http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—The Obama administration's controversial proposal to "means-test" Medicare recipients is ostensibly aimed at generating more cash for the government from those who can afford it – or squeezing more money out of upper-income seniors, depending upon one's point of view. But according to a University of Illinois expert on retirement benefits, the Medicare program is already means-tested. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-expert-medicare-means-tested.html Health Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:31:11 EST news286479036 Same-sex couples that live together report worse health than people of the same socioeconomic status who are in heterosexual marriages, according to a national study that could have implications for the gay marriage debate. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-health-same-sex-couples.html Health Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:00:01 EST news281124554 (HealthDay)—For couples in which the wife earns more than the husband, there may be psychological and sexual implications, according to a study published in the March issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-psychological-sexual-impact-female-breadwinners.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:06:53 EST news280073179 With Valentine's Day looming, many married couples will wish marital bliss for their single friends. At the same time, many singles will pity their coupled friends' loss of freedom. People like to believe that their way of life—whether single or coupled—is the best for everyone, especially if they think their relationship status is unlikely to change, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-youre.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:27:03 EST news279811613 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 (Medical Xpress)—Before spouses take their first step toward fitness, their partner's interest or willingness to participate can sway them, says a Purdue University family studies expert. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-spouses-illness.html Health Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:40:01 EST news279267840 (HealthDay)—Compared with unmarried women, married women are less likely to experience domestic abuse, substance abuse or postpartum depression around the time of pregnancy, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-women-positive-pregnancies.html Health Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:55:40 EST news276454534 There's new evidence about the benefits of marriage. Women who are married suffer less partner abuse, substance abuse or post-partum depression around the time of pregnancy than women who are cohabitating or do not have a partner, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-benefits-marriage.html Health Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:40:24 EST news274639219 The more autistic tendencies a person exhibits the greater the chance that he or she uses the Internet in a compulsive manner. NWO researcher Catrin Finkenauer from VU University Amsterdam has demonstrated this relationship scientifically for the first time. Compulsive Internet use can have a negative effect on a person's well-being and on the maintenance of relationships. Finkenauer published the research results today in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. The multidisciplinary research could be realised thanks to a collaboration with the communication scientists Monique Pollmann and Peter Kerkhof, and psychologist Sander Begeer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-autistic-tendencies-linked-compulsive-internet.html Autism spectrum disorders Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:41:40 EST news267867688 (Medical Xpress) -- Married couples who undergo long-term separations generally appear to be those who can't afford to divorce, a new nationwide study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-marital-alternative-divorce-poor-couples.html Psychology & Psychiatry Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:04:59 EST news264553352 (Medical Xpress) -- The transition to fatherhood can be one of the most difficult, yet rewarding, journeys for dads today, says a Kansas State University marriage and family therapist. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-fatherly-advice-therapist-first-time-dads.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:53:37 EST news258792715 Men like to know when their wife or girlfriend is happy while women really want the man in their life to know when they are upset, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-women-happier-relationships-men-pain.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:49:38 EST news250170568 What does being committed to your marriage really mean? UCLA psychologists answer this question in a new study based on their analysis of 172 married couples over the first 11 years of marriage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-real-commitment-marriage.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:54:43 EST news247337674 A California man who donates his sperm for free to couples who want to have a baby is being investigated by US regulators but insists he will continue his efforts as a matter of goodwill. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-renegade-sperm-donor-triggers-probe.html Other Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:58:58 EST news246955709 People with dementia can still make decisions in their everyday lives and with support from partners can continue to do so as their condition advances. This is one of the preliminary findings of a two-year research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) into how married couples living with dementia make decisions on a daily basis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-dementia-decisions.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:29:32 EST news236510967 (Medical Xpress) -- Couples who are having trouble getting pregnant adjust how much information they share with friends and family, depending on whether it's the husband or the wife who feels stigmatized about their reproductive difficulties, a new study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-social-network-infertility-couples-privacy.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:50:02 EST news232101554 The quality of interactions among married couples is affected by wives' inability to fall asleep at night, but not by husbands' sleep problems, suggests new research that will be presented Monday, June 13, in Minneapolis, Minn., at SLEEP 2011, the 25th Anniversary Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC (APSS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-wives-problems-negative-impact-marital.html Health Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:21:59 EST news227190110 A study of older married couples that gives new meaning to the matrimonial adage "for better or worse" finds that spouses have a much greater impact on their partner's health than previously known. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-physical-emotional-health-older-couples.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 04 May 2011 09:03:54 EST news223718602