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Social contact can ease pain related to nerve damage, animal study suggests

Companionship has the potential to reduce pain linked to nerve damage, according to a new study.

Medical research created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

HPV vaccination does not lead to an increase in sex

A study published in Vaccine reveals that contrary to recent discussions, the HPV vaccination does not increase sexual activity in adolescent girls.

Health created Oct 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Economic abuse affects maternal mental health and parenting, study finds

(Medical Xpress)— Mothers who experience economic and psychological abuse during the first year of a relationship with their child's father are more likely to become depressed and spank the child in year ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Study reveals young women with the BRCA mutation feel different and misunderstood

(Medical Xpress)—A study authored by Rebekah Hamilton, RN, PhD, associate dean of the Rush University College of Nursing, found that young women with a BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation felt different and misunderstood.

Cancer created Sep 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reveals health impacts on Defence families

(Medical Xpress)—Partners of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel deployed multiple times were as physically and mentally well as those who had fewer deployments, a University of Queensland study shows.

Health created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests gap in treatment of sexually transmitted diseases among teens

California's pediatricians-in-training are not adequately educated about the methods to prevent recurrent sexually transmitted infections in teenagers. That's the conclusion of a study from the Stanford University School ...

Pediatrics created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

When battered women fight back stereotyping can kick in

The topic of domestic abuse remains a controversial issue when it comes to determining punishment for battered women who use violence towards their partner. According to a recent study published in Psychology of Women Qu ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Working moms spend less time daily on kids' diet, exercise, study finds

When it comes to cooking, grocery shopping and playing with children, American moms with full-time jobs spend roughly three-and-half fewer hours per day on these and other chores related to their children's diet and exercise ...

Health created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Distressing life events and poverty behind many abortions in US

The researchers, from the Guttmacher Institute in New York, base their findings on feedback data from almost 9,500 women who had an abortion in 2008 (Abortion Patient Survey), in the light of 11 "disruptive" events, and the ...

Health created Aug 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Preschool children at risk for stress after seeing domestic violence and another traumatic event

(Medical Xpress) -- Preschool children exposed to domestic violence and additional traumatic events are at increased risk for developing traumatic stress disorder, a new University of Michigan study shows.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A pack of walnuts a day keeps the fertility specialist away?

A paper published 15 August 2012 in Biology of Reproduction's Papers-in-Press reveals that eating 75 grams of walnuts a day improves the vitality, motility, and morphology of sperm in healthy men aged 21 to 35.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Computer-based screening program for partner violence does not significantly improve quality of life

In a study that included more than 2,700 women receiving care in primary care clinics, those who were screened for partner violence and received a partner violence resource list did not experience significant differences ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists identify new gene linked to PTSD

Investigators at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System have identified a new gene linked to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The findings, published online in ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Spouses of breast cancer survivors hold on to hope

(Edmonton) Male partners of breast cancer patients are likely to take a pass on spousal support groups in favour of exercise or an evening out with friends to cope with stresses associated with the disease, according to new ...

Cancer created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New University of Houston research focuses on treatment for perpetrator, not victim

A new UH experiment takes an unconventional look at the treatment for domestic violence, otherwise known as intimate partner violence (IPV), by focusing on changing the perpetrators' psychological abuse during arguments rather ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0