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Month: August 2014
Music to your ears? Evidence of damage to hearing from music
Many people listen to loud music without realizing that this can affect their hearing. This…
Genes determine traces that stress leaves behind on brains
Our individual genetic make-up determines the effect that stress has on our emotional centers, researchers…
Poor health literacy poses risks for pacemaker, defibrillator patients
40 percent of patients with pacemakers and defibrillators had little to no ability to understand…
How genes, gender and environment influence substance abuse
Social integration, including strong family ties, can protect one’s wellbeing and even reduce the impact…
Women seek anti-aging clinicians to treat menopausal symptoms, study finds
Feeling that conventional doctors did not take their suffering seriously, women instead sought out hormonal…
High-intensity exercise found safe and effective in long-term heart transplant, study concludes
High-intensity exercise can help stable heart transplant patients reach higher levels of exercise capacity, and…
Surprising number of older adults weathered the ‘great recession’ without financial strain
The “Great Recession” may have put a dent in many older adults’ pocketbooks, but a…
‘Super-parent’ cultural pressures can spur mental health conditions in new Moms and Dads
Mental health experts in the past three decades have emphasized the dangers of post-partum depression…
‘Bonus effect’ for certain multiracial daters
While previous research has documented the existence of a racial hierarchy within the dating world…