The study examined the average lifetime exposure to traffic-related pollution.
Scientists have found living in areas with high levels of traffic pollution can reduce people’s performance in cognitive tests.
U.S. obesity rates trending downward but most still overweight: study
Majority of Americans are still at an unhealthy weight.
Some people in America are losing weight resulting in more people of “normal weight,” according to a new study, but it is not clear if the trend will last
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Food ads have more clout than parents: study
Kids who saw an ad for fries picked the fries, even when their parents tried to get them to pick a healthier alternative.
Food ads are more persuasive than an involved parent when it comes to children’s food selection, a new study in The Journal of Pediatrics suggests. Researchers were surprised at the findings when they were trying to determine the impact of commercials in childrens’ diets.
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Air pollution increases risk of premature birth by 30%
High pollution levels in towns and cities are linked to an increased chance of premature births.
The “toxic” chemicals emitted by urban traffic damages the health of unborn babies as well as their mothers, a study of 100,000 births has found.
Sharp memories tied to brain fold
Precise memories tied to brain crease.
There are two types of people in the world: those who remember everything exactly as it happened and those who have a tendency to muddle what’s happened with what’s imagined.
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Humans are still evolving: study
Even though humans are still evolving, don’t expect any winged mutants.
On TV shows like “Heroes” and movies like “X-Men, ordinary people seem to evolve to have extraordinary capabilities. But people in real life don’t have genetic mutations that give rise to extraordinary capabilities such as telepathy or wings. But human evolution is still happing according to scientists. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science has published a new study that offers some if the best evidence so far.
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1 in 50 Americans admits to driving drunk at least once in previous month
CDC officials think more people may now drink at home.
Driving drunk has fallen 30 percent in five years according to health officials. Last year drunk driving was at its lowest mark in nearly 2o years.
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Stealing identities of elderly parents a hidden but common crime
Stealing identities from elderly parents may be more prevalent that previously thought.
Theft of a childs’ identity is the scourge of the digital age. It is a terrible crime that often sees parents ruining their own kids’ futures by taking out mortgages, car loans and other financial obligations in their names. But a new study shows that another kind of family-based ID theft, which rarely grabs headlines, might be much more prevalent: Stealing the identities of elderly parents.
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It’s hard to get a divorce if you never got married
If you never get married to your partner there’s not much a divorce lawyer can do for you.
Deborah Luxenberg, a Bethesday divorce lawyer has handled some tricky divorce case. But the trickiest come with a twist: The couples wanting a divorce have never married.
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Everyone’s a little bit racist, but it may not be our fault: study
Researchers used a word association test to discover that most people have ‘built-in’ prejudices.
Scientists believe everyone’s a little bit racist – but they also believe it may not be your fault. Instead they are blaming TV, the internet and even the books that we read.
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Violent video games may actually reduce crime: study
Rather than violent crime rates soaring when new violent video games are released, they actually drop as gamers are too busy at home playing the games.
Video games such as Manhunt and Grand Theft Auto – where gamers rack up points or cash for killing or savagely attacking victims – are routinely blamed for a rise in violent crime. But experts claim violent video games may actually reduce crime as aggressive players are “too busy” shooting virtual enemies to cause trouble in the real world.
Twitter study tracks our mood
Twitter tracks your emotions.
A large-scale study of posts on Twitter has found that no matter how grumpy people are when they wake up, and whether they stumble to their feet in Madrid, Mexico City or Minnetonka, Minn., they tend to brighten by breakfast time and feel their moods taper gradually to a low in the late afternoon, before rallying again near bedtime.
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