http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/divorce-pros-and-cons-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2013. All Rights Reserved. Thu, 23 May 2013 04:05:05 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/britains-gay-marriage-bill-set-to-pass-crucial-hurdle-in-parliament-119299-1.htm After Prime Minister David Cameron was forced to strike a last-minute deal with the opposition to stop members of his own party wrecking the plans, a bill to legalise gay marriage in Britain was set to pass a crucial hurdle in parliament. Lawmakers in the lower House of Commons were expected to approve the bill following a marathon debate on Monday, which saw Cameron join forces with Labour to defeat a "wrecking amendment" backed by dozens of rebellious right-wingers from his Conservative party....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/britains-gay-marriage-bill-set-to-pass-crucial-hurdle-in-parliament-119299-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/same-sex-marriage-demanded-by-gays-in-venezuela-119151-1.htm Gays and lesbians are pushing for an end to discrimination and for civil rights such as same-sex marriage in Venezuela. "In some areas of the capital, two men cannot be seen holdings hands without security ushering them out," said Cesar Sequera, who leads Diverse Venezuela, among marchers waving signs like "Say yes to inclusion." Sequera said the dozens taking part in the protest wanted to see the end of persecution of lesbians, gays and transsexuals in Venezuela -- and were seeking the legalization of same-sex marriage....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/same-sex-marriage-demanded-by-gays-in-venezuela-119151-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/ngo-campaigns-against-early-marriage-in-bihar-and-jharkhand-119098-1.htm Officials reveal that with the focus on empowering women, the NGO Breakthrough will launch a campaign in Bihar and Jharkhand to raise awareness against child marriage. "We are developing a multi-media campaign that will begin in June or July in Bihar and Jharkhand. We will address adults and children, especially girls, starting at the school level," said Sonali Khan, vice president of Breakthrough. "We will develop content for mobile phones as it is a powerful medium today apart from street ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/ngo-campaigns-against-early-marriage-in-bihar-and-jharkhand-119098-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/french-president-signs-gay-marriage-into-law-119083-1.htm ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/french-president-signs-gay-marriage-into-law-119083-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/brazil-gives-green-signal-to-gay-marriage-119008-1.htm The third and largest Latin American country, Brazil gives a de facto green light to same-sex marriage. In a bold stride for the majority Roman Catholic nation, the National Council of Justice (NCJ), a panel which oversees Brazil's legal system and is headed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, said government offices that issue marriage licenses had no standing to reject gay couples. "This is the equivalent of authorizing same-sex marriage in Brazil," said Raquel Pereira de Castro ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/brazil-gives-green-signal-to-gay-marriage-119008-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/minnesota-governor-legalizes-gay-marriage-bill-119005-1.htm After Governor Mark Dayton signed a marriage equality law passed by the legislature last week, Minnesota became the twelfth US state to legalize same-sex marriage. In an outdoor public signing ceremony surrounded by throngs of people, Dayton signed the measure then posted a photo of the event to his Twitter account with the short tweet: "It's history." The law will go into force on August 1, state officials said, making the northern US state the third in two weeks to legalize same sex marriage, after Rhode Island and Delaware....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/minnesota-governor-legalizes-gay-marriage-bill-119005-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/brazil-clears-way-for-gay-marriage-118988-1.htm In Brazil, a top judicial panel cleared the way for same-sex marriage, ruling that gay couples could not be denied marriage licenses. The National Council of Justice, which oversees the Brazilian judicial system and is headed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, said government offices that issue marriage licenses had no standing to reject gay couples. "This is the equivalent of authorizing homosexual marriage in Brazil," said Raquel Pereira de Castro Araujo, head of the human rights committee of the Brazilian bar association....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/brazil-clears-way-for-gay-marriage-118988-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/higher-child-marriage-rates-associated-with-higher-maternal-and-infant-mortality-researchers-118952-1.htm Researchers in the current online issue of the journal iViolence Against Women/i report that countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality. The study, by Anita Raj, PhD, a professor in the Department of Medicine in the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Ulrike Boehmer, PhD, an associate professor in the Boston University School of Public Health, is the first published ecological ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/higher-child-marriage-rates-associated-with-higher-maternal-and-infant-mortality-researchers-118952-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/same-sex-marriage-gradually-being-accepted-globally-118726-1.htm The gay pride marchers with banners demanding marriage equality in Japan did not escape the notice of Boris Dittrich, who was in Tokyo for the city's first Rainbow Week. "I asked why and they said, 'Well, we've seen what's happening in other countries and we feel the time has come to push for this in Japan'," said Dittrich, the well-traveled point man for LGBT issues at Human Rights Watch. "The world has gotten so much smaller," the former Dutch lawmaker and gay rights activist told AFP....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/same-sex-marriage-gradually-being-accepted-globally-118726-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/delaware-11th-state-in-us-to-allow-gay-marriage-118545-1.htm Delaware on Tuesday became the 11th US state to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's Senate approved a bill by a 12-9 vote. Governor Jack Markell, a Democrat, signed the marriage equality legislation -- which on April 23 cleared the lower House of Representatives by a 23-18 margin -- soon after Senate approval, the Wilmington News Journal newspaper reported. "This is a historic day in Delaware," said Lisa Goodman, president of LGBT rights group Equality Delaware. "Delawareans of ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/delaware-11th-state-in-us-to-allow-gay-marriage-118545-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/rhode-island-becomes-10th-american-state-to-allow-gay-marriage-118471-1.htm After Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed the bill into law, Rhode Island has become the 10th American state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, ending a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in the heavily Roman Catholic state. The first weddings will take place August 1, when the law takes effect, reports CBS News. After Chafee signed the bill, the hundreds of people who gathered on the Statehouse grounds erupted into cheers as a chorus sang "Chapel of Love". Once consigned to the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/rhode-island-becomes-10th-american-state-to-allow-gay-marriage-118471-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/landmark-gay-marriage-law-adopted-by-french-parliament-117980-1.htm The approval of a bill that would make France the 14th country legalising same-sex marriages was passed by the French parliament which defied months of protests. Opponents to the law, though, vowed to fight on. In its second and final reading, the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, voted 331 to 225 to adopt the bill allowing homosexual marriages and adoptions by gay couples. The bill must still be signed by President Francois Hollande and is to face a challenge in France's constitutional council....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/landmark-gay-marriage-law-adopted-by-french-parliament-117980-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/first-civil-marriage-registered-in-lebanon-117957-1.htm An official news agency reported the registration of a civil marriage contract by Lebanon's interior minister. "Marwan Charbel has signed the civil marriage contract of Nidal Darwish and Kholoud Sukkarieh, the first Lebanese couple to celebrate a civil union" on home soil, the National News Agency said. Lebanon has a population of some four million people with Muslims -- Sunnis and Shiites -- making up the majority but with a Christian minority of around 35 percent and a sprinkling of other religions....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/first-civil-marriage-registered-in-lebanon-117957-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/as-the-final-vote-france-gay-marriage-law-draws-closer-thousands-protest-against-legalizing-same-sex-marriage-117773-1.htm With the final vote on the bill that legalizes gay marriage set to take place in two days, thousands of protestors took to the streets in Paris in a final attempt to defeat the vote. Clutching French flags, dressed in pink and blue, the colours of the movement, carrying children or pushing buggies, protesters shouted slogans against President Francois Hollande as they made their way through the city. "We've been to all the protests," said a 32-year-old mother who only gave her first name Camille, as she breast-fed her four-month-old son....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/as-the-final-vote-france-gay-marriage-law-draws-closer-thousands-protest-against-legalizing-same-sex-marriage-117773-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-debate-reaches-its-climax-117667-1.htm The bitter debate over gay marriages in France is all set to reach its climax, when on Sunday, a bill legalising same-sex unions will finally be approved. Opponents of the reform have been urged to take to the streets of Paris in a last-ditch show of their hostility to the reform after a week of regular and sometimes violent protests. "There are only a few days left and we are not going to abandon the streets now," one of the organisers of Sunday's demonstration, Alberic Dumont, told AFP....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-debate-reaches-its-climax-117667-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-heads-to-final-vote-in-france-117579-1.htm As the National Assembly prepared to give its final approval to a bill legalising same-sex marriage and adoption, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault called for calm Wednesday. The lower house National Assembly began its second reading of the bill late Wednesday and was to give its final approval on April 23, under a fast-track measure that limited debate to 25 hours. Opposition to the bill has failed to die down, despite it being approved by the Senate last week, with critics vowing mass protests to derail the proposition....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-heads-to-final-vote-in-france-117579-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-zealand-legalises-same-sex-marriage-117577-1.htm After a decades-long campaign, New Zealand became the first Asia-Pacific country to legalise same-sex marriage, a historic decision celebrated with parties across the gay community. A parliamentary vote overwhelmingly backed a move to amend the 1955 Marriage Act 77-44 to describe matrimony as a union of two people regardless of their sex, sexuality or how they choose to identify their gender. "It is about saying these lives matter, our society is big enough for us," gay Green Party MP Kevin Hague told parliament....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-zealand-legalises-same-sex-marriage-117577-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-soon-to-be-legalized-in-new-zealand-117480-1.htm Gay rights advocates said that the parliamentary vote will represent a milestone in the struggle for equality as New Zealand is poised to legalise same-sex marriage. A bill that amends the 1955 Marriage Act to describe marriage as "a union of two people regardless of their sex, sexual orientation or gender identity" will have its third and final reading in parliament on Wednesday. The proposal is set to pass comfortably after receiving widespread support during two previous debates -- including ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-soon-to-be-legalized-in-new-zealand-117480-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/french-senate-adopts-gay-marriage-law-117320-1.htm A landmark bill granting homosexual couples the right to marry and adopt has been approved by France's upper house Senate. The vote came after a heated debate and mass protests from conservatives and religious groups. The vote, by a show of hands, puts the bill on track to become law within weeks following a second reading in the lower house National Assembly to approve several technical amendments introduced in the Senate. The ruling Socialists said the bill would return to the National ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/french-senate-adopts-gay-marriage-law-117320-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/excessive-usage-of-social-media-may-harm-marriage-117312-1.htm Increased use of social media to communicate with your partner may damage your relationship, especially if you are married, a new study conducted by researchers at University of Oxford reveals. The researchers looked into how 'media multiplexity', the ability to communicate via several communications channels, affected relationships. According to the theory, the number of media channels used to communicate, the frequency with which they are used and the strength of relationship ties were linked together....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/excessive-usage-of-social-media-may-harm-marriage-117312-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/homophobic-assaults-on-a-rise-over-the-gay-marriage-debate-117249-1.htm The victim of a brutal attack in Paris-Wilfred de Bruijin suffers a bruised eye and a broken tooth, while he was walking arm-in-arm with his boyfriend. His is one of the latest cases of homophobia in France, where activists say reports of verbal and physical assaults on gays have surged amid rabid debate over a bill allowing same-sex marriage, currently being discussed in the Senate. "Sorry to show you this. It's the face of homophobia," de Bruijn, a Dutch man living in France for 10 years, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/homophobic-assaults-on-a-rise-over-the-gay-marriage-debate-117249-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/same-sex-marriage-may-get-the-nod-in-uruguay-117224-1.htm Uruguay might become the second Latin American country to allow same-sex marriages nationwide. The senate, which led by leftist doctor President Jose Mujica and has far more cattle than its 3.3 million people, last week approved a bill legalizing marriage between "two people of different or the same sex." Now the lower house, which passed a different version of the bill in December, must vote again on the bill for it to become law. Passage would make Uruguay the second in the region ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/same-sex-marriage-may-get-the-nod-in-uruguay-117224-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-opponents-called-homophobic-by-paris-protesters-117223-1.htm Critics of a gay marriage bill moving through parliament were denounced as "homophobic" by some 5,000 protesters in Paris on Wednesday. The rally, held in front of the city hall under steady rain and watchful police supervision, brandished slogans decrying "hate-filled" rhetoric seen as encouraging violence against gays and lesbians. "It's very important for us all to be here... to show an image of love in dignity," said one of the demonstrators, Wilfried de Bruijin, a Dutch gay man living ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-opponents-called-homophobic-by-paris-protesters-117223-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/us-republican-angst-prompted-by-gay-marriage-momentum-117055-1.htm Republicans find themselves in a tightening political vice on the issue of Americans tilting toward support of gay marriage. Two GOP senators are now in favor of it, ahead of mid-term elections and the 2016 presidential race. Last year was a watershed of sorts for the movement, with gay marriage laws passing in three states, Democratic President Barack Obama offering his public endorsement of marriage equality, and Wisconsin electing Tammy Baldwin as the first openly gay US senator. But ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/us-republican-angst-prompted-by-gay-marriage-momentum-117055-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/many-us-women-opting-for-cohabitation-rather-than-marriage-116884-1.htm New figures released by the National Center for Health Statistics in the United States reveal that nearly half of the women between 15 and 44 years of age are opting cohabitation as their first union. Researchers interviewed over 12,200 women between 15 and 44 years of age and found that marriage was the first union among less than a quarter of the women. Around 48 percent revealed that their first union was cohabitation with their partners, up from 34 percent in 1995. Just over 23 percent stated ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/many-us-women-opting-for-cohabitation-rather-than-marriage-116884-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-fight-in-the-us-reaches-supreme-court-116483-1.htm Even as judges continue to hear arguments inside the United States Supreme Court for and against allowing same-sex marriage, two different crowds are brushing up against each other as they seek to make their voice heard before a decision is taken. The bigger crowd, numbering a few thousand, rallied boisterously in support of marriage equality, turning up in colorful, placard-waving hordes as the sun rose on an otherwise chilly Washington morning. A parallel crowd of conservative and religious ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-fight-in-the-us-reaches-supreme-court-116483-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/us-supreme-court-to-oversee-fight-for-gay-marriage-116395-1.htm When the US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a landmark case, supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage are prepared to turn out in force in Washington. Over two days, lawyers from both sides of the emotionally-charged debate over marriage equality will put their cases before the nine justices who make up the highest court in the land. Outside the Supreme Court, color-coded protesters -- red for the pro-equality side and patriotic red, white and blue for opponents of gay marriage ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/us-supreme-court-to-oversee-fight-for-gay-marriage-116395-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/anti-gay-marriage-activists-continue-to-protest-in-paris-116333-1.htm With gay marriage looking increasingly likely to be legalized in France, tens of thousands of people protesting against any such legislation took out a protest march on a route leading to the Champs Elysees though the police had banned them against any such protests at the venue The hugely controversial bill to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption has been comfortably adopted by the lower chamber of parliament and will go to the Senate for examination and approval in April. The upper ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/anti-gay-marriage-activists-continue-to-protest-in-paris-116333-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/us-gay-marriage-opponents-put-children-first-116285-1.htm It is the welfare of children that is at stake when the US Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the hot button issue of same-sex marriage next week. "Children do best with a mother and father, and marriage is the most important social institution we have to connect moms and dads to their children," said Thomas Peters of the National Organization for Marriage. "In the first place, it's for the interests of children," Peters told AFP ahead of the hearings that begin Tuesday when NOM and other ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/us-gay-marriage-opponents-put-children-first-116285-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/same-sex-marriage-backed-by-hillary-clinton-116266-1.htm Same-sex marriage has been backed by the former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton. This declaration brings her into line with other potential Democratic candidates for the 2016 presidential nomination. Clinton said LGBT Americans are full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship, which includes marriage. Clinton said she supports marriage for lesbian and gay couples "personally and as a matter of policy and law", reports the Guardian. Clinton described marriage as "a ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/same-sex-marriage-backed-by-hillary-clinton-116266-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/for-us-gays-divorce-is-just-a-big-hurdle-as-marriage-is-116264-1.htm Divorce is just the same difficult as gay marriages in the US. "Divorce is the new frontier for gay couples," said Susan Sommer of Lambda Legal, a legal advice service for homosexuals. "They had to fight to be together, and they have to fight to get a divorce." Like marriage, divorce laws are determined by each of the 50 states, only nine of which -- in addition to the federal capital Washington -- so far allow couples of the same sex to wed. "If a couple is living in New York City.....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/for-us-gays-divorce-is-just-a-big-hurdle-as-marriage-is-116264-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/impotence-major-cause-of-divorce-115936-1.htm In India, impotence is emerging as a major cause of divorce, finds study. The study, conducted by Alpha One Andrology Group, an association of doctors dealing in sex-related problems in men, took into account nearly 2,500 Indian men suffering from erectile dysfunction or impotence. The study found that erectile dysfunction affects 50 percent of men over the age of 40 and 10 percent of men below 40. "The analysis revealed that of the 2,500 men suffering from erectile dysfunction, one in ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/impotence-major-cause-of-divorce-115936-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/the-negative-effects-of-delayed-marriage-115886-1.htm A new study has revealed that men and women are tying the knot very late in life and there are many disadvantages to this trend. The University of Virginia's National Marriage Project discovered that the average age when men got married was 28.7 and 26.5 for women. The study also found there were high rates of depression and alcohol abuse among the unmarried lot. They also appeared a bit discontented with their lives as compared to their married peers. More than 90% of young adults wished ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/the-negative-effects-of-delayed-marriage-115886-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/save-your-marriage-with-the-help-of-a-tv-remote-with-earbuds-115538-1.htm An innovative solution to all-too-common bedroom problems is being offered by an Internet-connected streaming media box. The Roku 3's remote control features a headphone jack and volume buttons on the side, so as soon you plug in a pair of earbuds, the sound from the TV mutes and plays through the remote, the Huffington Post reported. This works for any content you watch through your Roku. If you pop your headphones into the remote, you'll be able to hear your program in your ears without ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/save-your-marriage-with-the-help-of-a-tv-remote-with-earbuds-115538-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/marriage-may-not-be-healthy-for-all-115486-1.htm A new study claims that marriage may not be as good for health as presumed earlier. Researchers made two discoveries that explain why: First, marriage provides less protection against mortality as health deteriorates, even though it does seem to benefit those who are in excellent health. Secondly, married people tend to overestimate how healthy they are, compared to others. "We believe marriage is still good for the health of some people, but it is not equally protective for everyone," ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/marriage-may-not-be-healthy-for-all-115486-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/change-in-law-on-rape-and-child-marriage-awaited-by-morocco-115467-1.htm As the kingdom's parliament works to amend a law that allows a rapist to escape prison by marrying his victim, defenders of women's rights in Morocco are inching closer to a long-awaited goal. Morocco was shocked in March 2012 by the suicide of Amina Filali, 16, who was forced to marry the man who had raped her. He remained a free man under Article 475 of the kingdom's penal code. A year later, the controversial article is to be amended after the Islamist government threw its weight behind ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/change-in-law-on-rape-and-child-marriage-awaited-by-morocco-115467-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/bid-to-escape-property-tax-forces-more-chinese-to-divorce-115460-1.htm To avoid a new tax property sales tax imposed by the government Chinese couples are flocking to divorce. The tax left open a loophole for those who end their marriages. Government marriage registration offices -- which also handle divorces -- were swamped by scores of couples trying to untie the knot, with one newly-separated woman telling AFP Wednesday she was heading off to sell a property. China's central government last Friday issued rules to rein in housing prices, including a nationwide ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/bid-to-escape-property-tax-forces-more-chinese-to-divorce-115460-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-receives-backing-from-clint-eastwood-115146-1.htm Actor-director Clint Eastwood has urged the US Supreme Court to scrap the gay marriage ban in California. The veteran actor joined more than a hundred self-described moderate and conservative Republicans in calling for such a step. Former officials who served in president George W. Bush's administration, including ex-deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz, ex-homeland security secretary Tom Ridge and former secretary of commerce Carlos Gutierrez joined lawmakers and former governors in signing the brief....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-receives-backing-from-clint-eastwood-115146-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/brief-supporting-gay-marriage-signed-by-over-80-republicans-115097-1.htm A legal brief supporting the notion that same-sex couples should have a fundamental right to marriage was signed by more than 80 Republicans. The brief is in support of the plaintiffs in the Hollingsworth v. Perry case now before the Supreme Court, which challenges California's Proposition 8 barring same-sex marriage, reports CBS News. The case, which will be argued starting in late March, could result in the invalidation of statewide bans on same-sex marriage across the country. It is ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/brief-supporting-gay-marriage-signed-by-over-80-republicans-115097-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/divorce-rate-spirals-in-syria-due-to-prolonged-crisis-114807-1.htm A new media survey has found that divorce rate has gone up by 45 percent and marriage rate has dropped over 40 percent in Syria. This has occurred very recently since the outbreak of protests against the government. Due to constant conflict between the rebels and the government forces, divorced Syrians are set to outnumber married ones soon, the survey indicated. Syrians live in a country plagued by violence and burdened by spiralling inflation and unemployment. Maha, a 35-year-old ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/divorce-rate-spirals-in-syria-due-to-prolonged-crisis-114807-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/infidelity-may-lead-to-weight-loss-114660-1.htm Being unfaithful to your partner can have a surprising benefit, especially for those struggling to shed those excess pounds, after a new survey found that cheating on your partner can lead to weight loss. The survey was conducted by a dating website, UndercoverLovers.com, in which 53 percent of male respondents and 62 percent of female respondents revealed that they had lost weight following an affair. The survey revealed that on an average, men lost around 6 pounds while women lost around 10 pounds....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/infidelity-may-lead-to-weight-loss-114660-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/a-third-of-office-romances-end-in-marriage-114542-1.htm While office romances are usually thought to be short term relationships, a new survey carried out by Career Builder found that nearly a third (30 percent) of office romances ended in marriages. The top industries for finding workplace romance included hospitality, information technology, financial services and healthcare. Famous couples who met on the job include Barack and Michele Obama, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and CBS CEO Leslie Moonves and his wife Julie Chen. 39 percent of ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/a-third-of-office-romances-end-in-marriage-114542-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/happy-marriage-equals-healthy-life-114459-1.htm Happily married couples are more likely to rate their health as better, shows a study. With this study, aging adults with declining health could benefit from improving their marriages. Christine Proulx, assistant professor in the University of Missouri Department of Human Development and Family Studies, examined the long-term relationship between self-rated health and marital quality. She found that, in all stages of marriage, positive or negative relationships affect the individual's health....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/happy-marriage-equals-healthy-life-114459-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-law-adopted-114239-1.htm France's National Assembly has adopted legislation allowing homosexual couples to marry and adopt children. The legislation, a key election pledge of Socialist President Francois Hollande, was backed by 329 deputies and was opposed by 229 after months of frenzied debate. The formal vote came 10 days after lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favour of its key article which redefines marriage as a contract between two people rather than between a man and a woman. The Senate, the upper house ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-law-adopted-114239-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/marriage-good-for-the-heart-114195-1.htm Marriage is a blissful union of two minds, souls and hearts that binds them together. The reality of marriage is far richer and more rewarding than one can ever guess. For some, the bonding with their better half could put them on cloud nine with unbound happiness!!! But wait! Now there is even a bigger reason to cheer and celebrate as they say that bwedlock may also help you live longer/b, according to a new study of heart patients. Many studies conducted previously on the health ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/marriage-good-for-the-heart-114195-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/male-alcohol-dependent-individuals-and-childhood-emotional-abuse-113988-1.htm Previous research has identified that individuals who drink excessively or are alcohol dependent (AD) have reduced central serotonergic neurotransmission. The latter can have an impact on planning, judgment, self-control, and emotional regulation. Childhood maltreatment has also been found to have a negative impact on central serotonergic neurotransmission. A new evaluation of the impact of childhood maltreatment on central serotonergic dysfunction in AD individuals has found that self-reported ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/male-alcohol-dependent-individuals-and-childhood-emotional-abuse-113988-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/writing-reports-about-rows-in-marriage-can-boost-love-for-partner-113978-1.htm A new study published in the journal Psychological Science reveals that writing seven-minute essays on the rows in your married life just three times a year can go a long way to boosting intimacy and love with your partner, provided it is written from an outsider's perspective. According to Professor Eli Finkel, from Northwestern University, Illinois, writing down the fights from another person's perspective can help couples see it through fresh eyes. Professor Finkel conducted the study on 120 couples over a period of two years....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/writing-reports-about-rows-in-marriage-can-boost-love-for-partner-113978-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/incompatible-drinking-among-couples-linked-to-troubled-marriage-113976-1.htm A new study published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical (and) Experimental Research reveals that incompatible drinking between couples could have an impact on the chances of the marriage ending in a divorce. The study was conducted by researchers at Norwegian Institute of Public Health and involved nearly 20,000 married couples in Norway. The researchers found that those couples who drink on a similar scale, even if they indulge in heavy drinking, were less likely to obtain a divorce compared to ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/incompatible-drinking-among-couples-linked-to-troubled-marriage-113976-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/frances-national-assembly-passes-gay-marriage-vote-113852-1.htm ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/frances-national-assembly-passes-gay-marriage-vote-113852-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-will-quickly-be-accepted-in-france-113601-1.htm France's prime minister predicted that gay marriage will quickly be accepted in the country. A country that has spent months embroiled in rancorous debate between supporters and opponents of the rights of same sex couples to wed and adopt children. As legislation to that effect was presented to parliament, bridges throughout Paris were bedecked with banners proclaiming opposition to the Socialist government's draft law. With slogans like, "A father and a mother, it's simple," and "All ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/gay-marriage-will-quickly-be-accepted-in-france-113601-1.htm