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• Tourists face health risks from contact with captive sea turtles
• Alcohol mixed with diet drinks may increase intoxication more than alcohol and regular drinks
• Both heavy and incompatible drinking can increase the chances of divorce
• Can breakfast make kids smarter?
• Baby boomers in worse health than their parents
• Work-life balance needed for recovery from job stress
• Tendency to fear is strong political influence
• Old age offers no protection from obesity's death grip
• Twenty-one minutes to marital satisfaction: Minimal intervention can preserve marital quality over time
• Overall eating patterns are most important for healthful eating
• Researchers spot attention deficits in babies who later develop autism
• Sunlight may help ward off rheumatoid arthritis in women
• Twenty hours of TV a week linked to almost half sperm count of those who watch little TV
• It actually is better (and healthier) to give than to receive, study finds
• 1990s drop in New York City crime not due to CompStat, misdemeanor arrests, analysis finds
• Drinking milk can prevent garlic breath, study finds
• The armchair as a fitness trainer
• Stress symptoms in midlife predict old-age disability, study shows

Tourists face health risks from contact with captive sea turtles Posted: 05 Feb 2013 05:02 PM PST Tourists coming into contact with sea turtles at holiday attractions face a risk of health problems, according to new research.

Alcohol mixed with diet drinks may increase intoxication more than alcohol and regular drinks Posted: 05 Feb 2013 01:25 PM PST A person's breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) after drinking is influenced by factors such as food. New findings show that mixing alcohol with a diet soft drink can result in a higher BrAC than mixing alcohol with a regular or sugar-sweetened drink. Individuals were unaware of these differences, which may pose safety risks such as drinking and driving.

Both heavy and incompatible drinking can increase the chances of divorce Posted: 05 Feb 2013 01:25 PM PST High levels of drinking have repeatedly been shown to predict divorce. A Norwegian study has examined the impact of both level of drinking and compatibility of drinking on divorce. Results indicate that: one, the more people drink, the higher the risk of divorce; and two, risk of divorce is lowered if the spouses drink approximately the same amount of alcohol.

Can breakfast make kids smarter? Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:33 AM PST New research has found that children who regularly have breakfast on a near-daily basis had significantly higher full scale, verbal, and performance IQ test scores.

Baby boomers in worse health than their parents Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:33 AM PST Despite having a reputation of being the healthiest and most active generation, baby boomers are actually in worse overall health than their parents, according to a new study.

Work-life balance needed for recovery from job stress Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:33 AM PST Detaching from work -- mentally, physically and electronically -- is the key to recovery from job stress during nonwork hours, according to an expert.

Tendency to fear is strong political influence Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:37 AM PST Fear can play a role in influencing political attitudes on hot-button issues like immigration, according to new research. The study shows that individuals who are genetically predisposed to fear tend to have more negative out-group opinions, which play out politically as support for policies like anti-immigration and segregation.

Old age offers no protection from obesity's death grip Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:37 AM PST Obesity kills, giving rise to a host of fatal diseases. But when it comes to seniors, a slew of research has reported an "obesity paradox" that says, at age 65 and older, an elevated BMI won't shorten your lifespan, and may even extend it. A new study takes another look at the numbers, finding the earlier research flawed. The paradox was a mirage: As obese Americans grow older, in fact, their risk of death climbs.

Twenty-one minutes to marital satisfaction: Minimal intervention can preserve marital quality over time Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:37 AM PST Marital satisfaction -- so critical to health and happiness -- generally declines over time. A brief writing intervention that helps spouses adopt a more objective outlook on marital conflict could be the answer. New research shows that this writing intervention, implemented through just three, seven-minute writing exercises administered online, prevents couples from losing that loving feeling.

Overall eating patterns are most important for healthful eating Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:30 AM PST The overall pattern of food that a person eats is more important to a healthy diet than focusing on single foods or individual nutrients, according to a new position paper.

Researchers spot attention deficits in babies who later develop autism Posted: 05 Feb 2013 07:21 AM PST Researchers are able to detect deficits in social attention in infants as young as six months of age who later develop Autism Spectrum Disorders. The results showed that these infants paid less attention to people and their activities than typically developing babies.

Sunlight may help ward off rheumatoid arthritis in women Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:45 PM PST Regular exposure to sunlight -- specifically ultraviolet B -- may reduce the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, indicates a large long-term study.

Twenty hours of TV a week linked to almost half sperm count of those who watch little TV Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:45 PM PST Healthy young men who watch TV for more than 20 hours a week have almost half the sperm count of men who watch very little TV, indicates a new study.

It actually is better (and healthier) to give than to receive, study finds Posted: 04 Feb 2013 03:43 PM PST A five-year study by researchers at three universities has established that providing tangible assistance to others protects our health and lengthens our lives.

1990s drop in New York City crime not due to CompStat, misdemeanor arrests, analysis finds Posted: 04 Feb 2013 12:36 PM PST New York City experienced a historic decline in crime rates during the 1990s, but it was not due to the implementation of CompStat or enhanced enforcement of misdemeanor offenses, according to a new analysis.

Drinking milk can prevent garlic breath, study finds Posted: 04 Feb 2013 11:26 AM PST In a recent study, researchers discovered that drinking milk while eating garlic-heavy food can reduce the malodorous breath associated with garlic consumption.

The armchair as a fitness trainer Posted: 04 Feb 2013 09:59 AM PST Each of us would like to pursue our personal hobbies and interests into old age. However, this depends on us staying fit and healthy. Researchers are now presenting an armchair that brings the gym right into your living room at the push of a button.

Stress symptoms in midlife predict old-age disability, study shows Posted: 04 Feb 2013 06:46 AM PST Nearly 30 percent of adult workers suffer from work-related stress, and it is commonly acknowledged that stress has damaging effects on individual's health. A recently published study from Finland provides strong evidence that perceived work-related stress in midlife predicts functional limitations and disability later in old age.

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