Category: Relationships

Study points to elevated risk of heart attack in first month after bereavement

From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center via EurekAlert!: A person’s risk of suffering a heart attack increases by approximately 21 times in the first 24 hours after losing a… Read more »

Study suggests stated preferences in romantic partners’ attributes may not always correspond with actuality

From the Northwestern University press release via EurekAlert!: Stating that you don’t care if you land a partner who is “hot” or “sexy” is relatively commonplace. But what people say… Read more »

Long-term Facebook study examines friendship formation and peer influence

From the National Science Foundation press release: New research funded by the National Science Foundation and published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by three… Read more »

Study links tendency to second-guess one’s decisions to general unhappiness

From the Florida State University press release: You’re in search of a new coffee maker, and the simple quest becomes, well, an ordeal. After doing copious amounts of research and… Read more »