Couples of different race or ethnicity made up a record 8.4 percent of all married couples in 2010.
According to a new Pew Research Center study, marriage between races and ethnic groups has reached an all-time high in the United States as public acceptance has grown.
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Survey data from 2005 through 2010 and found that, on average, 7.5 million children lived with a parent abusing alcohol during any given year.
According a new government study released on Thursday, more than one in 10 U.S. children live with an alcoholic parent and are at increased risk of developing a host of health problems of their own.
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Investment banking may be bad for your health.
On the list of things that could be dangerous to your health: add investment banking.
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Risk of heart attack or stroke can jump after high-pollution days.
Short-term exposure to air pollution — just a day or a week in some cases — may kick off a heart attack or stroke, scientists now say.
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Women more attracted to healthy golden skin than a masculine face.
Men with a healthier skin color are more attractive to women than those with a masculine face, according to new research.
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Skin cancer drug reverses Alzheimer’s in mice, is there hope for humans?
A laboratory study indicates that a drug commonly used to fight skin cancer could start to reverse Alzheimer’s disease in a matter of hours. Researchers have described the discovery as an “unprecedented finding” that holds out “the potential promise of a therapy for Alzheimer’s”.
Rapunzel number
The “Rapunzel Number” may have helped British scientists to crack a problem that has perplexed humanity since Leonardo da Vinci pondered it 500 years ago.
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Everybody lies — even doctors.
Eleven percent of doctors say that they have told a patient or a child’s guardian something that was not true in the past year, and about 20 percent say they have not fully disclosed a mistake to a patient because they were afraid of being sued, according to a new study.
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The study shows a mountain of accumulated evidence the damage physical punishment can have on a child.
Long-term developmental damage as well as a lower IQ can be a result of spanking children according to a new Canadian analysis that seeks to shift the ethical debate over corporal punishment into the medical sphere.
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A new study has found that smoking is bad for the brain, especially men.
Here’s the perfect reason for men to kick the butt – smoking makes men stupid, according to researchers.
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The demand for applications has created 466,000 jobs in the U.S. since 2007.
If you are looking for a promising career in a lousy economy then you are apt to find it in apps — the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook’s online social network, according to a new study.
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Surviving a meeting with your intellect intact requires having confidence in your own smarts.
Everyone knows that meetings can be dull and boring. But, they can also make you stupid, according to a new study.
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