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• Spouse's personality influences career success, study finds
• Benefits of telecommuting greater for some workers, study finds
• Pupil size shows reliability of decisions, before information on decision is presented
• Flu vaccine for expectant moms a top priority, experts say
• Smartphone app reveals users' mental health, performance, behavior
• Dogs can be pessimists, too
• Kids eat better if their parents went to college
• Few physicians are recommending HPV vaccination for boys, study finds
• Men enjoy competition, but so do women, researchers find
• Domestic violence issue possible red zone fumble for NFL
• Identifying teen alcohol and drug abuse
• Nine fats to include in a healthy diet
• Lactation linked to reduced estrogen receptor-negative, triple-negative breast cancer risk
• Cardiorespiratory fitness can delay male, age-associated blood pressure hikes

Spouse's personality influences career success, study finds Posted: 18 Sep 2014 05:59 PM PDT As much as we might try to leave personal lives at home, the personality traits of a spouse have a way of following us into the workplace, exerting a powerful influence on promotions, salaries, job satisfaction and other measures of professional success, new research suggests.

Benefits of telecommuting greater for some workers, study finds Posted: 18 Sep 2014 12:09 PM PDT Telecommuting is positively associated with improvement in two important employee measures: task-based performance and organizational citizenship behavior, including one's contributions toward creating a positive, cooperative and friendly work environment, an expert says.

Pupil size shows reliability of decisions, before information on decision is presented Posted: 18 Sep 2014 11:15 AM PDT The precision with which people make decisions can be predicted by measuring pupil size before they are presented with any information about the decision, according to a new study.

Flu vaccine for expectant moms a top priority, experts say Posted: 18 Sep 2014 09:14 AM PDT All pregnant women and those planning to become pregnant should receive a flu shot because the normal changes to a pregnant woman's immune system, heart and lungs put moms-to-be at increased risk of the harmful effects of flu infection, experts say. Also, babies born to mothers who got their flu shot while pregnant were protected from serious illness from influenza during their first six months of life, research shows.

Smartphone app reveals users' mental health, performance, behavior Posted: 18 Sep 2014 09:14 AM PDT Researchers have built the first smartphone app that automatically reveals college students' mental health, academic performance and behavioral trends. In other words, your smartphone knows your state of mind -- even if you don't -- and how that affects you. The StudentLife app, which compares students' happiness, stress, depression and loneliness to their academic performance, also may be used in the general population -- for example, to monitor mental health, trigger intervention and improve productivity in workplace employees.

Dogs can be pessimists, too Posted: 18 Sep 2014 07:16 AM PDT Dogs generally seem to be cheerful, happy-go-lucky characters, so you might expect that most would have an optimistic outlook on life. In fact some dogs are distinctly more pessimistic than others, new research shows.

Kids eat better if their parents went to college Posted: 18 Sep 2014 07:16 AM PDT Children of college-educated parents eat more vegetables and drink less sugar, according to a new study. But it's still not enough, the study goes on to say, as all kids are falling short when it comes to eating healthier at school. The research suggests a parent's educational attainment, an indicator of socioeconomic status, may inform a child's diet.

Few physicians are recommending HPV vaccination for boys, study finds Posted: 18 Sep 2014 07:13 AM PDT Family physicians and pediatricians in the United States are not always recommending vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) for young male patients. Approximately 6 million people are newly infected with HPV each year, a virus that can lead to the development of cancer. There are also more than 600,000 new cases of cancer attributed to HPV each year worldwide.

Men enjoy competition, but so do women, researchers find Posted: 18 Sep 2014 06:55 AM PDT Common stereotypes would have us believe that men are more competitive and women more cooperative. Researchers studied the physiological responses to competitive and cooperative play, investigating emotions, i.e. how males and females are motivated to behave in these situations. While males did enjoy competition more than cooperation, females enjoyed both competition and cooperation equally.

Domestic violence issue possible red zone fumble for NFL Posted: 18 Sep 2014 06:07 AM PDT Twice as many women as compared to men are of the strong opinion that Ray Rice, former Baltimore Ravens running back, should never play in the NFL again, according to a new survey.

Identifying teen alcohol and drug abuse Posted: 17 Sep 2014 02:30 PM PDT The number of teens who abuse tobacco, alcohol, drugs and other substances hasn't changed much in the past couple of decades – but for those who are prone to addiction for one reason or another, the menu of substances to choose from is larger than ever.

Nine fats to include in a healthy diet Posted: 17 Sep 2014 02:30 PM PDT Fats are often considered the enemy of good nutrition, but when included in a healthy diet they can boast several potential health benefits. Fatty acids and nutritional oils may benefit cognition, weight management, heart health, eye and brain development, and even mood.

Lactation linked to reduced estrogen receptor-negative, triple-negative breast cancer risk Posted: 16 Sep 2014 08:29 AM PDT Women who have had children (parous women) appear to have an increased risk of developing estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer, the subtype that carries a higher mortality rate and is more common in women of African ancestry. A similar relationship was found for triple-negative breast cancer. However, the association between childbearing and increased risk of estrogen receptor-negative and triple-negative breast cancer was largely confined to the women who had never breastfed.

Cardiorespiratory fitness can delay male, age-associated blood pressure hikes Posted: 15 Sep 2014 01:52 PM PDT A man's cardiorespiratory fitness can drastically delay the natural, age-associated increase of his blood pressure over his adult life span. According to a study, men with higher fitness levels experience a delay in the development of hypertension when compared to those with lower fitness levels.

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