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• Sibling rivalry: parents favour older children and daughters, study finds

  16-01-2025 17:28
  
  International research also reveals conscientious or agreeable children are likely to receive preferential treatmentAs Philip Larkin once noted, your mum and dad have a lasting effect on you. Now, researchers have revealed which siblings in a family are more likely to be favoured: it is bad news for sons.Researchers have found daughters, older children and those who are more conscientious or agreeable are likely to receive preferential treatment. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Everything we were taught about success is wrong’: how to find true fulfilment in your life and career

  16-01-2025 17:00
  
  Made good life choices yet still feel dissatisfied? A life coach suggests an alternative way to look at our goals and aspirations to find more positive outcomesAuthor Annie Dillard wrote that “how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives”. So, how was it that I spent a large portion of my 20s​­ terrified of the big, long life I had before me? After Stanford University, I’d moved to New York to work at Google but I was depressed, anxious.When I realised
  
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• Red Meat Tied to Cognitive Decline, Neurology Study Finds

  16-01-2025 06:17 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsEating red meat—especially processed meat such as bacon and sausage—increases the risk of cognitive decline and dementia, a new study suggests. The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, was published Wednesday in Neurology, journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study adds to earlier results linking red meat to a higher risk of death from heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Processed meats also increase the ris
  
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• FDA Releases Proposal to Make Cigarettes Less Addictive

  16-01-2025 06:15 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS HealthU.S. officials released a far-reaching proposal Wednesday to make cigarettes far less addictive by capping their nicotine content, a goal long sought by antismoking advocates. The FDA said Wednesday that cutting nicotine would help nearly 13 million current smokers quit cigarettes within one year. Roughly 48 million more young people would never take up the habit because cigarettes would essentially become nonaddictive, according to agency...
  
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