Washington: Nothing is more devastating for a parent than the death of a child. The overwhelming and painful experience of enduring a child’s admission to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and their eventual death throws them into a crisis. Many also are faced with the difficult decision to limit treatment or withdraw life support. Yet, few studies have examined parents’ mental health and personal growth, especially in black and Hispanic parents, following their child’s death in the NICU or PICU.

Washington: It’s been established that having multiple sex partners prior to marriage sometimes leads to less happy marriages, and increases the odds of divorce. But sexual attitudes and behaviors continue to change in America, and some of the strongest predictors of divorce in years gone by no longer matter as much as they once did, according to new research by Nicholas H. Wolfinger, a professor in the University of Utah Department of Family and Consumer Studies and an adjunct professor in the Department of Sociology.

As per the 2011 census, there are 5.6 crore widowed persons in India. Women outnumber men accounting for nearly 78% of total widowed population. Between 2001 and 2011, 89.71 lakh widowed persons were added.

Washington: Prior research has shown a link between the impact of contracting economies, especially as reflected by the unemployment rate, and suicide mortality risk. This study assesses changes in the rate of heavy alcohol use among suicide decedents, for both genders, during the 2008-2009 economic crisis.

Washington: Employees, who punch in for graveyard or rotating shifts, are more prone to numerous health hazards, from heart attacks to obesity, and now, new research, published in Endocrinology, shows shift work may also have serious implications for the brain.

London: Research co-authored by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has found that the 'maths gender gap' - the relative under-performance of girls at maths - is much wider in societies with poor rates of gender equality. 

Washington: A new evolutionary theory argues that women may have been evolutionarily designed to be sexually fluid--changing their sexual desires and identities from lesbian, to bisexual, to heterosexual and back again--in order to allow them to have sex with their co-wives in polygynous marriages, therefore reducing conflict and tension inherent in such marriages while at the same time successfully reproducing with their husbands in heterosexual unions.

Washington: Researchers at the University of Iowa have found an association between financial stress and severe domestic abuse, which is an important step in the effort to develop effective interventions. Their findings don’t prove that one leads to the other, but they do affirm the complexity of domestic violence.

Washington: Happiness… It's something we all strive for, but how do we measure it--as a country? A global community…?

Washington: Neighborhoods are becoming less diverse and more segregated by income — but only among families with children, a new study has found.