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The hottest hairstyle, the latest extreme sport, the newest viral stunt — trends happen for a reason and now scientists have a better understanding of why. In a study using functional magnetic resonance imaging, scientists found that our inherent risk…
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Practice may not make perfect, but visualization might. New research shows that people who imagined a visual target before having to pick it out of a group of distracting items were faster at finding the target than those who did an actual practice run…
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A new study from Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet shows that the effect of internet-based CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) for people with people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may be…
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Many parents of children age 5-17 don’t discuss behavioral or emotional issues that could be signs of potential health problems with their doctors. The most common reason for not sharing these details with health care providers? Nearly half of parent…
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Judging by the nature and topics of their information seeking, cancer patients’ information needs appear to differ depending on the type of cancer they have and where they are in their survivorship.
May 18, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
UMD study is the first in the US to examine the association between the Great Recession and mental health at the population levelMen and women in the U.S.
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At the forefront of a field known as “neurocriminology,” Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania has long studied the interplay between biology and environment when it comes to antisocial and…
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National thought leaders convened at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health yesterday for a symposium identifying gaps in understanding the prevention of sexual violence on college…
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If you’re planning to fly over the holiday, plan to drink some tomato juice.
May 17, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Offers of cash to employees trying to give up smoking have been put to the scientific test to see if money makes a difference to quit rates compared with usual cessation programs.
