Daytime Napping And Disturbed Sleep
Poor sleeping at night has been linked to daytime napping for older adults according to a study just published in the journal SLEEP.

New Light On Altruism
New light on ways in which people are prepared to sacrifice personal advantage for the common good and what happens when freeloaders take advantage of their altruism.

Women Are More Forgiving
Men find forgiving more difficult than women but this gender gap closes if men develop empathy toward an offender by seeing they may be capable of acting in a similar way themselves.

Gut Feelings
Research has shed new light on "gut feelings" arguing that they are real psychological phenomena that should be taken seriously.

Stress And Cancer Surgery
Blocking the influence of major stress hormones may improve the outcome of cancer surgery.

Soaking Potatoes Leads To Healthier Chips
Soaking potatoes in water before frying can reduce levels of acrylamide, a naturally occurring chemical formed when starch-rich foods are cooked at high temperatures.

How Culture Affects The Recognition Of Emotions
Significant differences can be seen in how people from eastern and western cultures assess interpersonal situations.

Acne Inhibits Exercise
People with acne who are highly anxious about their condition report being less likely to get involved in sport or exercise.

Mayans Used Glittering Pigments On Their Buildings
Ancient Mayans used lustrous pigments to make their buildings glitter in daylight.

Bronze Age Iberia
New light on Bronze Age life in the Iberian Peninsula.

Anxiety And Heart Attacks
Longstanding anxiety significantly increases the risk of heart attack in men, even when other common risk factors are taken into account.

Origins Of Pacific Islanders
New research throws light on long-standing controversies surrounding the origins and genetic relationships of Pacific Islanders.

Explaining To Mother Helps Problem-Solving
Children are best able to identify the solution to a problem when they explain it to their mother.

Be Happy - But Not Too Happy
Researchers conclude that happiness is a worthy goal for the unhappy, but the endless pursuit of ever more happiness may be counterproductive.

Interpreting Health Information On The Web
While Internet searches to answer health-related questions can yield a huge amount of data, people tend to pay more attention to information that matches pre-existing beliefs.

Heart And Brain Health Linked
Two recent studies have thrown new light on links between cardiovascular and brain health.

Facial Attractiveness And Attentional Adhesion
People who know each other well are more likely than strangers to agree on the attractiveness of faces.

Recovery From Substance Abuse
Abstinence from alcohol and drugs is only the initial stage in recovery for people with substance abuse disorders.

Hearing Messages
Hearing messages embedded in meaningless noise could be an early sign of schizophrenia.

Lifestyle Habits
Child health psychologists should play a greater role in development of positive lifestyles thus contributing to adult disease prevention.

Survey Of Caistor Roman Town
A survey of Caistor Roman town near Norwich sponsored by the British Academy has given dramatic new insights into the nature of this settlement and confirms it as a site of international importance.

20,000 New Cancer Cases A Day Worldwide
A report from the American Cancer Society estimates that 2007 saw over 12 million new cancer cases and 7.6 million cancer deaths (about 20,000 a day) worldwide. Of these, 5.4 million cases and 2.9 million deaths occurred in economically developed countries, compared to 6.7 million cases and 4.7 million deaths in developing economies.

Cancer Viruses
Nearly 20 per cent of human cancers result from pre-existing viral infections.

Chocolate's Early History
The earliest known cacao consumption has been identified from analysis of pottery shards found at the site of Puerto Escondido in northern Honduras.

Roman-Byzantine Era Synagogue Found
Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered an ancient synagogue among the ruins of a large Jewish village from the Roman-Byzantine era at the foot of the Mt Nitai cliffs overlooking the Sea of Galilee.

More Than 3 Million Americans Have Dementia
About 3.4 million Americans over the age of 70 (13.9 per cent) suffer from some form of dementia of whom about 2.4 million (9.7 per cent) have Alzheimer's disease.

Teenage Substance Misuse: What Parents Do And Don't Know
Research from the Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) at the University of Buffalo published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse found that the majority of parents could accurately evaluate their teenagers' cigarette smoking and substance use but were less aware of marijuana and alcohol use.

How Antioxidants May Work
Very high doses of antioxidant polyphenols (commonly found in red wine, fruits, vegetables, and green tea) shut down and prevented cancerous tumors by inhibiting new blood vessel formation. Conversely, at relatively low doses they play a beneficial role in cardiac and circulatory diseases by facilitating blood vessel growth.

Dementia Screening
A recent commentary arguing against routine screening for dementia by physicians working in primary care settings has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association

Disclosing Bad News
Using negotiation skills to help clinicians handle requests from family members not to reveal bad news to a patient.

Never Too Late To Change Your Lifestyle
Older adults can achieve significant health improvements with simple and realistic lifestyle changes.

Machiavellian Monkeys
Humans and rhesus macaque monkeys share tendencies towards nepotism and political maneuvering.

Negative Influences
While we tend to believe that we are capable of forming independent opinions, what other people think can influence our conclusions, with negative attitudes resulting in the biggest changes.