"That is significant because even though they are at risk for more conflict, there are communication mechanisms that can reduce this, " says Tricia Burke, the study's lead author and visiting assistant professor in the communication studies department at the University of Puget Sound.

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But perhaps even more interesting was the second part of the same study: a report by PerryUndem Research and Communication based on 28 interviews with patients and health providers in Washington, D.

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"When people overtly lie about something, they can take something innocuous and make it into a bigger problem, " says John Caughlin, the study's lead researcher and professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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The self-esteem of white girls, black girls and black boys decreases with TV consumption, says the study, published in Communication Research.

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His study shows that the drugs failed to produce any significant benefits and exacerbated difficulties with thinking and communication - the distressing symptoms of Alzheimer's itself.

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