Chronic Disability Declines Among Older Americans

Chronic disability among older Americans has decreased significantly and the rate of decline has accelerated during the past twenty years.

Chronic Disability Declines Among Older Americans

Combination Therapy and Breast Cancer

Radiation therapy and chemotherapy administered concurrently after lumpectomy helps prevent local reoccurrence of breast cancer.

Combination Therapy and Breast Cancer

Message Less Important Than Emotion in Advertising

The amount of emotional content in television advertisements affects viewers' opinions of the product, regardless of the intended message.

Message Less Important Than Emotion in Advertising

Surprise Endings

New research suggests that not everyone enjoys a murder mystery with a surprise ending. People with low self-esteem like to feel they knew all along who committed the crime, probably because it makes them feel smarter. But everyone seemed to enjoy a mystery with no strong hint of how it would be resolved.

Surprise Endings

Contraception More Effective Than Abstinence

Findings indicate that promotion of abstinence is insufficient by itself to help adolescents prevent unplanned pregnancies.

Contraception More Effective Than Abstinence

Baby Boomers Care More For Their Parents

Contrary to popular belief, the institution of the family is not in decline. People born in the 1950s and 1960s are more committed to caring for their aging parents than the previous generation were.

Baby Boomers Care More For Their Parents

Churchill Borrowed Ideas From H.G. Wells

Researching a book on Winston Churchill, Dr Richard Toye, a lecturer in history at the University of Cambridge, has found that science fiction writer H.G. Wells was a significant intellectual influence, both during the statesman's early career and subsequently.

Churchill Borrowed Ideas From H.G. Wells