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Father's Attitude towards Females Shapes a Woman's Ambitions

By Amber Moore | Jan 20, 2013 04:04 PM EST

Girls, whose fathers are less sexist and share household chores, are more likely to grow up to be ambitious at workplace than girls whose fathers don't help at home, says a study reported by Livescience.

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Parent, Sibling Military Deployment Raises Drug Abuse Risk in Teens

By Amber Moore | Jan 20, 2013 04:04 PM EST

Youngsters whose parents or siblings have been deployed are more likely than their peers to use alcohol and drugs, says a new study.

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Video Games Better Than Television for Kids

By Amber Moore | Jan 17, 2013 10:06 AM EST

A study from Australia reports that video games may be better for children than TV.

Not Everybody Needs Deodorant

By Amber Moore | Jan 17, 2013 10:45 AM EST

People with a particular type of gene don't have smelly armpits, yet most of them use deodorants.

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Flu Shots Are Safe During Pregnancy, Large Study Finds

By Amber Moore | Jan 17, 2013 10:40 AM EST

A new study based on more than 117,000 pregnancies has found that there was no risk of still-births for pregnant women who took vaccine against 2009 H1N1 influenza virus.

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Mindfulness Meditation Reduces Pain Associated With Arthritis, Asthma

By Amber Moore | Jan 17, 2013 10:26 AM EST

Mindfulness meditation can help people with rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and other types of chronic inflammation where psychological stress is known to contribute to pain.

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ER Visits Linked to Energy Drinks Double Since 2007

By Amber Moore | Jan 17, 2013 09:54 AM EST

ER visits after drinking energy drinks jumped from about 10,000 in 2007 to more than 20,000 in 2011.

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White Young Males More Likely to Drink and Drive

By Amber Moore | Jan 17, 2013 11:05 AM EST

White young adults are more likely to report driving under influence than Blacks, Asians or Hispanics.

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Many Teen Girls Report Meeting Strangers on the Internet

By Amber Moore | Jan 15, 2013 05:16 PM EST

30 percent of teenage girls report that they've met strangers they befriended on the internet.

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Countries That Top Milk Consumption Have More Nobel Laureates

By Amber Moore | Jan 15, 2013 11:39 AM EST

Countries that consume a lot of milk and milk-based products also have many Nobel laureates.

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Six Foods That Keep Your Brain Healthy

By Amber Moore | Jan 15, 2013 12:05 PM EST

Eating foods rich in certain compounds can help people can keep their mental abilities well into old age.

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Poverty Rather Than Marijuana May Be Lowering Teens' IQ

By Amber Moore | Jan 15, 2013 11:05 AM EST

Poverty rather than marijuana use may be behind the decreased cognitive abilities of some heavy marijuana users.

Exposure to PVC Chemical Can Make Multiple Generations Obese

By Amber Moore | Jan 15, 2013 05:07 PM EST

Tributyltin exposure in pregnant mice can lead to obesity in many successive generations.

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Boring Work Makes People Creative

By Amber Moore | Jan 11, 2013 05:43 PM EST

Being bored at work might just give a boost to your creative side, says a new study.

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Marriage Can Cut the Risk of Early Death

By Amber Moore | Jan 11, 2013 05:32 PM EST

A study showed that not being in a stable relationship through midlife might pose as a risk factor for early death in this group of people.

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