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- Should women 'man up' for male-dominated fields?
- Stress during pregnancy can be passed down through generations, rat study shows
- Losing weight won't make you happy, researchers say
- Eating at fast food, full service restaurants linked to more calories, poorer nutrition
- Wellness coaching: Expert explains how it improves overall quality of life
- Dermatologist Cautions Parents About Misinformation on Safety of Children's Skin Care Products
- Reducing stress may help lead to clearer skin
- Community religious beliefs influence whether wives work outside home, study finds
- Link between vitamin D, dementia risk confirmed
- Girls feel they must 'play dumb' to please boys, study shows
| Should women 'man up' for male-dominated fields? Posted: 07 Aug 2014 09:18 AM PDT Women applying for a job in male-dominated fields should consider playing up their masculine qualities, indicates new research on bias in the hiring process. In a laboratory experiment, women who described themselves using masculine-like traits (assertive, independent, achievement oriented) were evaluated as more fitting for the job than those who emphasized female-like traits (warmth, supportiveness, nurturing, researchers report.  |
| Stress during pregnancy can be passed down through generations, rat study shows Posted: 07 Aug 2014 07:54 AM PDT To better understand problems during pregnancies today, we should look to the experiences of our ancestors, research suggests. Scientists investigating pregnancies in four generations of rats show that inherited epigenetic effects of stress could affect pregnancies for generations.  |
| Losing weight won't make you happy, researchers say Posted: 07 Aug 2014 07:54 AM PDT Weight loss significantly improves physical health but effects on mental health are less straightforward, finds new research. In a study of 1,979 overweight and obese adults in the UK, people who lost 5 percent or more of their initial body weight over four years showed significant changes in markers of physical health, but were more likely to report depressed mood than those who stayed within 5 percent of their original weight.  |
| Eating at fast food, full service restaurants linked to more calories, poorer nutrition Posted: 07 Aug 2014 07:52 AM PDT Eating at both fast-food and full-service restaurants is associated with significant increases in the intake of calories, sugar, saturated fat, and sodium, according to a new study. The researchers say the larger adverse effect they measured on energy intake for some lower socio-economic and minority populations has policy implications. They say efforts to improve diet and reduce energy intake from restaurant sources could actually help to reduce racial and socio-economic disparities in Americans' diets.  |
| Wellness coaching: Expert explains how it improves overall quality of life Posted: 07 Aug 2014 07:47 AM PDT Wellness coaching has become an increasingly prevalent strategy to help individuals improve their health and well-being. Recently, wellness coaching was found to improve quality of life, mood and perceived stress, according to a new study. Now one expert answers some common questions about wellness coaching.  |
| Dermatologist Cautions Parents About Misinformation on Safety of Children's Skin Care Products Posted: 07 Aug 2014 07:36 AM PDT Before the advent of Internet search engines, parents obtained much of their medical advice from their child's doctor. Today, with a plethora of information available at their fingertips, parents have more sources to consult than ever before. Yet dermatologists warn parents that not everything they read on blogs and websites about the safety of skin care products is true.  |
| Reducing stress may help lead to clearer skin Posted: 07 Aug 2014 07:36 AM PDT Anyone who's had a pimple form right before an important event may wonder if stress caused the break out. While commonly linked anecdotally, proving the relationship between stress and inflammatory skin conditions, such as acne, psoriasis and rosacea, is another matter. An expert discusses the latest research on the impact stress has on inflammatory skin conditions and his thoughts on how this research could change treatment options.  |
| Community religious beliefs influence whether wives work outside home, study finds Posted: 06 Aug 2014 01:17 PM PDT Married women who live in communities in which a higher proportion of the population belongs to conservative religious traditions -- such as evangelical or Mormon -- are more likely to choose not to work outside the home, even if the women are not members of those faith groups, according to a study.  |
| Link between vitamin D, dementia risk confirmed Posted: 06 Aug 2014 01:16 PM PDT Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a substantially increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in older people, according to the most robust study of its kind ever conducted. An international team found that study participants who were severely vitamin D deficient were more than twice as likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer's disease.  |
| Girls feel they must 'play dumb' to please boys, study shows Posted: 05 Aug 2014 06:09 AM PDT Girls feel the need to play down their intelligence to not intimidate boys, concludes research by a sociologist. The research also found that boys aged 14 believed that girls their age should be less intelligent. "There are very strong pressures in society that dictate what is a proper man and a proper woman," argues the researcher. "Young people try to adapt their behavior according to these pressures to fit into society. One of the pressures is that ... being in a relationship with a woman who is more intelligent will undermine (males') masculinity."  |
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