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A new Northwestern University study suggests that lovers actually tend to feel better after breaking up than they would have predicted, especially those who had proclaimed themselves most madly in love.

"Our research shows that a breakup is not nearly as bad as people imagine, and the more you are in love with your partner, the more wrong you are about how upset you are going to be when the dreaded loss actually occurs," said Eli Finkel, assistant professor of psychology in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and co-author of the study.

Participants in the nine-month study were required to have been dating someone for at least two months. Twenty-six people participated: 10 women, 16 men. Every two weeks, the participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire describing the status of their relationship and what might happen in the future, including if the relationship ended.



Researchers then compared predictions of future feelings with actual feelings later on. Participants who claimed to be most in love did experience a bit more distress when things didn't work out, but not as much as they anticipated.

The study buttresses research indicating that people demonstrate remarkably poor insight when asked to predict the magnitude of their distress following emotional events.

"People tend to be pretty resilient, often more so than they realize," said Paul Eastwick, the lead author. "No one is saying that breaking up is a good time. It's just that people bounce back sooner than they predict."

MEDTRONICA

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A Web site devoted to all the health issues teens really think about: acne, body weight, personal relationships, drug use and more. It's good information written in a way that teens might actually pay attention to.

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE

Moving at 62 miles an hour, the human body contracts by roughly the diameter of one atomic nucleus.

GET ME THAT. STAT!

A new Cornell University study estimates about 40% of deaths worldwide are caused directly or indirectly by water, air and soil pollution.

NEVER SAY DIET

The world's record for eating chicken nuggets is 80 in five minutes, held by Sonya Thomas.

STORIES FOR THE WAITING ROOM

Early suggested cures for syphilis included having intercourse with a virgin, rubbing dung on the male member and bathing in horse urine.

BEST MEDICINE

Nurse: Doctor, there's a man in the waiting room with a glass eye named Brown.

Doctor: What does he call his other eye?

PHOBIA OF THE WEEK

Amychophobia - fear of scratches or being scratched

OBSERVATION

I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself.

- Comedian Johnny Carson

EPITAPHS

On a gravestone in the East Dalhousie cemetery in Nova Scotia:

Here lies Ezekial Aikle Age 102 The Good Die Young.

FITNESS AND FIBROIDS

Exercise can cut your risk of uterine fibroids by 40%, a George Washington University study finds. Women who were active for an hour or more a day had nearly half as many of the noncancerous tumors as sedentary women. Four out of five women may develop fibroids and 25% go under the knife to stop symptoms. Exercise seems to regulate estrogen and insulin, which may spur fibroid growth.

SURGEONS GOT GAME

Searching for the best surgeon for an upcoming operation? You might want to add video game expertise to your list of criteria. Surgeons who regularly play video games make 32% fewer errors than nongaming colleagues, reports a study in the Archives of Surgery. A fondness for games was more closely tied to operating-room success than the extent of training. Some video games may fine-tune necessary motor skills.
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