Your family’s involvement in your exercise therapy could significantly improve your function and recovery after stroke, according to a study in the March print issue of Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Researchers found that addi…
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Stroke patients benefit from family involvement in exercise therapy
Family planning programs have success in developing countries, but need to be expanded
COLUMBUS, Ohio — While many researchers generally credit the desire for smaller families for the decline in fertility rates in developing, low-income countries, new research suggests that prevention of unwanted births may actually be a larger fact…
Archaeologists find hidden African side to noted 1780s Md. building
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — One of North America’s most famous Revolutionary-era buildings — a lone-surviving testament to an Enlightenment ideal — has a hidden West African face, University of Maryland archaeologists have discovered.
Their exca…
New mode of dementia care improves health, lowers hospitalization rates
INDIANAPOLIS — An innovative model of dementia care developed by researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute significantly reduces emergency department visits and hospitalizations, and encourages use …
Middle school is when the right friends may matter most
EUGENE, Ore. — (Jan. 12, 2011) — As adolescents move from elementary school into their middle or junior-high years, changes in friendships may signal potential academic success or troubles down the road, say University of Oregon researchers….
Study links a couple’s numeracy skills with greater family wealth
Couples who score well on a simple test of numeracy ability accumulate more wealth by middle age than couples who score poorly on such a test, according to a new study of married couples in the United States.
Researchers found that when both spous…
Father’s incarceration associated with elevated risks of marijuana and other illegal drug use
In a recently published study in the journal Addiction, researchers from Bowling Green State University report evidence of an association between father’s incarceration and substantially elevated risks for illegal drug use in adolescence and early [...]
Progress against child deaths will lag until family, community care prioritized
Global efforts to tackle millions of preventable child and maternal deaths will fail to extend gains unless world leaders act now to pour more healthcare resources directly into families and communities, according to a new World Vision report launch…
Children raised by gay couples show good progress through school
In nearly every discussion, debate or lawsuit about gay marriage, the talk at some point turns to family values.
Do gay couples make for good parents? Will their children — whether adopted, conceived with the help of a surrogate or brought i…
Researchers discover new immune system molecule that can help or harm health
Researchers have identified a new member of the important B7 family of immune system “co-stimulators.” Co-stimulators are molecules that are capable of turning the immune system on or off — and in the process, profoundly affecting human health. Mayo Clinic researchers named this newest molecule B7-H4. It inhibits the action of T cells, the immune system warriors whose basic job is to attack invaders. Turning off T cells helps transplant patients accept foreign organs. But turning off T cells harms cancer patients — their tumors continue to grow without defensive attacks by T cells. The Mayo Clinic report appears in the June 17 issue of Immunity.
The more things change, the more marriages stay the same
Despite major economic and social changes, the overall quality of marriage in the United States has not changed in the last 20 years, according to Penn State researchers. “People are as happily married now as they were 20 years ago, but they also are just as divorce prone,” said Alan Booth, distinguished professor of sociology, human development and family studies and demography. “While we identified a number of specific positive and negative features in marital quality, they balance off, resulting in little major change.”
More than half of young women retain 'traditional' view of family life
Over half of young women see the ideal family situation as one where mothers either work part-time or not at all. And despite being better educated and enjoying wider career opportunities than previous generations, they also continue to take responsibility for most housework and childcare. Young male and female workers are also divided between a minority of ‘stay at home’ types with little education and a majority of adaptable careerists who move to find the right job.