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• Religion is good for business, shows study
• Concussion tests' marketing outpaces scientific evidence, new review says
• Increasing personal savings, 'Groundhog Day' way
• Inadequate pregnancy weight gain a risk factor for infant mortality
• Anxiety linked to higher long-term risk of stroke
• Saving dollars while helping babies
• Lactation consultant visits spur breastfeeding among women who usually resist it
• More than half of consumers will choose health-care plan that costs too much, study predicts
• Pharmacy staff frequently misinform teens seeking emergency contraception, study suggests
• Cost of antibiotic drugs for children: Comparison of two countries
• Living at home with dementia
• Suicide widely deemed immoral because it 'taints the soul,' study shows
• African-American women must eat less or exercise more to lose as much weight as Caucasians
• New method to detect genetic defects in egg cells could double success rate of IVF
• New evidence that computers change the way we learn
• New role for milk: Delivering polyphenols with anti-cancer activity
• Leading health care executives optimistic about health care reform, survey shows
• Will power not enough if you want to eat healthily
• Study assesses amount, patterns of sedentary behavior of older women
• Overspent this Christmas? Blame the ostrich problem

Religion is good for business, shows study Posted: 20 Dec 2013 12:45 PM PST Those looking for honest companies to invest in might want to check out businesses based in more religious communities, suggests a new paper. The study found that businesses with head offices in places with high levels of "religiosity" were less likely to experience stock price crashes as a result of not disclosing bad financial news.

Concussion tests' marketing outpaces scientific evidence, new review says Posted: 20 Dec 2013 09:10 AM PST Computerized neurocognitive testing for concussions is widely used in amateur and professional sports, but little research over the past decade proves its effectiveness, a paper published this month says. The review updates a 2005 look at the available research on computerized neurocognitive testing. The authors still urge caution with their use and point out a need for more peer-reviewed studies.

Increasing personal savings, 'Groundhog Day' way Posted: 20 Dec 2013 08:58 AM PST Thinking about time as a cycle of recurring experiences -- a reality Bill Murray's character knows all too well in the movie Groundhog Day -- may help us to put more money away into our savings, according to new research.

Inadequate pregnancy weight gain a risk factor for infant mortality Posted: 19 Dec 2013 01:29 PM PST Women who do not gain enough weight during pregnancy are at increased risk of losing their baby in its first year of life, according to a new study. Gaining more weight than recommended was not a risk factor for infant mortality, but may be related to subsequent maternal health problems. Study authors urge that childbearing women have pregnancy weight gain goals specific to their BMI.

Anxiety linked to higher long-term risk of stroke Posted: 19 Dec 2013 01:29 PM PST A new study is the first study to link anxiety to a greater risk of stroke.

Saving dollars while helping babies Posted: 19 Dec 2013 01:29 PM PST Amid soaring health-care costs, nurse home visits can save health dollars while helping families, says a study. For every $1 spent on nurse home visits for newborns, $3 were saved in health expenditures. Program participants had 59 percent fewer emergency care episodes, safer home environments and lower rates of maternal anxiety.

Lactation consultant visits spur breastfeeding among women who usually resist it Posted: 19 Dec 2013 01:25 PM PST In two separate clinical trials, researchers have found that periodic meetings with a lactation consultant encourages women traditionally resistant to breastfeeding to do so, at least for a few months — long enough for mother and child to gain health benefits.

More than half of consumers will choose health-care plan that costs too much, study predicts Posted: 19 Dec 2013 12:45 PM PST Tens of millions of consumers are expected to sign up for healthcare via the new health insurance exchanges set up by the federal and state governments. Using simulated exchanges modeled on the design of the actual exchanges, alarming new research suggests that more than 80 percent of consumers may be unable to make a clear-eyed estimate of their needs and will unknowingly choose a higher cost plan than needed.

Pharmacy staff frequently misinform teens seeking emergency contraception, study suggests Posted: 19 Dec 2013 11:21 AM PST A new study finds that pharmacy staff frequently give teens misleading or incorrect information about emergency contraception that may prevent them from getting the medication.

Cost of antibiotic drugs for children: Comparison of two countries Posted: 19 Dec 2013 10:44 AM PST The 2009 costs of antibiotics covered by private insurance companies in the U.S. for children younger than 10 years old were estimated to be more than five times higher than the costs in the United Kingdom, which are covered by a government universal health plan.

Living at home with dementia Posted: 19 Dec 2013 10:10 AM PST Most people with dementia who live at home have multiple unmet health and welfare needs, any number of which could jeopardize their ability to remain home for as long as they desire, new research suggests.

Suicide widely deemed immoral because it 'taints the soul,' study shows Posted: 19 Dec 2013 10:10 AM PST People -- even non-religious people -- make the moral judgment that suicide is wrong not because of any specific harm related to the act, but because they believe it taints the purity of a person's soul, according to a report.

African-American women must eat less or exercise more to lose as much weight as Caucasians Posted: 19 Dec 2013 10:10 AM PST African-American women may need to eat fewer or burn more calories than their Caucasian counterparts in order to lose a comparable amount of weight, according to researchers.

New method to detect genetic defects in egg cells could double success rate of IVF Posted: 19 Dec 2013 10:07 AM PST Infertility affects up to 15 percent of couples around the world, and in vitro fertilization (IVF) is one way to treat this common condition. A study reveals a safe, accurate, and low-cost method to select genetically normal embryos for the IVF procedure and thereby increase a couple's chance of producing a healthy child.

New evidence that computers change the way we learn Posted: 19 Dec 2013 10:07 AM PST People who use computers regularly are constantly mapping the movements of their hand and computer mouse to the cursor on the screen. Now, researchers have shown that all that pointing and clicking (the average computer user performs an impressive 7,400 mouse clicks per week) changes the way the brain generalizes movements.

New role for milk: Delivering polyphenols with anti-cancer activity Posted: 19 Dec 2013 10:01 AM PST Polyphenols found in tea manifest anti-cancer effects, but their use is limited by poor bioavailability and disagreeable taste. A new study finds that when epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), the major extractable polyphenol in green tea and the most biologically active, when diluted in skim milk or other milk complexes remains bioactive and continues to reduce colon cancer cell proliferation in culture at concentrations higher than 0.03 mg of EGCG/mL.

Leading health care executives optimistic about health care reform, survey shows Posted: 18 Dec 2013 08:26 AM PST Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of the nation's leading health care executives say they believe the health care system will be somewhat or significantly better by 2020 than it is today as a result of national health care reform. Additionally, 93 percent believe that the quality of care provided by their own hospital or health system will improve during that time period. The results of the survey show a strong divergence from the opinions of many politicians and commentators, as well as the general public.

Will power not enough if you want to eat healthily Posted: 18 Dec 2013 07:00 AM PST Consuming the right amount of fruit and vegetables every day is down to planning ahead, effort and motivation. Researchers looked at the impact of potential obstacles to healthy eating and ways participants planned around this. They also considered whether people were keeping track of their daily eating choices and making an effort to attain their goals (action control).

Study assesses amount, patterns of sedentary behavior of older women Posted: 17 Dec 2013 02:09 PM PST Among 7,000 older women who wore an accelerometer to measure their movement, about two-thirds of their waking time was spent in sedentary behavior, most of which occurred in periods of less than 30 minutes, according to a study.

Overspent this Christmas? Blame the ostrich problem Posted: 17 Dec 2013 09:40 AM PST Study by psychologists suggests that we're motivated to ignore our goals over the festive period and people intentionally bury their head in the sand and avoid information that can help them to monitor their progress.

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