Category Archives for Relationships
The Attitude of Gratitude
Thanksgiving may be the worst holiday for dieting, but according to a recent study the “attitude of gratitude” can help you in the long run. This attitude of gratitude is directly linked to better health, sounder sleep, less anxiety and … Continue reading
Tags: Friendship, Thanksgiving
It’s Safer to Drive with Bobbo than Mom
Yup, that’s what a recent study conducted by Children’s Hospital of Philadephia demonstrated. Seems the older generation (avg. age of 58) is more cautious when chauffeuring their precious offspring, than the harried parents (avg. age of 36) are. In the … Continue reading
Tags: Car Seats, Dr. Winston, Driving, grandparents, Traffic Rules
Make Sure The Family’s Involved
Post-stroke recovery and function can be significantly affected by the involvement of patient’s nearest and dearest. New research shows that incorporating family-assisted exercise therapy to the standard physical therapy regimen of a stroke patient had many positive results. Motor function, … Continue reading
Tags: balance, Emma Stokes, exercise, Family, Ireland, motor function, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy, Post-stroke recovery, research, Trinity College Dublin
Guess Who’s the Caregiver Tonight?
File this in the “Support my Hypothesis” file: “Women are more likely than men to give up sleep to care for children and others,” states Charity Brown in the Washington Post. Women are 2 ½ times as likely as men … Continue reading
Tags: American Time Use Survey, caregiver, Charity Brown, depression, Sleep, sleep apnea, Social Forces, U.S. Census Bureau, University of Michigan, Washington Post, women
Forget Chemistry- Your Friendship May Be “Wired”
For years, no one could really explain why we are better friends with some and not others. Most of us believe it’s simply shared interests. For others, it’s the old adage that opposites attract. A recent study, however, shows that … Continue reading
Tags: Alcoholics Anonymous, genetic, James Fowler, National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, San Diego, University of California
Life’s Hard Knocks Make You Stronger
No one know’s how they’ll deal with adversity until after the fact. Some sink, but many swim and reach the shore wiser and more resilient. Why? Even researchers are stymied as they continue to explore the genetic angle, personality, as … Continue reading
Tags: adversity, Dr. Mark Seery, genetic, Roxane Cohen Silver, State University at Buffalo, The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, University of California
Family Stress and the Heart
I know you don’t need the Danish to confirm what you’ve long suspected: family stress, particularly stress which involves our spouses and children, do directly impact the heart. But a most recent Danish study avers that participants reporting a troubled … Continue reading
Tags: angina, cardiovascular, children, Danish, family stress, heart, heart disease, relationship, Rikke Lund, spouse
Social Butterfly? Larger Brain!
She’s no ditz! In fact, that social butterfly we love to rib, may indeed have a brain… and larger than others! It’s the amygdala, no less. Brain scans of 58 volunteers in a preliminary study conducted at Northeastern University in Boston, indicated that … Continue reading
Tags: amygdala, brain, Northeastern University in Boston, social butterfly
She’s Fashionable… He’s Clueless
So there are kindred spirits out there who, too, are puzzled by the disconnect of sartorial splendor existing between husbands and wives. Never realized there could (and should?) be a support group for fairly fashionable women who are married to … Continue reading
Tags: dressing, fashionable, husbands and wives, opposites attract
