Archive for April, 2009

T.V. Can Ease Loneliness and Rejection

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Watching television is often associated with a negative health connotation of couch potatoes munching on chips and drinking beer. Now a ...

Pesticide Exposure Linked to Parkinson’s

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
For years, farmers have benefited from fungicides and herbicides to increase production. In the fertile environment of California's Central Valley crops like potatoes, ...

Single-Parent Families Accepted, But Not Embraced

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
The somewhat surprising results from a recent study suggest Americans have an ambivalent acceptance of divorce rather than ...

Fear Of Losing Memory Is Not Productive

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Thinking your memory will get worse as you get older may actually be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Researchers at North ...

Emotional Health Important for Breast Cancer Survivors

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
A new study suggests breast cancer patients with greater depressive symptoms and a lower emotional quality of life are less ...

Child PTSD After Witnessing Violence

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
School-aged children who witness violence in urban communities often show symptoms of post-traumatic stress that may not be diagnosed. They also suffer ...

Understanding How Bipolar Medications Work

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Although lithium has been the gold standard treatment for bipolar mood disorders for more than 50 years, scientists have never been ...

Liberals and Conservatives Hold Different Moral Foundations

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Fascinating new research into people's political views suggests that liberals and conservatives differ in their moral foundations (or core traits). The ...

Brain Process Controls Emotions

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Researchers at The University of Western Ontario have found key processes in the brain that control the emotional significance of ...

Anxiety Increases Pain Disability

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
British researchers have discovered individuals with high levels of anxiety due to chronic pain exhibit more emotional distress and disability. However, the ...
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