Psychology

People, who are divorced or widowed, face a number of health problems that do not resolve even if they marry again, a new study finds.

Many of us realize that conditions like stress and depression can negatively influence our body. What happens in our bodies when we feel elated or angry and how our emotions increase or cut the risk of certain health problems?

Marital disagreements put strain on the heart of women, not men, a new study says.
Women living in unhappy marriage are more likely to experience depression and have symptoms of metabolic syndrome, which increase their risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

Scientists have already proved the fact that music training has positive effects on the ability of our nervous system to process sight and sound. Today it is believed to be even more important that learning phonics. Researchers from Northwestern University, in their new study, found that music exercises improve verbal communication skills.

Children raised by single parent or living in stepfamilies have better social skills and show better behavior if they stay in touch with their grandparents, a new study says.

The study conducted by Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem involved more than 1,500 children aged between 11 and 16, living with to biological parents, in a single-parent families and stepfamilies. The researchers asked all the participants about their relationships with grandparents to find if it played a positive role in children's social skills and behavior.

According to a study conducted by Health Services Research, one of the spouses showing good health habits like exercising, eating healthy food, stop drinking alcohol or smoking as well as undergoing routine health procedures will unconsciously help the other spouse mirror the same habits.

A team of researchers from Switzerland and Germany suggest that young men enjoy fast driving because speed is in fact perceived and innately male. Researchers working at the Universities of Zurich, Neuchatel and Heidelberg discovered that a "typical male environment" can explain the fact that men exposed to it drive much faster than men in a female on neutral environments.

People who become chronically isolated have their gene expression patterns in immune cells altered. This alterations in genes trigger inflammation in body like a first response of immune system.