News tagged with personal health
Keys to long life: Longevity study unearths surprising answers
Cheer up. Stop worrying. Don't work so hard. Good advice for a long life? As it turns out, no. In a groundbreaking study of personality as a predictor of longevity, University of California, Riverside researchers found just ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 11, 2011 |
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Study confirms: Whatever doesn't kill us can make us stronger
We've all heard the adage that whatever doesn't kill us makes us stronger, but until now the preponderance of scientific evidence has offered little support for it.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 15, 2010 |
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Play with your kid, for their mental health's sake
Learning a hobby or other complex task in childhood with assistance from a trusted adult may help guard against the emergence of a personality disorder (PD) later on in life, reports a study in the current issue of the journal, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Childhood psychological problems have long-term economic and social impact, study finds
Psychological problems experienced during childhood can have a long-lasting impact on an individual's life course, reducing people's earnings and decreasing the chances of establishing long-lasting relationships, according ...
Mar 28, 2011 |
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For your health, pick a mate who is conscientious and, perhaps, also neurotic
Conscientiousness is a good thing in a mate, researchers report, not just because it's easier to live with someone who washes the dishes without being asked, but also because having a conscientious partner ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 28, 2009 |
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An underlying cause for psychopathic behavior?
Psychopaths are known to be characterized by callousness, diminished capacity for remorse, and lack of empathy. However, the exact cause of these personality traits is an area of scientific debate. The results of a new study, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 27, 2010 |
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Most Canadians can be uniquely identified from their date of birth and postal code
There are increasing pressures for health care providers to make individual-level data readily available for research and policy making. But Canadians are more likely to allow the sharing of their personal data if they believe ...
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Nature Makes Us More Caring, Study Says (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Want to be a better person? Commune with nature. Paying attention to the natural world not only makes you feel better, it makes you behave better, finds a new study to be published October ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Study Finds Conscientious People Have Better Health
(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study led by a researcher at UT Dallas reported that people classified as "conscientious" also tended to have better health, possibly because of more preventive health care.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 28, 2010 |
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To thrive in old age, keep an open mind
Don't worry, be happy about getting older.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 28, 2010 |
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Power at work has payoffs, but not for health
Being at the top has its perks, but new University of Toronto research shows people in positions of authority at work are more likely to experience certain psychological and physical problems that can undermine the health ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Study finds prenatal exposure to certain chemicals affects childhood neurodevelopment
A new study led by Mount Sinai researchers in collaboration with scientists from Cornell University and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has found higher prenatal exposure to phthalates—manmade chemicals ...
Jan 28, 2010 |
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The crime of mental illness
Canada needs to change its approach to mentally ill prisoners as correctional facilities worldwide contain a higher percentage of people with mental illness than the general population, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Me ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 31, 2010 |
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Attitude and adaptation keys to reaching 100 hundred years of age
University of Georgia research has provided new clues on surviving to be 100 years old, finding that how we feel about ourselves and our ability to adapt to an accumulation of challenging life experiences may be as or more ...
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Middle-aged Americans reporting more mobility related disabilities, study finds
The proportion of older middle-aged Americans who report disabilities related to mobility increased significantly from 1997 to 2007, in contrast to the disability decline that has been found among Americans ages 65 and over, ...
Apr 06, 2010 |
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