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Soul talk Personal Relationships, journal of International Association for Relationship Research, has published a new research that states that women in serious relationships tend not to pay attention to other attractive men. They tend to focus more on the negative traits of men they would be otherwise interested in, were they not seriously involved with another. In the series of three experiments, the first two asked women to recall traits of good-looking men who were potential suitors. They were shown scientifically attractive men's pictures, along with positive and negative traits. Later they were asked to recall these characteristics; attached women recalled the negative traits more than singles. In the third study, attached women recalled negatives traits of attractive men more than those of men they would not date. Expectant moms likely to have more car crashes
Continuous nagging harmful Danish scientists have deduced that henpecked husbands are more likely to die in middle age and bickering couples die young. The study was conducted on 10,000 men and women in the age group of 36-52 years. They were asked as to who made the most demands and caused stress. They found that as many as 315 deaths per 100,000 people could be attributed to spousal demands. The results were published in Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. It has been suggested that men have fewer social contacts and hence, less people to share their problems with. With the direct physical effect of stress on health, they face an increased risk of heart disease and stroke. — Compiled by Aditi Garg
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recent worry has given another cause for worry to pregnant women who,
it says, are more prone to car crashes than before or after their
pregnancy. It is during the second trimester that they are the most
susceptible. The first of its kind study by Canadian Medical
Association Journal looked at more than 500,000 records of mothers
in Ontario. They counted each car crash that was serious enough to
warrant attention at the emergency room four years before and a year
after the pregnancy. While the rate of accidents was 4.5 per 1,000, it
went up to 7.6 per 1,000 during the second trimester and sharply
declined to 2.7 per 1,000 during the last month of pregnancy and
stayed low even after the births.