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• A good night's sleep increases the cardiovascular benefits of a healthy lifestyle
• Brain sets prices with emotional value
• Passing the ball may also pass disease
• Comet ISON brings holiday fireworks
• Neighborhood residents with lowest incomes most likely to care about their communities
• Teens' self-consciousness linked with specific brain, physiological responses
• Long term night shifts linked to doubling of breast cancer risk
• New generation electronic games boosts kids' physical activity at home
• Early childhood respiratory infections may be potential risk factor for type 1 diabetes
• The brightest students smoke less, Spanish study finds

A good night's sleep increases the cardiovascular benefits of a healthy lifestyle Posted: 02 Jul 2013 05:28 PM PDT A good night's sleep can increase the benefit of exercise, healthy diet, moderate alcohol consumption and non-smoking in their protection against cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to results of a large population follow-up study.

Brain sets prices with emotional value Posted: 02 Jul 2013 02:31 PM PDT You might be falling in love with that new car, but you probably wouldn't pay as much for it if you could resist the feeling. Researchers who study how the brain values things -- a field called neuroeconomics -- have found that your feelings about something and the value you put on it are calculated similarly in a specific area of the brain.

Passing the ball may also pass disease Posted: 02 Jul 2013 11:15 AM PDT Researchers have demonstrated that basketballs and volleyballs can spread potentially dangerous germs among players. Their findings may bring a new awareness to athletes, coaches, trainers and parents regarding safe sanitation practices for athletes.

Comet ISON brings holiday fireworks Posted: 02 Jul 2013 09:30 AM PDT Superficially resembling a skyrocket, Comet ISON is hurtling toward the Sun at 48,000 miles per hour. In May 2013, the comet was 403 million miles from Earth, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Neighborhood residents with lowest incomes most likely to care about their communities Posted: 02 Jul 2013 08:34 AM PDT Some may assume that low-income residents of run-down, crime-ridden neighborhoods do not care about their communities. However, research suggests otherwise.

Teens' self-consciousness linked with specific brain, physiological responses Posted: 02 Jul 2013 07:09 AM PDT Teenagers are famously self-conscious, acutely aware and concerned about what their peers think of them. A new study reveals that this self-consciousness is linked with specific physiological and brain responses that seem to emerge and peak in adolescence.

Long term night shifts linked to doubling of breast cancer risk Posted: 01 Jul 2013 04:02 PM PDT Working night shifts for 30 or more years doubles the risk of developing breast cancer, and is not confined to nurses as previous research has indicated, a new study finds.

New generation electronic games boosts kids' physical activity at home Posted: 01 Jul 2013 04:02 PM PDT Giving kids new generation "active" electronic games boosts their physical activity at home and has the same effect as stopping them from using the older versions altogether, a new study finds.

Early childhood respiratory infections may be potential risk factor for type 1 diabetes Posted: 01 Jul 2013 01:37 PM PDT Respiratory infections in early childhood may be a potential risk factor for developing type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D), according to a new study.

The brightest students smoke less, Spanish study finds Posted: 01 Jul 2013 10:53 AM PDT Good students smoke less, according to a new Spanish study. The research highlights the fact that high school students whose parents do not approve of their smoking also smoke fewer cigarettes.

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