University
of Waterloo researchers say that the closer you are feeling to the age
which you actually are the less likely you may be to be satisfied with
your sex life. A
healthy sex life is possible to maintain as you age. Leading a healthy
lifestyle with good nutrition and a positive attitude can nurture a
healthy sex life in your elderly years.
It has been reported by the University of Waterloo
that your sex life may be only as old as you are feeling. The
researchers say that it is not as likely you will be satisfied with your
sex life if you feel very close to the age which you actually are. A
better quality sex life was reported by those who did not feel as close
to their chronological age.
Steven Mock, who is an associate professor in Recreation and Leisure
Studies at University of Waterloo, said this research showed there was a
large impact on how people felt about the quality of their sex life if
they felt younger. This also influenced their interest in sex. It seems
that for people who are middle aged and older feeling young at heart can
actually make a significant difference in the bedroom.
This study has been published in The Journal of Sex Research.
It has been observed that in older people the less positive their views
of aging are, the less sexual activity was rated as enjoyable by them.
Feelings of being older was also associated with less interest in sex.
It seems that nurturing youthful feelings may actually pay off in a more
satisfied sex life as you age.
New research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has revealed that within the next decade there may be dramatic steps towards ending the HIV epidemic in the USA. It has been said that with a good commitment, a path exists to end domestic HIV infection via the achievement of critical
milestones, which specifically include decrease of annual new infections to
21,000 by 2020 and to 12,000 by 2025. Study
co-author David Holtgrave, PhD, says these ambitious targets could be achieved with an intensified
and sustained national commitment. Developments in
antiretroviral therapy (ART), which are drugs that lower HIV
transmission by decreasing the level of virus in the blood, means that HIV
can now be a chronic disease which is manageable.
This study has been published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. There is an ambitious, but significant, pathway to lower U.S. HIV incidence below 12,000 new infections by 2025. This would bring HIV
incidence below mortality in 2025, which would mark a transition
toward actually ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It certainly is worth the effort to help end the threat of HIV/AIDS in the USA.
It has been reported by Iowa State University that a cross-cultural study has found a link exists between aggressive behavior and media violence. There is compelling evidence that aggressive behavior is affected by media violence. This study was led by Craig Anderson, who is a Distinguished Professor of psychology at Iowa State University. In this study the researchers identified four primary findings as follows: 1) In all countries there was a positive and significant relationship between violent media and aggressive behavior. 2)There was increased aggressive thinking and decreased empathy with exposure. 3) Media violence remained significant even after other risk factors were accounted for. 4) There was a greater effect for media violence than all of the other risk factors, aside from peer delinquency.
Anderson has commented the evidence is compelling that the primary psychological processes which cause repeated media violence exposure to lead to heightened aggressiveness are basically the same across different cultures, at least when considering normal times. It appears that local cultural and social conditions may have an influence on such processes when there are more extreme conditions. It has been explained by Anderson that in war-torn societies, media violence exposure may have increased effects due to the real violence which kids and teens experience everyday. It is the position of Anderson that the denialism which presently dominates news media stories dealing with media violence effects is very clearly contradicted by this study.
This study has been published in the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Across nations the effect of media violence on aggression was significant. The serious problem of aggression being influenced by media violence should clearly be addressed.
The University of Michigan has reported there is an association between drug and alcohol problems and an increase in the risk for suicide in veterans. This is particularly true for veterans. It has been suggested that there should be greater suicide prevention efforts for veterans. Veterans who are dealing with drug or alcohol problems are greater than twice as likely to die via suicide than their comrades are. There is a five times higher rate of suicide among women veterans who suffer from substance abuse disorders. The most serious risks of suicide have been seen among those who abuse prescription sedative medicines, such as tranquilizers.
This study has been published in the journal Addiction. It has been highlighted that substance use disorders may be significant markers for suicide risk. There are about twenty suicides a day by veterans, which is much higher than in the general population. In view of the finding that about 75 percent of veteran suicides in this study were associated with firearms, the researchers have also noted that firearm safety is vital in initiatives to lower veteran suicides. It seems these findings may also have implications for the civilian population.
There has been a great deal of controversy about the ethics of risky sports participation, particularly for children. Michigan Technological University reports it has become clear that that longterm effects from repeated head injuries may takes years after the injury to surface. L. Syd Johnson, who studies sport associated concussion, and the ethical implications of engaging in risky sports participation for kids, says sports players should be respected as people, not simply as replaceable beings which are used to entertain us. One of the causes of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is believed to be sub-concussive impacts, which is the type of ordinary hits that athletes routinely take during the course of play.
Brain Injury Research Institute reports CTE is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain of people who have suffered from repeated concussions along with traumatic brain injuries. This is a condition of brain damage which lasts over many years or decades and which is due to traumatic impacts to the cranium. Symptoms of CTE may be debilitating and include loss of memory, impaired judgment, problems controlling impulsive or erratic behavior, behavioral disturbances which include aggression and depression, and a gradual development of dementia. Clearly there should be aggressive efforts made to protect sports players from head injuries.
It is important to have a good support system at work to do well. Toxic bosses can ruin your health and everything you have worked hard to achieve. The medical profession is well known for having highly toxic bosses in internship and residency training programs with scores of the brightest young men and women in the world being catastrophically ruined and even driven into suicide by doctor bosses who abuse them instead of helping them to progress in their hard earned careers. This problem is of course also seen with bad bosses in other walks of life.
The British Psychological Society reports that toxic bosses are bad for both your health and your reputation. It has been observed that toxic bosses who display psychopathic and narcissistic traits make workers feel depressed. The bullying behavior of toxic bosses also leads workers to engage in behaviors which are not desirable at work. These findings come from research from the University of Manchester's Business School. It was found workers who had bosses with negative traits shared lower levels of job satisfaction and manifested higher levels of depression. Counterproductive behavior at work was also seen more often in workers with toxic bosses. Bosses displaying psychopathy and narcissism have a lust for power and generally lack empathy. This results in workers being taken advantage of.
Daily Mail reports your career can be ruined by a toxic boss. Such bad bosses can also make you physically and mentally ill reports The Washington Post. The anxiety associated with having a bad boss can lead to high blood pressure, sleep problems, anxiety and depression. We lose a lot of good doctors and good people in other walks of life to toxic bosses all of the time. Psychiatrists claim they try to help with this problem but due to the unusually toxic personalities of the psychiatrists themselves they consistently exacerbate the problem of dealing with toxic bosses.
People have often been looked upon as if they may be insane when they discuss the possibility of the mind controlling outside things. These people have generally simply been highly insightful with reports now surfacing many new toys on the market will be able to be controlled by the mind.
The University of Warwick
reports the next generation of Christmas presents will be made up of mind-controlled toys. It will actually be possible for kids to control toys with the power of their thoughts. With this technology brain waves are received by sensors in headsets which are than fed into electrical circuits. Professor Christopher James, Director of Warwick Engineering in Biomedicine at the School of Engineering, and his associates have developed technology which allows electrical impulses from brain waves to activate electronic devices. This can be done via connecting thoughts to computerized systems.
iTechPost reports kids will soon have toys which can be controlled via brain waves. This technology will clearly not be limited to toys. This is all very exciting and could lead the way to technology which makes it possible to unlock the front door or answer the phone via brain-computer interfaces. And who knows for certain in what ways this technology may help people with their work.
