Want to stop tossing and turning? Get yourself a purpose in life. Researchers at Northwestern University and Rush University Medical Center have found that people with a purpose in life were 63 percent less likely to have sleep apnea and 52 percent less likely to have restless leg syndrome. They also had […]
Attitude
To Win A Tennis Match, Grunt Low
That’s right. Grunt low. Researchers at the University of Sussex have determined that the grunts produced by players during tennis matches they lost were higher in voice pitch than during the matches they won. Seriously. A University of Sussex news release reports that the researchers analyzed television footage of 50 matches […]
Smarter People Live Longer
Do higher IQ’s mean higher number of years alive? Researchers at the University of Edinburgh think so. HealthDay reports that when researchers studied data on nearly 66,000 people who were born in 1936, took an IQ test at age 11, and were followed up to age 79 or death, they […]
Chasing Happiness Can Make Us Sad
Yes, it’s great to be happy. What’s not great is trying to be happy and not succeeding. In fact, researchers at the University of Melbourne are convinced that pressure to feel happy is contributing to depression. A U of Melbourne news release reports that social psychologist Brock Bastian has found […]
Yes, Caffeine Helps
Can caffeine really boost our athletic performance? What if we are already chronic coffee drinkers? The answers are Yes and Yes. New York Times health columnist Gretchen Reynolds reports on a new study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology that suggests that it really doesn’t matter how often you drink coffee, […]
Latest Therapy For Depression: Bouldering
Forget about drugs, yoga, meditation–the latest recommended therapy for depression involves climbing large rocks, yes, without ropes. Bouldering, it turns out, is used in many hospitals, OK, German hospitals, to treat the symptoms of depression. Now two German researchers, Eva-Maria Stelzer, a PhD candidate at the University of Arizona, and Katharina […]
Heavy Stubble Attracts Women
“Beard or no beard?” that is the question. The answer, from researchers at the University of Queensland, is beard, but light beard, at least if the goal is to make yourself attractive to women. The New York Times reports on the research, which divided a group of more than 8,500 women […]
For Better Service At Restaurants, Dress Well
Want to get the best service possible when you go out to eat? Put on a clean shirt. Also, be male. That’s the advice of researchers at the University of Missouri, who surveyed 222 current and former restaurant servers to learn what type of customers were expected to leave the best […]
Testosterone Can Lead To Bad Choices
Testosterone, a popular supplement for men worried about maintaining their vigor, should actually make men worried about maintaining something else: good judgement. Researchers at Caltech are convinced that higher levels of testosterone increase the tendency in men to rely on their intuitive judgments and reduce cognitive reflection. The researchers found […]
Skip The Caffeine, Take The Stairs
Feeling lethargic? Climb some stairs. Research conducted at the University of Georgia shows us that ten minutes of walking up and down stairs is every bit as energizing as 50 mg of caffeine, about as much as is found in a can of soda, and about half as much as […]