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Study finds men 'less supportive' in more egalitarian nations

Gdansk [Poland, July 24 (ANI): A new 42-country study has found that the more gender-egalitarian the country, the less likely men are to support women's causes.

2020-07-24T07:41:40.732378+00:00 IST

Fitness

Physical stress on the job linked with brain, memory decline in older age: Study

Colorado [USA], July 24 (ANI): A new study has found that physical stress in one's job may be associated with faster brain ageing and poorer memory.

2020-07-24T07:34:13.596296+00:00 IST

Relationships

This is what love's got to do with happiness in life

Michigan [USA], July 23 (ANI): Researchers from the Michigan State University conducted one of the first studies of its kind to quantify the happiness of married, formerly married and single people at the end of their lives to find out just how much love and marriage played into the overall well-being.

2020-07-23T17:34:56.792006+00:00 IST

Culture

Older adults coped with COVID-19 pandemic best, UBC study reveals

Vancouver [Canada], July 23 (ANI): Older adults who are aged 60 and above, have better emotional wellbeing, and felt less stressed and threatened by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to a new UBC (The University of British Columbia) research.

2020-07-23T10:23:44.150949+00:00 IST

Fitness

Happy outlook can do wonders in your physical well-being: Study

Washington DC [USA], July 23 (ANI): Good health and a happy outlook in life, though independent goals, can go hand-in-hand making a real impact on your overall physical well-being.

2020-07-23T10:21:29.003899+00:00 IST

Fitness

Study finds new insights into different aspects of anxiety

Milan [Italy], July 22 (ANI): While there is no definite cure for anxiety, a team of researchers sheds light on the source of unease and tension to help effectively treat anxiety as soon as the symptoms appear.

2020-07-22T11:03:52.470741+00:00 IST

Quirky

Study reveals racial, LGBT bias persists in ridesharing drivers despite mitigation efforts

Indiana [USA], July 22 (ANI): Despite efforts by ridesharing companies to eliminate or reduce discrimination, research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business finds that racial and LGBT bias persists among drivers.

2020-07-22T08:14:57.852920+00:00 IST

Quirky

COVID 19: Study reveals frontline physicians stressed, anxious at work and home

California [US], July 21 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 chaos in many hospitals, emergency medicine physicians in seven cities around the US experienced rising levels of anxiety and emotional exhaustion, regardless of the intensity of the local surge, according to a new analysis.

2020-07-21T12:52:08.562512+00:00 IST

Fitness

Older adults who can distinctively smell roses may have lower risk of dementia, study explains

San Francisco [US], July 21 (ANI): Elderly people who can smell the roses, turpentine, paint thinner, and lemons, may have a lower risk of dementia, research suggests.

2020-07-21T10:24:25.460485+00:00 IST

Others

Study reveals racial discrimination may adversely impact cognition in African Americans

Washington D.C.[USA], July 21 (ANI): Experiences of racism are associated with lower subjective cognitive function (SCF) among African-American women, suggests the findings of a recent study.

2020-07-21T05:39:03.564575+00:00 IST

Fitness

Regular exercise helps prevent high blood pressure, even in areas of high air pollution

Texas [USA], July 20 (ANI): People who exercise regularly tend to have a lower risk of high blood pressure, even if they live in areas where air pollution is relatively high, according to new research.

2020-07-20T10:23:27.343405+00:00 IST

Others

Study focuses on predicting personality from one's smartphone data

Munich [Germany], July 19 (ANI): Everyone who uses a smartphone unavoidably generates masses of digital data that are accessible to others, and these data provide clues to the user's personality. Psychologists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich (LMU) study how revealing these clues are.

2020-07-19T16:47:06.286742+00:00 IST

Fitness

Early life stress may lead to depression in adolescence: Study

Washington D.C. [USA], July 19 (ANI): While individuals taking stress are believed to develop mental health issues, a recent study has explored another aspect of taking early life stress. Individuals exposed to early life stress (ELS) were more likely to develop a major depressive disorder (MDD) in childhood or adolescence than individuals who had not been exposed to ELS, a recent study reported.

2020-07-19T10:36:49.565687+00:00 IST

Quirky

Painting can help develop children's cognitive, artistic abilities, study explains

Tokyo [Japan], July 19 (ANI): The research from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), offered concrete insight into the development of children's psyches, and also made suggestions for educators to improve children's cognitive, spatial, and artistic abilities through the medium of painting.

2020-07-19T09:57:54.677908+00:00 IST