Everyone is aware that alcohol affects the brain, but surprisingly, the specifics remain unclear.
One possibility is that alcohol may increase or decrease the release and the synthesis of endogenous opioid peptides -- ...
New research finds a link between physical and mental wellbeing, a discovery that has the potential to improve individual health and organizational wealth during these tough economic times.
Thomas A. Wright, a Kansas ...
Less than an hour of daily exercise reduces depressive symptoms and improves self-esteem in overweight children.
The new study from the Medical College of Georgia included 207 overweight, typically sedentary children ages 7-11 randomly ...
While depression is often linked to negative thoughts and emotions, a new study suggests the real problem may be a failure to appreciate positive experiences.
Researchers at Ohio State University found that depressed and ...
An important new study challenges the widespread perception that bulimia primarily affects privileged, white teenagers. Rather, girls who are African American are 50 percent more likely than girls who are white to ...
An emerging practice is off-label use of the narcolepsy drug modafinil as a means to enhance cognitive abilities.
New research suggests the drug affects the activity of dopamine in the brain in a way ...
A new paper analyzes how emotional characteristics may be used to predict the possibility of suffering an eating disorder.
Researchers focused on the way in which negative emotions are controlled and how attitudes to ...
A new study suggests intelligence is linked to how quickly our brain processes nerve impulses.
UCLA neurology professor Paul Thompson and colleagues used a new type of brain-imaging scanner to show ...
Imagine that you have been in combat and that you have watched your closest friend die in front of you. The memory of that event may stay with you, troubling you for the ...
A study of American woman has found a powerful link between concerns over financial security and satisfaction with one's life.
In looking toward the future, women who concentrated much of their thinking on financial ...
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