News tagged with behavioral ecology
Good night's sleep linked to happiness
(Medical Xpress)—Want a good night's sleep? Be positive – consistently. Although happiness is generally good for sleeping, when a person's happiness varies a lot in reaction to daily ups and downs, sleep suffers, reports ...
Health
Apr 29, 2013 |
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A loved one's support can backfire, study finds
People who receive high levels of emotional support from their partner have an increased risk of death if they perceive their partner as not caring, understanding and validating, reports a Cornell study published in Health Ps ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 13, 2013 |
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Badger sleeping habits could help target TB control
Sleeping away from the family home is linked to health risks for badgers, new research by the University of Exeter and the Food and Environment Research Agency has revealed.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 19, 2012 |
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Casual teen sex linked to higher depression rates, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Teens who date and are sexually active are known to be at elevated risk for depression, but why those associations exist is poorly understood.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 05, 2012 |
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Youths' well-being linked to how well they conform to gender norms
(Medical Xpress) -- Regardless of their sexual orientation, teens who do not fit behavioral norms for their gender are not as happy as their gender-conforming peers, finds a new Cornell study published in the Archives of ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 08, 2012 |
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Alcohol abuse may be cause, rather than effect of social isolation, poor grades among teens
Rather than gaining "liquid courage" to let loose with friends, teenage drinkers are more likely to feel like social outcasts, according to a new sociological study.
Health
Jun 12, 2012 |
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Sexual orientation has 'in between' groups, study shows
Sexual orientation is best represented as a continuum that has two new categories -- "mostly heterosexual" and "mostly gay/lesbian" -- in addition to heterosexual, bisexual or gay/lesbian, according to a new Cornell study.
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May 09, 2012 |
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Obesity accounts for 21 percent of medical care costs
(Medical Xpress) -- Obesity now accounts for almost 21 percent of U.S. health care costs -- more than twice the previous estimates, reports a new Cornell study.
Health
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Book on teen brains can help improve decision making
Teenage brains undergo big changes, and they won't look or function like adult brains until well into one's 20s. In the first book on the adolescent brain and development of higher cognition, a Cornell professor ...
Neuroscience
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Different ages need different risk messages, research finds
(Medical Xpress) -- From emergency evacuation notices to how many vegetables to eat, people need good information to make good choices. Ineffective risk communication, such as the drug warning inserts in tiny type on paper ...
Health
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Why are Internet anti-vaccine messages dangerous
Evidence has long shown routine vaccines to be safe and effective, but a growing community of critics still claims that they pose more danger than the diseases they prevent. A Google search of "vaccine," for example, produces ...
Health
Jul 19, 2011 |
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