If you’ve found out that your so-called boyfriend or girlfriend actually wasn’t single, but in fact married, cheating, and you were the “other person,” we feel for you. When it comes to relationships and a relationship…

Studies have found that having a wide social group reduces mortality risk. Do you have enough friends to survive? Strong relationships are said to have great health benefits: a review of studies into the impact of relationships on health found that people had a significantly lower risk of mortality if they belonged to a wider social group , be it friends, neighbours, relatives or a mix of these.

Once, a good cry was enough. Nowadays people seem to settle for nothing less than a full-on legal battle There may be, as Paul Simon put it, 50 ways to leave a lover, but there aren’t nearly enough decent ways to be left

Heterosexual women bear the brunt of narcissistic heterosexual men’s hostility, while heterosexual men, gay men and lesbian women provoke a softer reaction, according to a new study.

Politicians’ gestures can reveal their thoughts, according to a new study. In laboratory tests, right- and left-handers associate positive ideas like honesty and intelligence with their dominant side of space and negative ideas with their non-dominant side

By Amanda Greene Photo: © iStockphoto Remember when you first got together with your husband or boyfriend and couldn't pull yourselves out of bed? No?

According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists , about 15-20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage, usually within the first 13 weeks of pregnancy. For the woman who has miscarried, this can be a difficult time emotionally, both in coping with the loss and thinking about its impact on her marriage and her ability to conceive in the future

On a regular basis, we see or hear about the negative behaviors of others and think, what is wrong with this person? We tell ourselves, I would never do that , firmly convinced in the veracity of our assessment.

Study finds being sociable is good for your health, while loneliness is as bad for you as smoking 15 cigarettes a day A life of booze, fags and slothfulness may be enough to earn your doctor’s disapproval, but there is one last hope: a repeat prescription of mates and good conversation. A circle of close friends and strong family ties can boost a person’s health more than exercise, losing weight or quitting cigarettes and alcohol, psychologists say. Sociable people seem to reap extra rewards from their relationships by feeling less stressed, taking better care of themselves and having less risky lifestyles than those who are more isolated, they claim

There are times, when the ghost of my father visits.

Her teenage daughter made Michele Hanson’s life a trial. Now that rebel is a woman on a mission to help some of the world’s poorest children

Tonight, I did what I do every Sunday night after spending a day filled with homework. I sat watching Futurama in my underwear and ate turkey bacon, like a creep. Don’t get me wrong, real bacon is perhaps, one of the finest foods known to man, but turkey bacon makes me weak in the knees

In the last of the series, Steve Busfield turns his attention to life after the wedding. What advice can you offer for a long and happy marriage

Introducing innovative new products and ideas to the marketplace can be a tricky proposition. Sometimes they take off immediately (like the iPod) and sometimes they can take a while to garner consumer confidence (like the Segway). But new research finds that targeted marketing to opinion leaders makes it more likely that consumers will buy into innovative products and ideas.

In an era when the motives and ambitions of leaders such as Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron are under constant public and media scrutiny, new research conducted in the UK has suggested that many people can and do lead because they want to help others.