http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Looking to improve your happiness, self-esteem and relationship satisfaction? Put down that self-help book and try working on your desire to help those in need. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-neighborhelp.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:10:59 EST news285405052 (HealthDay)—In-person recruitment at hospital-based prenatal clinics produces the highest yield of early stage pregnant study participants, according to a study published online March 7 in Preventing Chronic Disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-in-person-effective-moms-to-be.html Health Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:50:01 EST news284039026 Why do straight women and gay men form close relationships with one another? A new psychology study from The University of Texas at Austin suggests the glue that cements these unique relationships is honest, unbiased relationship advice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-trustworthy-advice-deepens-bond-straight.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:02:04 EST news280584117 Concerns and anxieties about one's close relationships appear to function as a chronic stressor that can compromise immunity, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-anxiety-relationships-immunity-vulnerability-illness.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:59:22 EST news279809952 In 'Dog Village' the aim is to successfully raise a puppy that wins the honour of being best dog in the village. It is a fun board game where players have to navigate obstacles and overcome challenges but in this case the players may genuinely be playing for their lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-rabies-board-game.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:09:33 EST news278057368 Spouses and other romantic partners often complain about feeling unappreciated, and a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests poor sleep may play a hidden role. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-poor-romantic-partners-unappreciated.html Psychology & Psychiatry Sat, 19 Jan 2013 10:30:01 EST news277736652 (Medical Xpress) -- It turns out that the milk of human kindness is evoked by something besides mom's good example. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-neurogenics-niceness-peoples-relative-reside.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:52:51 EST news253259558 (Medical Xpress) -- University of Michigan researchers have found that women who avoid close relationships and intimacy have smaller hormone responses to emotionally intimate stimuli. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-hormone-response-contribute-women-intimacy.html Medical research Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:00:02 EST news248420769 Love can bring out both the best and the worst in people. Which way it turns depends on the best way to protect the relationship, say researchers studying the evolution of romantic love. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-unexpected-sides-romantic.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:36:54 EST news247138603 (Medical Xpress) -- Is losing weight as simple as doing a 15-minute writing exercise? In a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, women who wrote about their most important values, like close relationships, music, or religion, lost more weight over the next few months than women who did not have that experience. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-good-waistline-.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:17:31 EST news244891033 As children move toward adolescence, they rely increasingly on close relationships with peers. Socially withdrawn children, who have less contact with peers, may miss out on the support that friendships provide. In a new study about the peer relationships of almost 2,500 fifth graders who are socially withdrawn in different ways and those who aren't withdrawn, researchers have found that withdrawn children who can be described as "anxious-solitary" differ considerably in their relationships with peers, compared to other withdrawn children and children who aren't withdrawn. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-anxiety-children-capacity-friendships.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:35:42 EST news233894123