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Friday, December 14, 2012

ScienceDaily: Living Well News

ScienceDaily: Living Well News


Less partner abuse, substance abuse and post-partum depression among married women, study finds

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 02:23 PM PST

Women who are married suffer less partner abuse, substance abuse or post-partum depression around the time of pregnancy than women who are cohabitating or do not have a partner, a new study has found.

Pursuing literary immortality illuminates how the mind works

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 12:14 PM PST

The initial excitement of hearing a new song fades as it's replayed to death. That's because the brain naturally functions as a kind of ticking time bomb, obliterating the thrill for artistic sounds, images and words by making them familiar over time.

Study promoting coffee drinking benefits needs more research, says dentist

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 11:22 AM PST

Heavy coffee drinkers have a lower chance of dying from oral cancer, says new research but a dentist is still not ready to recommend coffee drinking to his patients.

Time restrictions on TV advertisements ineffective in reducing youth exposure to alcohol ads

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 10:25 AM PST

Efforts to reduce underage exposure to alcohol advertising by implementing time restrictions have not worked, according to new research.. The report concluded that time restrictions on alcohol advertising actually increase teen exposure, because companies move the advertising to late night.

Student engineers cook up devices for better cooking

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 09:11 AM PST

Students in, of all things, a robotics class use engineering skills and advice from a chef to rig up devices to more accurately control cooking temperatures.

Aerobic exercise boosts brain power, review finds

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 08:18 AM PST

The physical benefits of regular exercise and remaining physically active, especially as we age, are well documented. However, it appears that it is not only the body which benefits from exercise, but the mind too. The evidence for this is published in a new review that focuses on the importance of physical activity in keeping and potentially improving cognitive function throughout life.

No more lying about your age: Scientists can now gauge skin’s true age with new laser technique

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 08:18 AM PST

While most of us can recognize the signs of lost youth when we peer into the mirror each morning, scientists do not have a standardized way to measure the extent of age damage in skin. Now a group of Taiwanese researchers has used a specialized microscope to peer harmlessly beneath the skin surface to measure natural age-related changes in the sizes of skin cells.

Ability to sit and rise from the floor is closely correlated with all-cause mortality risk

Posted: 13 Dec 2012 05:52 AM PST

A simple screening test of musculo-skeletal fitness has proved remarkably predictive of all-cause mortality in a study of more than 2000 middle-aged and older men and women.

Almost one in three pedestrians 'distracted' by mobile devices while crossing street; Texting most dangerous distraction

Posted: 12 Dec 2012 05:57 PM PST

Almost one in three pedestrians is distracted by mobile devices while crossing busy road junctions, an observational study finds.

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