As if the worry over potential miscarriage weren’t stressful enough for newly pregnant women, research released Friday shows that current guidelines for using ultrasound to determine that a pregnancy has ended may not always be accurate.
Marriage
Why Materialistic People Are Less Happy in Marriage
Hot on the heels of a study suggesting that people who have a car, investments or other personal wealth are more likely to marry drops the other shoe: a study that suggests that people who prioritize money are less likely to be …
Wealth Matters: People with Stuff Are More Likely to Marry
People who have more personal wealth — in the form of a car, say, or a small nest egg — are more likely to get married than those who have less, according to a new analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of …
How the Pill Affects Sexual Satisfaction, Lasting Marriage
Good news and bad for women who take the pill: new research finds that those who meet their partners while taking oral contraceptives report less sexual satisfaction in their relationships — but they’re also less likely to split up.
Study: Blacks and Whites Intermarrying More in the U.S.
We have yet to arrive in a postracial America, but a new study finds evidence that racial barriers are coming down: between 1980 and 2008, the rate of interracial marriage between blacks and whites increased rapidly, even …
Is Marriage for White People?
Even with an African American couple in the White House, the fate of the black family in America has never been so precarious. That’s the message behind Is Marriage for White People?, a new book by Stanford Law professor Ralph …
How a Happy Marriage May Be Good for Your Heart
As we learned earlier today, marriage may make you fat, but a happy union may also help you live longer, according to a new study of heart patients. Patients who were married when they underwent coronary artery bypass surgery …
Alas, Gay Marriage Will Yield Gay Divorce. Prenups Are in Order
As gay couples in New York gear up for the first full weekend during which they’re eligible to tie the knot, someone they hope they’ll never run into has a few words of caution: be careful.
Study: Predicting Whether a Partner Will Cheat Could Be Gender-Specific
A new study published in the Archives of Sexual Health found that when it comes to infidelity, interpersonal factors — things like sexual compatibility and relationship satisfaction — as well as behavioral traits (risk …
Spousal Support for Maria Shriver? Schwarzenegger Says No, Then Yes
Call it Public Relations 101: when you’ve publicly shamed your accomplished wife by fathering a child with the family housekeeper, don’t stick your wife with the bill for her own support and divorce attorney.
Unemployed Men Are More Likely to Divorce
Once upon a time, men worked, women didn’t and that appeared to be the equation for a harmonious family life. Now, new research shows how much that truism has changed for women but stayed the same for men.
The Strange Economics of Cohabitation
Conventional wisdom says that two can live together as cheaply as one. Conventional wisdom is, as usual, a little off. Studies indicate that two can actually live together about 1.4 times as cheaply as one. And new research …
Huma Sticks By Anthony: How Pregnancy Changes One’s View of Infidelity
Pregnant and probably feeling nauseated even before her husband hit the headlines, Huma Abedin finds herself in the kind of quandary right now that requires strategic thinking of the type she probably usually reserves for her …