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Hundreds of small genetic variations are associated with autism spectrum disorders, including an area of DNA that may be a key to understanding why humans are social animals, according to a multi-site collaborative study led by researchers at Yale University.
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Government plans to divert more mentally ill people out of the criminal justice system and into mental health services are unlikely to be achieved, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London. In a study published in the
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A study in a special early online publication of Cell, a Cell Press publication, reveals a promising new slow-release compound that protects mice against the neurodegenerative effects of both Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s disease. The ‘prodrug’ known only as JM6 works
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Veterans of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars showed a 50 percent reduction in their symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after just eight weeks of practicing the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique, according to a pilot study published in the June 2011 issue
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People with post-traumatic stress disorder may be at a higher risk for heart disease, according to researchers. In a study of U.S. war veterans, they found that those with PTSD were more likely to have fatty buildup, or plaque, in
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People’s moral responses to similar situations change as they age, according to a new study at the University of Chicago that combined brain scanning, eye-tracking and behavioral measures to understand how the brain responds to morally laden scenarios. Both preschool
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The results of a Dutch study of 300 patients demonstrated that 22% of patients with Sjögren’s syndrome were classified as clinically ‘alexithymic’ (experiencing difficulty identifying and describing emotions) compared to 12% of healthy controls. Subsequent results of the study showed
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A new study by motor control and psychology researchers at Indiana University suggests that postural control problems may be a core feature of bipolar disorder, not just a random symptom, and can provide insights both into areas of the brain
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In a recent study published in the journal Neurology, scientists say that individuals who develop early-onset Alzheimer’s in middle age are at a high risk of being misdiagnosed because many of their initial symptoms are not memory related. Scientists, led
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As part of the continuing Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, launched in 1997, researchers, including Professor John Hobcraft, of York’s Department of Social Policy and Social Work and academics from Princeton, Penn State and Columbia Universities in the USA,
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have developed a mouse model of major depressive disorder (MDD) that is based on a rare genetic mutation that appears to cause MDD in the majority of people who inherit it.
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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and King’s College London have independently identified DNA on chromosome 3 that appears to be related to depression. Major depression affects approximately 20 percent of people at some point during
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