June 24th, 2006
A recent volume of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences takes a closer look at how music evolved and how we respond to it.
Contributors to the volume believe that animals such as birds, dolphins and whales make sounds ...
June 24th, 2006
In 2005, professor Ramin Shiekhattar, Ph.D., at The Wistar Institute and his colleagues reported details about an enzyme involved in appropriately repressing sets of neuronal genes in non-neuronal cells.
At the time, the scientists noted that the enzyme appeared to fit into ...
June 24th, 2006
Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) and members of their families are at risk of not getting the mental health care services they need.
In addition, poorer children are less likely to have their mental health care needs met.
Those are ...
June 23rd, 2006
Late-onset depression, which first emerges in people aged 60 and over, is linked to a decline in the brain's executive functions that leads to repetitive, negative thought patterns a new study reveals.
Executive functions are those that enable people to plan and ...
June 23rd, 2006
Americans' circle of close confidants has shrunk dramatically in the past two decades and the number of people who say they have no one with whom to discuss important matters has more than doubled, according to a new study by sociologists at ...
June 23rd, 2006
New research reveals that male survivors of childhood sexual abuse face unique challenges that many health care practitioners do not recognize and understand as well as they should.
Canadian researchers have found that although both male and female childhood sexual survivors have similar ...
June 22nd, 2006
Use of the anti-depressant fluoxetine did not help patients with anorexia nervosa who had restored their body weight maintain that weight or reduce their risk of relapse, according to a study in the June 14 issue of JAMA.
Anorexia nervosa is an eating ...
June 22nd, 2006
Going through puberty at a young age might foretell problems to come, report researchers who found early puberty is associated with abnormal eating behaviors and anxiety in young adults.
Results of the study were reported at the 6th International Congress of Neuroendocrinology ...
June 22nd, 2006
Women are being sold the idea that their bodies are biologically faulty and they need medication for PMS, post-natal depression and menopausal outbursts when in fact the pressures of being 'superwoman' are more likely to blame, says a leading expert.
Professor of Women's ...
June 21st, 2006
Persons suffering from insomnia are more likely to experience various daytime symptoms, including a lack of alertness, negative mood and sleepiness.
This research abstract that will be presented at the 20th anniversary SLEEP meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) at ...
