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Risk of Depression Influenced by Quality of Relationships (no replies)

Lisa — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:22:27 -0700

Apr. 30, 2013 — The mantra that quality is more important than quantity is true when considering how social relationships influence depression, say U-M researchers in a new study. After analyzing data from nearly 5,000 American adults, the researchers found that the quality of a person's relationships with a spouse, family and friends predicted the likelihood of major depression disorder in the future, regardless of how frequently their social interactions took place.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130430194037.htm

Weird Holiday (no replies)

Lisa — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:53:33 -0700

Life can be cruel (no replies)

eeek — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:13:15 -0800

Are 'Hookups' Replacing Romantic Relationships On College Campuses? (no replies)

eeek — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:54:55 -0800

ScienceDaily (Nov. 8, 2012) — "Hooking up" has become such a trend on college campuses that some believe these casual, no-strings-attached sexual encounters may be replacing traditional romantic relationships. However, a new study by researchers with The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine suggests college students are not actually hooking up as frequently as one might think.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121108131730.htm

Online dating (no replies)

eeek — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:46:06 -0700

Relationship Between Marriage and Alcohol Examined (no replies)

eeek — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:53:34 -0700

ScienceDaily (Aug. 18, 2012) — New research examining relationships and the use of alcohol finds that while a long-term marriage appears to curb men's drinking, it's associated with a slightly higher level of alcohol use among women. The study, led by the University of Cincinnati (UC), was presented at the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120819153543.htm

Ovulating Women Perceive Sexy Cads as Good Dads (no replies)

eeek — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:49:07 -0700

ScienceDaily (May 14, 2012) — Nice guys do finish last at least when it comes to procreation according to a study from The University of Texas at San Antonio that answers the question of why women choose bad boys.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120514134301.htm

A Woman’s Intense Interest in Her Partner Shifts When Grandchildren Arrive (no replies)

Lisa — Sat, 05 May 2012 19:14:42 -0700

ScienceDaily (May 1, 2012) — A new study suggests that a woman's most intense relationship in her 20s is with a member of the opposite sex, but after the age of 45 this relationship shifts to a much younger female who is likely to be her daughter. The researchers suggest that women are more strategically driven than men in how they invest their time and after finding a mate, they shift their attention to grandchildren.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120501210008.htm

yeah, sure, happy to be here (no replies)

Smellmyfinger — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:06:40 -0700

yup, I'm trying a new site. Great. Thanks, I'm sure I'll be thrilled.

Online Dating Scammers Looking for Money, Not Love (no replies)

Lisa — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:27:29 -0700

ScienceDaily (Mar. 28, 2012) — Online romance scams, a new form of cybercrime, is under-reported and increasing, and has victimized an estimated 230,000 people in England, costing them nearly $60 billion a year, according to an article in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120328104109.htm

Women Happier in Relationships When Men Feel Their Pain (no replies)

Lisa — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:47:44 -0800

ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2012) — 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://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120305132240.htm

One-Way Romantic Attraction? Ways to Save Your Guy-Gal Friendship (no replies)

Lisa — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:31:20 -0800

ScienceDaily (Feb. 27, 2012) — When one friend admits they are "into" the other but the feeling isn't mutual, the relationship can indeed be in jeopardy. Friendships often dissolve under these circumstances, but not always, says Heidi Reeder, associate professor of communication at Boise State University.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120227132711.htm

Johnson & Johnson Introduces 'Nothing But Tears' Shampoo To Toughen Up Newborns (no replies)

Lisa — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:49:51 -0700

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ—After decades of coddling young children, Johnson & Johnson unveiled its new "Nothing But Tears" shampoo this week, an aggressive bath-time product the company says will help to prepare meek and fragile newborns for the real world.

http://bitsy.spinics.net/284

Smuggling (no replies)

Lisa — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:49:01 -0700

Marked Rise in Intensely Sexualized Images of Women, Not Men (no replies)

eeek — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:14:49 -0700

ScienceDaily (Aug. 10, 2011) — A study by University at Buffalo sociologists has found that the portrayal of women in the popular media over the last several decades has become increasingly sexualized, even "pornified." The same is not true of the portrayal of men. These findings may be cause for concern, the researchers say, because previous research has found sexualized images of women to have far-reaching negative consequences for both men and women.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110810133015.htm

Promising Results of Phase I Diabetes Trial (no replies)

eeek — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:00:41 -0700

ScienceDaily (June 26, 2011) — Promising results of the Phase I clinical trial of the generic drug BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guerin) to treat advanced type I diabetes were announced June 26 at the American Diabetes Association scientific sessions in San Diego. A research team led by Denise Faustman, MD, PhD, director of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Immunobiology Laboratory is presenting two abstracts (No. 2240-PO and No. 0057-LB) -- the first which describes the apparent reproduction in human patients of the mechanism that reversed type 1 diabetes in a mouse model and the second proposing that lack of a key part of that mechanism may explain why recent trials of an antibody-based diabetes therapy were not successful. The Iacocca Foundation has been the primary supporter of this work.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110626145244.htm

Coming to TV Screens of the Future: A Sense of Smell (no replies)

eeek — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:34:13 -0700

ScienceDaily (June 14, 2011) — Today's television programs are designed to trigger your emotions and your mind through your senses of sound and sight. But what if they could trigger a few more? What if you could smell or taste the cheesy slices of pizza being eaten by your favorite characters on TV? Is it possible? Would audiences enjoy the experience? Would advertisers jump on the opportunity to reach consumers in a new way?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615094520.htm

Rule 34 (no replies)

eeek — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:11:26 -0700

9 Reasons Not to Date a Tyrannosaurus Rex (no replies)

eeek — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:40:32 -0700

http://mingle2.com/blog/view/dating-tyrannosaurus

Are you dating a cat? (no replies)

eeek — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:14:00 -0700

Gutting a Furbi (no replies)

eeek — Tue, 31 May 2011 20:06:45 -0700

"Bomb" turns out to be sex toy in Friday scare in Bishop (no replies)

eeek — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:52:04 -0700

What Inyo Law enforcement feared might be a bomb of some sort turned out to be a battery-powered sex toy found in the car of a reported parole violator.

http://news.sierrawave.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4559:qbombq-turns-out-to-be-sex-toy-in-friday-scare-in-bishop&catid=6:&Itemid=200021

Doctors Who Ask Patients To Sign Over Copyright On Any Online Reviews Are Only Harming Themselves (no replies)

eeek — Fri, 27 May 2011 16:08:14 -0700

Over the past few years, we've written about the controversial program from a group called "Medical Justice" to get doctors to force their patients to sign over the copyright on any future reviews they might write on sites like Yelp or RateMyMD. The whole setup is both ethically and legally dubious, and a few weeks back some highly respected law professors, Eric Goldman and Jason Schultz, set up the site DoctoredReviews.com to help counter Medical Justice's efforts.

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110524/07250114411/doctors-who-ask-patients-to-sign-over-copyright-any-online-reviews-are-only-harming-themselves.shtml

Happy Guys Finish Last, Says New Study on Sexual Attractiveness (2 replies)

eeek — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:21:16 -0700

ScienceDaily (May 26, 2011) — Women find happy guys significantly less sexually attractive than swaggering or brooding men, according to a new University of British Columbia study that helps to explain the enduring allure of "bad boys" and other iconic gender types.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110524070310.htm

George Takei vs. Tennessee's "Don't Say Gay" Bill (no replies)

eeek — Sat, 21 May 2011 19:36:06 -0700

May 21 Rapture Caught Live On Tape (no replies)

eeek — Sat, 21 May 2011 19:28:46 -0700

Want Lasting Love? It’s Not More Commitment, but Equal Commitment That Matters (no replies)

eeek — Wed, 18 May 2011 11:49:56 -0700

ScienceDaily (May 18, 2011) — It stands to reason that a well-loved child can become a loving adult. But what prepares us to make a strong commitment and work out differences with an intimate partner? And what happens when one person is more committed than the other?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110518131435.htm

True Love May Wait -- But Waiting Won't Make You a Safer Lover Later on (no replies)

eeek — Tue, 17 May 2011 16:23:45 -0700

ScienceDaily (May 17, 2011) — Whether sex education focuses only on abstinence or teaches students about contraception and other topics as well, it all shares one main message: Wait. In abstinence-only, students are exhorted to wait for sex until they're married. In "comprehensive" or "abstinence-plus," the idea is to delay sexual relations until . . . later.

"The underlying assumption is that delay reduces sexual risk-taking" -- and with it unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, says University of South Florida psychologist Marina A. Bornovalova. "If they just wait, then they'll be less likely to have multiple partners or get pregnant early."

"But until now, no one had tested this assumption."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110517132632.htm

A Woman's Blues Bring a Relationship Down (no replies)

eeek — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:42:55 -0700

ScienceDaily (Mar. 30, 2011) — Depression erodes intimate relationships. A depressed person can be withdrawn, needy, or hostile -- and give little back. But there's another way that depression isolates partners from each other. It chips away at the ability to perceive the others' thoughts and feelings. It impairs what psychologists call "empathic accuracy" -- and that can exacerbate alienation, depression, and the cycle by which they feed each other.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110330142344.htm

Ass Hat of The Week: TLC “The Learning Channel”? (no replies)

eeek — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:34:02 -0800

Learning. It’s one thing I love to do. I like to learn anything and you would think that I could learn something from a television channel named “The Learning Channel“. Otherwise known as TLC. I don’t watch much television but I figure if I’m going to turn on the boob tube, it’s going to be to watch a channel I can learn something from.

Little did I know that TLC really stands for Totally Ludicrous Crap.

http://thedailyblonde.com/2009/05/ass-hat-of-the-week-tlc-the-learning-channel/