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Other people have the greatest impact on our lives

Posted on 19. Oct, 2010 by Julia Barnard.

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Researchers in the US have been investigating what experiences in a person’s life had the greatest impact on them. They conducted four different studies, using 376 participants of different ages. Participants were asked about their most positive and negative experiences. Rather than focusing on individual achievements, it was social events that were found to have [...]

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Happy marriages and men’s health

Posted on 31. Mar, 2010 by Julia Barnard.

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Research conducted at Tel Aviv University in Israel indicates men in marriages had a lower chance of experiencing a stroke compared to those in an unhappy one. This link was found even when accounting for other risk factors such as high blood pressure and smoking. In the 1960s 10,000 men took part in a survey [...]

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Dementia and lifestyle

Posted on 27. Jan, 2009 by Julia Barnard.

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Keep calm and go have with your . By doing so, you may decrease your risk of developing dementia. Research conducted at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden tracked 506 elderly people over a six year period. During this time, 144 people went on to develop dementia. However, those people who were socially active and had [...]

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Health risks of bad relationships

Posted on 19. Nov, 2007 by Julia Barnard.

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Being in a relationship that is full of and hostility can increase your chances of having a heart attack or experiencing chest pain by 34%, compared to those in a healthier relationship. As part of the research, civil servants completed questionnaires about problems in their close relationships. They were then followed up 12 years later, [...]