Posted on July 22 2010 by NewsBot
NICE is currently updating existing guidance published in December 2004 on the management of anxiety. As part of this process, draft recommendations have been published on the NICE website for public consultation. The 2004 NICE guidance included the care of adults who have panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia) or generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)…
Posted on July 22 2010 by NewsBot
Getting angry might help you get your way if you’re negotiating with European Americans, but watch out – in negotiations with East Asians, getting angry may actually hurt your cause. That’s the conclusion of a new study on how people from different cultures react to anger in negotiations…
Posted on July 22 2010 by NewsBot
American-Indian adolescents continue to have the highest rates of illicit drug use among all ethnic groups. Although previous research has found that increasing adolescent exposure to protective factors can reduce their risk for substance abuse, this has not been thoroughly examined in American-Indian adolescents…
Posted on July 22 2010 by NewsBot
Childhood physical abuse is associated with significantly elevated rates of heart disease in adulthood, according to new findings.
Posted on July 22 2010 by NewsBot
Breaking up really is hard to do, and a recent study found evidence that it may be partly due to the areas of the brain that are active during this difficult time.
Posted on July 22 2010 by NewsBot
Taking the time to talk to your children about current events like the Gulf Oil spill — and using mathematical terms to do so — can help students develop better reasoning and math skills and perform better in school, according to a new study.
Posted on July 21 2010 by NewsBot
Researchers found that a combination of nutrients called NT-020 promoted adult neural stem cell proliferation in aged rats and boosted their memory and spatial navigation performance. They tested two groups of aged laboratory rats; one group received NT-020 and a control group did not. In the NT-020 treated group, neurogenesis increased and researchers concluded that the NT-020 treated group had fewer activated inflammatory brain cells and an increase in stem cells.
Posted on July 21 2010 by NewsBot
Getting angry might help you get your way if you’re negotiating with European-Americans, but watch out — in negotiations with East Asians, getting angry may actually hurt your cause. That’s the conclusion of a new study on how people from different cultures react to anger in negotiations.
Posted on July 21 2010 by NewsBot
Scientists already know that the children of alcohol-dependent (AD) individuals have a greater risk of developing a psychiatric illness, but the effects of gender on this risk are not well known. A new study has found that the effects of parental AD on a child’s psychopathology can be different, depending on both the gender of the AD parent and the gender of their child…
Posted on July 21 2010 by NewsBot
Scientists already know that the children of alcohol-dependent (AD) individuals have a greater risk of developing a psychiatric illness, but the effects of gender on this risk are not well known. A new study has found that the effects of parental AD on a child’s psychopathology can be different, depending on both the gender of the AD parent and the gender of their child…