Dan Reeves reached the Super Bowl — the biggest game in the National Football League — a record nine times as a player, assistant coach and head coach during his almost 40 years in professional football. Off of the football field, he has put up another impressive number: 47. That’s how many years Reeves has […]

Twenty years ago a debate erupted about whether there were specific “Asian values”. Most attention focused on dubious claims by autocrats that democracy was not among them. But a more intriguing, if less noticed, argument was that traditional family values were stronger in Asia than in America and Europe, and that this partly accounted for […]

Marriage is thought to have a number of health benefits, including greater longevity, less stress, and a lower risk of heart disease, diabetes, and depression. Now, a new study suggests you can add a better survival rate after heart surgery to the list of health perks. Overall, people who were married when they had coronary […]

Relationships are hard, not only do they impact on how you concentrate and how you feel they also have a staggering effect on your appetite. A recent study has found that both marrying and getting divorced can have a 'weight shock' effect that leads to rapid weight gain, especially in the over-30s. The research tracked […]

Where you live may influence your attitudes and actions toward marriage and divorce more than you think, suggests a federal report out today that gives the clearest picture in 20 years about the evolution of marriage and divorce across the USA. The report, from the U.S. Census, finds distinct regional differences, with states in the […]