When a loved one battles cancer watch out for your own depression.

A new study being published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) reports that partners of cancer survivors experience equal levels of mental health impairment as the survivors themselves. In the study, 20% of partners and 22% of cancer survivors suffered from clinical depression. Furthermore, depressed partners were less likely than depressed survivors to receive mental health treatment (34% vs. 58%), and received less social support, spiritual well-being, marital satisfaction, and more loneliness than survivors. Finally, partners reported little "post-traumatic growth" (positive personal change occurring as a result of the cancer experience). »more»

Middle aged people make better personal finance decisions than other adults, according to new research highlighted in the Wall Street Journal. »more»

Dieting: Good for your health, potentially bad for your pocketbook

If you go on a diet, you are more likely to make more impulse purchases according to a study from the March issue of the Journal of Consumer Research. »more»