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- Better way to deal with bad memories suggested
- Boomers' dark secret: Booze; What their caregivers don’t know or don't ask could end up hurting aging patients
- Sporting latest tech toy can make you seem more like a leader
- Prenatal risk factors may put children at risk of developing kidney disease
- Weight gain in children occurs after tonsil removal, not linked to obesity
- Our relationship with God changes when faced with potential romantic rejection
- The ilk of human kindness: Older women with gumption score high on compassion
- Off-season doesn't allow brain to recover from football hits, study says
| Better way to deal with bad memories suggested Posted: 18 Apr 2014 11:11 AM PDT A simple and effective emotion-regulation strategy that has neurologically and behaviorally been proven to lessen the emotional impact of personal negative memories, researchers have shown. "Sometimes we dwell on how sad, embarrassed, or hurt we felt during an event, and that makes us feel worse and worse. But we found that instead of thinking about your emotions during a negative memory, looking away from the worst emotions and thinking about the context, like a friend who was there, what the weather was like, or anything else non-emotional that was part of the memory, will rather effortlessly take your mind away from the unwanted emotions associated with that memory," the researchers suggest.  |
| Posted: 18 Apr 2014 05:33 AM PDT By 2015, all baby boomers will be 50 or older. In an editorial, one expert writes that, unlike members of previous generations, many of these individuals have been using alcohol (and other drugs) for their entire adult lives. There are consequences. "Alcohol is a dirty drug, and it causes all kinds of long-term problems," the author says. Alcohol contributes to increased risk for more than 65 diseases and conditions, including pancreatic, breast, and ear, nose, and throat cancers, liver disease, injuries, and cognitive impairment.  |
| Sporting latest tech toy can make you seem more like a leader Posted: 17 Apr 2014 04:11 PM PDT If you want to be perceived as a leader, new research suggests investing in the latest technological gadgets is the way to go. "Familiarity with and usage of new high-tech products appears to be a common manifestation of innovative behavior," write the authors. "Those who are tech-savvy are also perceived as authoritative on other subjects and as leaders."  |
| Prenatal risk factors may put children at risk of developing kidney disease Posted: 17 Apr 2014 04:11 PM PDT Certain prenatal risk factors are associated with the development of chronic kidney disease in children, according to a study. Future studies should investigate whether modifying these factors could help protect children's kidney health. Risks for certain types of kidney disease may arise before birth, and researchers suspect that the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be programmed prenatally. These may include birth weight, maternal diabetes, and maternal overweight/obesity.  |
| Weight gain in children occurs after tonsil removal, not linked to obesity Posted: 17 Apr 2014 01:41 PM PDT Weight gain in children after they have their tonsils removed (adenotonsillectomy) occurs primarily in children who are smaller and younger at the time of the surgery, and weight gain was not linked with increased rates of obesity. "Despite the finding that many children gain weight and have higher BMIs after tonsillectomy, in our study, the proportion of children who were obese before surgery remained statistically unchanged after surgery. On the basis of this work, adenotonsillectomy does not correlate with increased rates of childhood obesity," researchers conclude.  |
| Our relationship with God changes when faced with potential romantic rejection Posted: 17 Apr 2014 01:41 PM PDT Easter is a time when many people in the world think about their relationships with God. New research explores a little-understood role of God in people's lives: helping them cope with the threat of romantic rejection. In this way, God stands in for other relationships in our lives when times are tough.  |
| The ilk of human kindness: Older women with gumption score high on compassion Posted: 17 Apr 2014 01:40 PM PDT Older women, plucky individuals and those who have suffered a recent major loss are more likely to be compassionate toward strangers than other older adults, new research finds. Because compassionate behaviors are associated with better health and well-being as we age, the research findings offer insights into ways to improve the outcomes of individuals whose deficits in compassion put them at risk for becoming lonely and isolated later in life.  |
| Off-season doesn't allow brain to recover from football hits, study says Posted: 16 Apr 2014 02:22 PM PDT Six months off may not be long enough for the brains of football players to completely heal after a single season, putting them at even greater risk of head injury the next season. "I don't want to be an alarmist, but this is something to be concerned about," said the lead researcher. The analysis revealed that white matter changes in the players' brains started to look different from the control group when players experienced as few as 10 to 15 head impacts.  |
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