Data from a survey of 1,700 youths that is jointly funded by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) show most kids learn bad driving habits from their parents. The youth drivers who participated in the survey ranged in age from 16 to 19 years old. Majority of the surveyed youths admitted making [...]
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Poor Smokers Spend A Quarter of Earnings on Cigarettes
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is enraged over a recent finding that low-income smokers (those earning less $30,000 a year) spend around a quarter of their income on cigarettes while only about two percent of the income of rich smokers (those earning more than $60,000 a year) are spent the same way. The finding was [...]
Kids With Autism Likely Targets of Bullying
A study from the University of California – Berkeley School of Social Welfare shows that kids with autism spectrum disorders are four times more vulnerable to bullying than normally developing children in the same age range. The study, published in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine involved as sample 900 children whose ages ranged [...]
Fast-food Logos, Familiar Brands Makes Kids’ Brain Light Up
A study jointly conducted by researchers from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Kansas Medical Center shows the appetite and pleasure centers of kids’ brain visibly ‘light up’ whenever the possibility of eating out in a fast-food chain comes up. The research work, which will be published in Oxford’s Social, Cognitive, and [...]
Alzheimer’s Disease Linked to Sleep Problems During Youth
Disrupted sleep-wake cycles noted in young mice were believed to be linked to the onset of Alzheimer’s disease in later stages of life. This was revealed by researchers led by senior author David Holtzman, head of head of Washington University’s Department of Medicine and concurrent holder of the Andrew B. and Gretchen P. Jones professorial [...]
Eating Less Meat Benefits Environment and Health
A new modelling study recently published in the British Medical Journal says that cutting red and processed meat consumption not only lessens chronic diseases and other health problems, but is also a great way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock farming. The study, made by University of Cambridge researchers based on the 2000-2001 British [...]
PERFECTIONISM LEADS TO STRESS, WORK DELAYS
University professors and students who strive for perfection in everything they do are most likely to procrastinate , studies made by psychologist and York University Professor Gordon Flett show. In his most recent research work, Professor Flett found that perfectionist students tend to delay accomplishing tasks at hand due to negative thoughts and often, fear of failure. [...]
Studies Show Disturbed And Shorter-Duration Sleep More Likely for Smokers
A new study by German researchers published recently in the Addiction Biology journal shows that smokers are more likely to have disturbed sleep, and as a result, are not getting enough sleep compared to people who don’t smoke. The researchers noted that smoking is a behaviorally modifiable risk factor that significantly impacts sleep quality and [...]
Self-Perceived Attractiveness Impacted By Facebook Profile Pics
A new study from the University of Missouri shows that the type of profile picture one uses in the social networking site Facebook have an impact on how attractive the profile owner would feel. The study, published recently in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, was conducted by Kevin Wise, associate professor at the [...]
Plus Size Women Underserved in the Retail Industry
A report entitled Women Special Sizes recently released by the market research company The NPD Group Inc., indicates that women who categorize themselves as plus size are generally underserved by clothing retailers. The report says that two-thirds of the , using a representative women sample they surveyed classified themselves as using ‘special sized’ clothing, and [...]
Meditation & Psychotherapies Cure Skin Disorders
Researchers from the University of Sheffield have collated the findings of various studies on psychological interventions and their effects on a wide variety of skin conditions. Their research, published recently in the British Journal of Dermatology, show that meditation and other psychological interventions like habit reversal, cognitive behavioral therapy and arousal reduction techniques lessen the [...]
EXERTION PERCEPTION IMPORTANT DURING EXERCISE
It seems the human brain places a premium to exertion it perceives during exercise. A study by Professor Roger Eston of the University of South Australia found that specific ratings ofperceived exertion (RPE) give different readings, depending on what the brain sees as exertion effortsexpended, and not on the intensity of the exercise itself. Ditching [...]
THURSDAY IS BEST DAY FOR ROMANCE
A compilation of research on the best days of the week for doing certain things done by the consumer magazine Which? shows that Thursday is the best day for raunchy sex, while doing the grocery shopping is best done on Wednesday. The special study is especially useful for people who are in constant quandary on the scheduling of [...]
BODY’S RETENTION OF SALT RAISED BY STRESS
It seems that avoiding salty foods does not guarantee that sodium levels in the body are with inacceptable levels. A new study from the Institute of Public and Preventive Health at Georgia Health Sciences University shows that 30 percent of subjects under stress retain sodium equivalent to one order of French fries or a small [...]
RESEARCH SHOWS MONDAYS ARE BEST FOR BUYING VIDEO GAMES, CONSOLES
Game enthusiasts who usually wish weekends would last longer may no longer feel bad wheneverMondays come, as a new research shows that it is the best way to buy video games. Interpreting data from a study on buying habits entitled “Best Days of the Week to Shop Online,” writer Jeff Nobbs of Extrabux offers bits of [...]
Bad Cholesterol Reduced By Eating One Apple Daily
A research from the Florida State University adds keeping bad cholesterol in check among the health benefits people get from eating an apple a day. The study, funded partially by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, was originally intended to determine the effects of eating apples and prunes to bone health. The researchers asked 160 [...]