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Adding MDMA – otherwise known as the party drug ecstasy – to talk therapy may help patients cope with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a preliminary study presented Friday at the Psychedelic Science in the 21st Century
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For some people the feeling of gloominess or depression is due to neuro-chemical or hormonal imbalance and for others it’s the daily stress or upsetting events that wear down one’s emotional reserves. Studies show that people who are depressed or
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The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will hold its 24th Annual Mood Disorders Research and Education Symposium on April 20, focusing on joint efforts between researchers and clinicians to study and treat depression and bipolar disease. Speakers on these
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Are women – but not men – hard-wired to be fat-phobes? Female brains react in a negative way when they view photos of overweight individuals, even when they’re of a normal weight themselves, according to a study from Brigham Young
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Existing drugs used to treat depression and other mood disorders might be useful to limit brain damage following a stroke because they promote the growth of new nerve cells in the brain, according to a study in mice. The research
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Many kids are picky eaters but new research suggests the trait is even more common in autistic children who tend to refuse more foods and are more likely to restrict their diets to a smaller variety of foods than other
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Medication and behavioural interventions help children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) better maintain attention and self control by normalising activity in the same brain systems, according to researchers at The University of Nottingham. In a study, funded by the
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A group of Taiwan scientists have successfully identified four genes that are associated with bipolar I disorder in people who are ethnically Chinese. “This study marks important progress in the identification of disease genes for bipolar I disorder. It is
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Lana, a 38 year-old publicist in Los Angeles, California, was diagnosed with genital herpes in 1997. Since then, she has “kind of been hiding” from the dating scene. Let’s face it: How do you drop that bomb on a potential
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Many children adopted from Eastern European countries may have been exposed to damaging levels of alcohol in the womb, a new study suggests. In a study of 71 children adopted by Swedish families between 1993 and 1997, researchers found that
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Certain anticonvulsant drugs may be linked to an increased risk of suicidal acts or violent death, according to an analysis of prescriptions and insurance claims data by Boston researchers. The drugs, which are known to affect mood and behavior, are
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All her life, Abbie Krause has wanted to be a mother. “He’s a dream come true for both me and my husband,” she said about her now 7-month old son, Spencer. But about six months into the pregnancy, she began
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