Stress during pregnancy might raise the risk that a baby will have asthma, and a mother's flu during pregnancy possibly could increase an offspring's risk of schizophrenia, separate new studies say.In the stress-asthma study, researchers at and

When it comes to stroke prevalence, it appears that the gender gap is widening. Women between the ages of 35 and 64 are almost three times more likely to have a stroke than men in the same age group, says a new report from a researcher at the of of

As Congress debates financial regulatory reform and the Obama administration advocates for greater consumer financial protection, a new study finds a need for congressional action on fringe banking practices used heavily by financially vulnerable a

A significant gap lies between consumers' attitudes towards "green" initiatives in the hospitality industry and their actual behavior, says a study by two hospitality and tourism management graduate students at Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of in

A new study shows just what it takes to convince someone that they aren't qualified to achieve the career of their dreams.Researchers found that it's not enough to tell people they don't have the skills or the grades to make their goal a People

A proactive ergonomic intervention reduces pain related to poor work postures in office employees, reports a study in the October issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, the official publication of the American College of a

Volunteer service, such as tutoring children, can help older adults delay or reverse declining brain function, says a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, Md.Using functional magnetic the

Antioxidants increasingly have been praised for their benefits against disease and aging, but recent studies at Kansas State University show they also can cause harm.Researchers in K-State's Cardiorespiratory Exercise Laboratory have been how a

As millions of baby boomers prepare to retire, "the inevitable talent drain threatens to alter the national economy," says Ithaca College sociologist Stephen Sweet, referring to a recent report he coauthored, released by the Sloan Center on Aging &

Young women with a weight problem often say the weight started creeping up when they had their first child and they found they had less time to exercise. When researchers added up all factors, though, they found that the fact that a woman is and a