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Archive for September, 2004

Caffeine withdrawal may be recognized as a disorder

Wednesday, September 29th, 2004

Caffeine withdrawal may be recognized as a disorder If you missed your morning coffee and now you have a headache and difficulty concentrating, you might be able to blame it on caffeine withdrawal. In general, ...

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Men, Women More Different Than Thought

Wednesday, September 29th, 2004

Men, Women More Different Than Thought Beyond the tired cliches and sperm-and-egg basics taught in grade school science class, researchers are discovering that men and women are even more different than anyone realized. It turns out ...

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Talk Therapy Beats Drugs for Insomnia

Wednesday, September 29th, 2004

Talk Therapy Beats Drugs for Insomnia Boston researchers have found that cognitive behavioral therapy is more effective than sleeping pills in treating chronic sleep-onset insomnia. In a study summarized in the Sept. 27 issue of the ...

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Two views on suicide risk with antidepressants

Friday, September 24th, 2004

Two views on suicide risk with antidepressants The recent FDA proposal to force antidepressants to carry warnings about increased suicide risk is the subject of a pair of articles by leading experts in The Annals ...

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Females May Be More Susceptible To Overindulge Sweet Tooth Cravings Than Males

Friday, September 24th, 2004

Females May Be More Susceptible To Overindulge Sweet Tooth Cravings Than Males It is well known that obesity has reached epidemic proportions. As waistbands expand, so do the number of health gurus heralding the ...

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Wealth does not create individual happiness and it doesn’t build a strong country, either

Friday, September 24th, 2004

Wealth does not create individual happiness and it doesn't build a strong country, either A study in the recent issue of Psychological Science in the Public Interest addresses how economic status is no longer a ...

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Children of Teen Mothers Have Raised Suicide Risk

Friday, September 24th, 2004

Children of Teen Mothers Have Raised Suicide Risk Babies of teenage mothers and infants who have a low birth weight have a higher risk of committing suicide later in life than other children, Swedish scientists ...

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Ins and Outs of Teledildonics

Friday, September 24th, 2004

Ins and Outs of Teledildonics Cybersex gets blamed for a lot of things, including social isolation, infidelity and divorce. It's a temptation previous generations of lovers didn't have to face, and it's technology, and therefore ...

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Knowing When to Call it Quits in Psychotherapy

Tuesday, September 21st, 2004

Knowing When to Call it Quits in Psychotherapy As often as people ask a question about how to begin therapy, folks don't seem to ask how they will know it's time to call it quits. ...

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Simple telephone call found to help on depression

Tuesday, September 21st, 2004

Simple telephone call found to help on depression Today's treatments for depression can leave a lot to be desired, but new pills or modes of therapy are not necessarily the answer. Rather, simple changes in ...

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Voting this November…

Monday, September 20th, 2004

I honestly don't care which way you decide to vote in the U.S. elections come November. All I do ask is for you to take responsibility for being a citizen of voting age in America ...

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Study Reveals Why Eyes In Some Paintings Seem To Follow Viewers

Monday, September 20th, 2004

Study Reveals Why Eyes In Some Paintings Seem To Follow Viewers You've seen it in horror movies, or even in real-life at the local museum: a painting in which the eyes of the person portrayed ...

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