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• Marriage rate lowest in a century
• How smoking increases vulnerability to alcohol abuse
• Exercise can reduce stroke risk
• Long-distance relationships can form stronger bonds than face-to-face ones
• Singing helps students tune into a foreign language

Marriage rate lowest in a century Posted: 18 Jul 2013 11:24 AM PDT Fewer women are getting married and they're waiting longer to tie the knot when they do decide to walk down the aisle.

How smoking increases vulnerability to alcohol abuse Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:06 AM PDT Smoking is a well-known risk factor for subsequent alcohol abuse, but the mechanisms underlying this link are unknown. Now researchers show in a study conducted in rats that even a single exposure to nicotine temporarily changes how the brain's reward system responds to alcohol and increases the reinforcing properties of alcohol via stress hormones.

Exercise can reduce stroke risk Posted: 18 Jul 2013 10:04 AM PDT A new study is one of the first to study the relationship of exercise and stroke in a large biracial cohort of men and women in the U.S.

Long-distance relationships can form stronger bonds than face-to-face ones Posted: 18 Jul 2013 07:12 AM PDT The long-distance relationship has plagued college students and people relocated for work for ages. These relationships are seen as destined to fail, but are they actually creating stronger bonds than a geographically closer relationship? A recent article found that people in long-distance relationships often have stronger bonds from more constant, and deeper, communication than normal relationships.

Singing helps students tune into a foreign language Posted: 18 Jul 2013 07:10 AM PDT A new study provides the first experimental evidence that a listen-and-repeat singing method can support foreign language learning. Singing in a foreign language can significantly improve learning how to speak it, according to a new study. Adults who listened to short Hungarian phrases and then sang them back performed better than those who spoke the phrases, researchers found. People who sang the phrases back also fared better than those who repeated the phrases by speaking them rhythmically.

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