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Children receiving regular spankings to three years are more aggressive at the age of five years, according to a U.S. study published in the journal Pediatrics.

Catherine Taylor of Tulane University (New Orleans) conducted the study with 2,500 mothers of children under 3 years. Nearly half (45.6%) reported to have failed to spank their child during the previous month, 27.9% had one or two times and over a quarter (26.5%) had done more twice.

The researchers took into account in data analysis, other factors that may affect the development of aggression in children, such as neglect, drug or alcohol, stress and Maternal depression.

Children who regularly received the spanking showed aggressive behavior at age five. They were proof of “insolence, screams, cruelty, viciousness, vis-à-vis others. Some children were fighting, threatening and destroying things.

“There are ways to discipline children effectively without hitting them and this can reduce their chances of being aggressive later,” says the researcher.

“Parents do not have to resort to spanking to get what they want. If they avoid spanking, but use non-physical means, their child is more likely to perform well later.”

The American Academy of Pediatrics strongly opposes spanking for some reason.

In 2008, the Council of Europe has called on its member states to ban spanking. A call to which the French in particular are resisting.

Google is testing a trespass in the results of research to contribute to the prevention of suicide. In response to research “means to commit suicide” or “suicidal thoughts”, U.S. Internet are now show a number of emergency anti-suicide highlighted by a red phone icon.

The search engine can not read minds, several studies such as “I want to end my life” does not show the preventive message.

The search engine displays already for several months the number of national poison control center for U.S. research related to poisoning, told the New York Times, Dr. Roni Zeiger, head of Google’s health issues

This practice goes against the normal functioning of Google, which claims not to intervene manually in the ranking of its results is completely determined by algorithms.

Specialized blogs are questioning the possible implications of this intrusion into the search results. The ReadWriteWeb site speculates on possible interventions: “Looking for cheap cigarettes? Are you sure it is not rather patches of weaning you’re looking for? McDonald’s? Look, here are some suggestions of plans and tips to feed healthy. ‘

It is possible, says the site, a search engine to act on its results “for the greater good. But who will define what is good?”

The level of testosterone may influence the career choices of women according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Luigi Zingales of the University of Chicago and colleagues studied the link between testosterone levels in 500 MBA students (MBA) and aversion to financial risk and the choice of career.

Initially, students could choose, in a computer simulation of situations, among receive fixed payments or play the lottery in situations involving different levels of risk. Those who had the lowest levels of risk aversion chose the option of the lottery more often.

Among women, those who had higher levels of testosterone were more likely to take risks. Whereas among men, testosterone levels had no influence.

Two years later, when these students have entered the labor market, people with high levels of testosterone and low risk aversion were more likely to have chosen careers in finance risky.

“This study has important implications for how the effects of testosterone may have an impact on the actual risk-taking in financial markets,” believes Zingales. “Moreover, it can illuminate the differences between the sexes in career choices. Future research should explore the mechanisms by which this sex hormone affects the brain. “

Avoid Polluted Air

Air pollution comes by garbage burning and toxic waste disposed of without control. The problems this causes are multiple health.

Everyone can help to prevent air pollution

The serious problem of air pollution is that our atmosphere is a closed space and all it releases into the environment remains locked and the accumulation of pollutants and is such that they have started to damage the ozone layer like that protects us from UV rays from the sun and the Earth suffers a global warming is causing glaciers to melt at the poles and that are experiencing great changes in climate.

Shares of air pollution prevention must be seen by everyone, everywhere and at all times, to really be effective.

1. Each of us in the city generated an average of 1.4 kilos of garbage a day. In Mexico City 12,000 tons of waste generated daily, equivalent to fill the Azteca Stadium 14 times. The manufacture of packaging involves an expenditure of energy and materials often come from non-renewable resources like oil and minerals. Our options are to reduce the use of packaging and recycle paper and cardboard, glass and plastic.

2. When you turn on the light or the car in a country that generates energy through the consumption of coal or oil, you’re helping to release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, aggravating environmental problems. The use of other energy sources including solar, wind (wind) and tidal (sea), as well as utilization of geothermal energy (subsoil) help prevent pollution. We must provide our bit.

3. When traveling using few places in the car, petrol consumption and pollution they produce is greater than if they shared transport. Environmental pollution is a problem that must be fought with intelligence. Try to form a group of friends, relatives or acquaintances who are in the same direction. The less we move vehicles more environmentally friendly. If we bring all our efforts, we will have more strength to save this planet.

4. There are many options for environmentally friendly:

* Use public transport more often, so save energy and produces less pollution.
* Walk or bike when you move the place to go this close.
* Use less hot water, cold water is healthier.
* Water your plants at night or very early, so the sun will take longer to evaporate the water.
* Reduce, recycle and reuse materials instead of throwing them away like garbage.
* Avoid buying disposable items and non-biodegradable plastics.
* Not throw garbage on the streets, forests and parks, wrap or cover it well at home.
* Use pesticides rationally.
* Avoid consumption of snuff.
* Caring forests, no fires or destroy the green areas of the city.

Although your house is clean,sweet-scented, read some information below could make you instantly find disinfectant right now. Why? Because even if you think your environment is clean, germs and bacteria is everywhere. In the washing machine, on the mattress, even in the salt and pepper storage.

Well,from now on make it a habit to wash hands with disinfectant. And this is not just a soap. Dr. Charles Gerba of the University of Arizona, said, “We can not prevent germs and bacteria into our environment. But we can fight germs by washing hands after every activity.”

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