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Ritalin is not just for kids anymore, suggests a new study. A team of Swedish psychiatrists found that stimulants relieved symptoms in 4 out of 5 adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Further, the long-term side effects of the drugs
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There may be a biological reason why depression and other stress-related psychiatric disorders are more common among women compared to men. Studying stress signaling systems in animal brains, neuroscience researchers found that females are more sensitive to low levels of
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Focusing on certain PTSD symptoms may be key to treating anger among Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans, according to a study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Veterans Affairs researchers. “Most returning veterans don’t have PTSD or difficulty with anger
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TAU research suggests link between IVF treatments and autism The first “test tube baby” was born in 1978. With advances in reproductive science, an estimated one percent of all American babies are now born each year through in vitro fertilization
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It has long been noted that people suffering from mood disorders go through cycles, or periods in which depression, mania, and anxiety are all elevated. This can be triggered by a stressful life event, in accordance with changes in seasons
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A study by University of Alabama at Birmingham Assistant Professor of Sociology Belinda Needham, Ph.D. published in the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health confirms a link between abdominal obesity and depression. The study results were: 1)
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A new study at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) confirms the relationship between depression and abdominal obesity, which has been linked to an increased risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease. “We found that in a sample of young
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The world’s largest DNA scan for familial autism has uncovered new genetic changes in autistic children that are often not present in their parents. Identified in less than 1 percent of the population, these rare variants occur nearly 20 percent
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University of Illinois at Chicago researchers are part of an international consortium working with Autism Speaks, the world’s largest autism science and advocacy organization, which today reports new autism genetic discoveries. The results, from the second phase of the collaborative
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Other people’s smoke is bad for your lungs and bad for your heart, and new research suggests it could be bad for your mental health, too. Researchers found that non-smokers exposed to a lot of secondhand smoke were 50 percent
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Long sleep duration is associated with an elevated prevalence of metabolic syndrome in older adults, according to a research abstract that will be presented Tuesday, June 8, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th annual meeting of
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Traditionally, the most successful methods used to combat stage fright have been prescribed medications (beta blockers) and aerobic exercise. In the most recent issue of Biofeedback, researchers studied another technique: the effect of biofeedback training on Musical Performance Anxiety (MPA).
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