improving the health and well-being of socially disadvantaged women you may help to improve the health and well-being of their children and therefore society overall," the lead researcher said.

Targeted brain training may help you multitask better Posted: 20 Aug 2014 06:10 AM PDT The area of the brain involved in multitasking and ways to train it have been identified by a research team. The research includes a model to better predict the effectiveness of this training.

Growing up poor affects adults' sense of control, impulsiveness when faced with economic uncertainty Posted: 20 Aug 2014 06:10 AM PDT Growing up poor can influence people's sense of control and in turn may lead them to more impulsive decision-making and quickly give up on challenging tasks in uncertain situations, according to new research.

How parents juggle work hours may influence kids' weight Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:02 PM PDT The way parents balance their work schedules may affect their adolescent children's eating habits, according to researchers. For example, parents who spend time with their adolescent kids after school may increase the likelihood that those children will eat regular dinners, according to the researchers. Adolescents having mothers who stay home before school are more likely to eat breakfast. Regular meals at home can help children and adolescents avoid weight problems.

'Tickling' your ear could be good for your heart Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:02 PM PDT Stimulating nerves in your ear could improve the health of your heart, researchers have discovered. Scientists used a standard TENS machine like those designed to relieve labour pains to apply electrical pulses to the tragus, the small raised flap at the front of the ear immediately in front of the ear canal.

Financial weight makes it trickier to lose pounds where it counts Posted: 19 Aug 2014 12:53 PM PDT Weight-loss advertising tends to target people ready, willing and able to pay for diet programs, special meals or gym memberships. But it's those who live below the poverty line who are more likely to be overweight or obese.

Unlike less educated people, college grads more active on weekends than weekdays Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:29 AM PDT People's educational attainment influences their level of physical activity both during the week and on weekends, according to a new study.

Daughters provide as much elderly parent care as they can, sons do as little as possible Posted: 19 Aug 2014 05:29 AM PDT Parents are better off having daughters if they want to be cared for in their old age suggests a new study, which finds that women appear to provide as much elderly parent care as they can, while men contribute as little as possible.

Fighting unfairness: Children have advanced ideas about fairness Posted: 18 Aug 2014 12:25 PM PDT From a young age, children are biased in favor of their own social groups when they intervene in what they believe are unfair situations -- but as they get older, they can learn to become more impartial a study concludes. The researchers suggest that children have advanced ideas about fairness, and are willing to pay a personal price to intervene in what they believe are unfair situations, even when they have not been personally disadvantaged -– but that their reactions to unfairness are biased by in-group favoritism.

Hatha yoga boosts brain function in older adults, study suggests Posted: 18 Aug 2014 08:32 AM PDT Practicing hatha yoga three times a week for eight weeks improved sedentary older adults' performance on cognitive tasks that are relevant to everyday life, researchers report. The findings involved 108 adults between the ages of 55 and 79 years of age, 61 of whom attended hatha yoga classes. The others met for the same number and length of sessions and engaged in stretching and toning exercises instead of yoga.

Disconnect between parenting and certain jobs a source of stress Posted: 16 Aug 2014 05:44 PM PDT Some working parents are carrying more psychological baggage than others — and the reason has nothing to do with demands on their time and energy. The cause is their occupation.

For men in pink-collar jobs, a tradeoff: Lower pay, more job security Posted: 16 Aug 2014 05:44 PM PDT Is a man without a four-year college degree better off trying to land a well-paying but insecure job in traditionally male fields such as manufacturing or construction, or should he consider lower-paying but steadier employment in a female-dominated field?

Middle-aged women missing passion (and sex) seek affairs, not divorce Posted: 16 Aug 2014 05:44 PM PDT When middle-aged women seek extra-marital affairs, they are looking for more romantic passion, which includes sex — and don't want to divorce their husbands, suggests new research.

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