March 9th, 2007
Most people know other individuals who seem to be mean and ill-tempered. University of Pittsburgh researchers have found that behaviors such as anger, hostility and aggression may be genetic, rooted in variations in a serotonin receptor gene.
Previous studies have associated the hormone ...
March 9th, 2007
A new study reports that people who exercise self-control in some way, such as dieting or trying not to look at or think about something, will tend to make more impulse purchases if given the opportunity.
In a report found in the ...
March 8th, 2007
The philanthropic Stanley Medical Research Institute has committed to donate $100 million to the Cambridge-based Broad Institute to help unlock the code of the genetics behind serious mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and ...
March 8th, 2007
The view of depression as a disease and not merely a personal weakness is still fresh. While treatment modalities ranging from medications to counseling are effective in helping individuals regain and indeed, save their life, certain population segments remain under- diagnosed and ...
March 8th, 2007
Consumer researchers discover an insight into human behavior that may help explain how life often disappoints. Investigators found an expectation of life as full of roses may disappoint when reality sets in.
According to the study, we are more likely to pay ...
March 8th, 2007
Controversy has accompanied the new generation of antipsychotic medications. The debate has centered on whether the new and more expensive drugs provide, in general, additional benefits. A new investigation has found that some of the new medications are helpful for patients who ...
March 7th, 2007
White teenagers are more likely than black adolescents to start smoking after high exposure to R-rated movies and minimal restrictions on television viewing. Researchers suggest that since the majority of actors are white, the behavioral impact does not transport to black adolescents ...
March 7th, 2007
Another benefit of eating particular types of fish may be to improve your mood. According to a University of Pittsburgh study, intake of Omega-3 fatty acids, found in fatty fish like salmon, may result in structural changes in the brain and improved ...
March 7th, 2007
Researchers discover children whose parents and families are under ongoing stress have more fevers and illness than other children. The new study posits children's natural killer cell function, part of the body's innate immune system, increases under chronic stress, unlike adults, whose ...
March 6th, 2007
Psychological torture -- such as threats of rape, humiliation, isolation, sleep deprivation, sham executions, sexual advances, and witnessing the torture of others -- can inflict as much trauma and harm as physical torture, U.K. researchers reported ...
