There is a new study that suggests that being lonely is like having a bad, contagious cold. It will spread among people and eventually push them to the edge of their social networks.
The simple finding that the feeling of being lonely will isolate people may not be so surprising, but the discovery that loneliness can be transmitted before relationships are severed, resulting in a chain reaction that will isolate people that were previously connected to each other.

Sometimes, it does not take much to drive you over the edge and let your anger overtake what you are really trying to do. We tend to feel terrible in such a situation, but perhaps it makes you feel better that scientists have released new findings on common origins of anger. And yes, having children in a household is said to be a contributor to angry behavior. Do you agree?

The results released by the University of Toronto is based on a survey of more than 1000 Americans aged 18 and older. Project lead Scott Schieman will be publishing basic social patterns of anger in a book entitled International Handbook of Anger, scheduled for a January 2010 launch, but offers a few notes on his findings now.

An interesting study published in the journal Cancer found a correlation between serious illness and divorce and/or separation rates. Apparently, women are much more likely to be left by their men when they are diagnosed with cancer or multiple sclerosis than if their male partners were facing the same illness.

What if you could erase all those bad memories, memories of fear and perhaps the traumatic experiences of your divorce? A team of researchers in Switzerland claims to have found the proteins that safeguard those memories – and a way to potentially erase those memories.

I have to admit that this article slipped below my radar, but a recent note of a website that keeps track of significant medical research stressed the importance of this discovery.
Scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel, Switzerland, claim that the use of a drug can wipe certain memories from your brain.

“Healthy” is one of those words your children really don’t want to hear on Halloween, especially right before they go trick or treating. But if you are concerned about their teeth then there are some candies you want to be paying attention to. Julie Deardorff from the Chicago Tribune has listed the healthiest candy, if you can call candy healthy, for Halloween.

The Wall Street Journal is running a fascinating article about new research that claims that brains who are growing up without a dad show short- and long-term changes in nerve cell growth. The initial research results, indicate that father-less children show “more aggressive and impulsive behavior.”

Yes, this is one of those I-told-you-so stories and yes, we all know that too much video gaming isn’t that great for you. But just in case you need scientific evidence, here is a new study that shows yet another link between too much video game time and attention deficit disorder (ADD).

According to researchers from Iowa State University, high volume action video game players – those who play around 40 hours per week – have more difficulty keeping focused on tasks requiring longer, more proactive attention than those who played video games less than a couple of hours a week.

It has been known for some time that children who are raised in homes without a biological father have sex earlier than children raised in traditional nuclear families – and it has been a commonly accepted theory that the reason is early childhood stress that accelerates a child’s physical development. Also, children who see their parents dating may start dating earlier.

New research now indicates that this scenario may be much more complicated than previously thought. In addition to general environmental factors, genetic factors may play a significant role, according to Jane Mendle, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Oregon, who led a recent study that covered this topic.

In times of stress, frustration, transition, I often find myself succombing to body loathing, as if all of my challenges are the result of my squishy belly or my ample booty. Here are three tips that I use to shake myself out of the body loathing funk.

Stressed out? Carolyn Dean explains how magnesium can help you as well as your baby feel better. Here are eight useful pointers ranging from stress effects to modifying your diet. And yes, healthy eating is key to protecting your body from the exposure to stress.

Jo Frost, better known as our universal supernanny on all, well almost all, questions surrounding parenting advice, has partnered with Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) to launch a new initiative that promises to shed some light on childhood asthma.

Launch Time 2 Talk Asthma promises help and advice for parents and other caregivers manage childhood asthma and allow a child with asthma to live an active life.