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• Brain stimulation may buffer feelings of social pain
• Go ahead and jump: Learning how to properly jump and land can help female athletes avoid serious knee injuries
• Telecommuting increases work hours and blurs boundary between work and home, new study shows
• Understanding anger, overcoming anxiety
• Multiple media use tied to depression, anxiety
• Parents key to preventing alcohol, marijuana use by kids
• Infants learn to look and look to learn: Model explains crucial links among looking, learning, and memory
• Moderate coffee consumption may reduce risk of diabetes by up to 25 percent
• Working towards happiness: Retiring later is unlikely to affect men's quality of life
• Second-hand smoke linked to children's behavior problems
• Social media may help fight childhood obesity
• Healthy eating beneficial beyond drug therapy in preventing a second heart attack

Brain stimulation may buffer feelings of social pain Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:22 PM PST Accumulating evidence suggests that certain brain areas involved in processing physical pain may also underlie feelings of social pain. But can altering brain activity in these areas actually change how people experience social pain? In a new study, researchers examine whether there might be a causal relationship between activity in the right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex -- known to be involved in the regulation of physical pain and negative expressions of emotion -- and experiences of social pain.

Go ahead and jump: Learning how to properly jump and land can help female athletes avoid serious knee injuries Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:43 PM PST Learning how to properly jump and land might help hundreds of female athletes avoid a serious knee injury.

Telecommuting increases work hours and blurs boundary between work and home, new study shows Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:58 AM PST A new sociology study shows that most telecommuters add five to seven hours to their workweek compared with those who work exclusively at the office.

Understanding anger, overcoming anxiety Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:58 AM PST Anger is a powerful emotion with serious health consequences. A new study shows that for millions of individuals around the world who suffer from generalized anxiety disorder, anger is more than an emotion; it's an agent that exacerbates their illness.

Multiple media use tied to depression, anxiety Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:55 AM PST Using multiple forms of media at the same time -- such as playing a computer game while watching TV -- is linked to symptoms of anxiety and depression, scientists have found for the first time.

Parents key to preventing alcohol, marijuana use by kids Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:55 AM PST New research finds that parental involvement is more important than the school environment when it comes to preventing or limiting alcohol and marijuana use by children.

Infants learn to look and look to learn: Model explains crucial links among looking, learning, and memory Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:53 AM PST Researchers have explained how infants learn by looking, and the crucial role these activities play in how infants gain knowledge. Their computer model of babies aged 6 weeks to one year shows how infants use looking to create knowledge and to sear that knowledge into memory. The model also explains how infants' looking and learning changes as they develop.

Moderate coffee consumption may reduce risk of diabetes by up to 25 percent Posted: 04 Dec 2012 08:24 AM PST New research highlights the potential role of coffee consumption in the prevention of type 2 diabetes.

Working towards happiness: Retiring later is unlikely to affect men's quality of life Posted: 04 Dec 2012 08:20 AM PST Raising the retirement age to increase financial stability does not make men worse off psychologically in the long-run, according to a new study. Her work shows that individuals go through the same psychological stages as they adjust to retirement, with life satisfaction stabilizing after 70, irrespective of how old they are when they retire.

Second-hand smoke linked to children's behavior problems Posted: 04 Dec 2012 08:18 AM PST It is a known fact that active maternal smoking during pregnancy has negative effects on child health, such as attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, new research suggests that second hand smoke, or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), may be just as harmful.

Social media may help fight childhood obesity Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:34 PM PST Social media may be an effective way to help children overcome obesity, according to experts. Parental involvement and online interaction with counselors and peers led to greater success for overweight and obese children and teens in some studies.

Healthy eating beneficial beyond drug therapy in preventing a second heart attack Posted: 03 Dec 2012 01:29 PM PST A heart-healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetables and fish significantly reduces the chance of a second heart attack and stroke in people with cardiovascular disease, researchers have found.

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