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Injury Patterns for Domestic Abuse

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Women who are victims of intimate partner violence tend to have different patterns of facial injury than women who experience facial trauma from other causes. This information, ...

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Media Violence Linked to Aggression

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

According to some, you are what you watch when it comes to violence in the media and its influence on violent behavior in young people. A new ...

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Abusive Partners Predispose Chronic Pain

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

A new study finds that many women separated from abusive partners still experience high-disability chronic pain after almost two years. As background information for the study, Canadian researchers ...

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Sexual Harassment In Unlikely Places

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

An insightful study has found that women who work in relatively equally matched gender groups were more likely to be harassed than women who worked in predominantly ...

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PTSD Tied to Domestic Violence Among Vets

Friday, November 7th, 2008

New research suggests the risk of domestic violence will rise as increasing number of veterans are diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The consequences ...

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Female Vets Report Military Sexual Trauma

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

According to preliminary research results from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, approximately 15 percent of recently returned female veterans utilizing the VA health care system report experiencing sexual trauma during ...

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Hate Area of Brain Identified

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

New brain imaging studies show that people who view pictures of someone they hate display activity in distinct areas of the brain that, together, may be thought of as a hate ...

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Teen Date Violence Studied

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

A new investigation sheds light on the possible factors that push teenage boys to abuse their girlfriends. In their own words, the young men often describe facing challenges such as ...

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Biological Link for Antisocial Behavior

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

A new finding ties antisocial behavior to reduced levels of the 'stress hormone' cortisol. Researchers from the University of Cambridge discovered levels of cortisol in the body usually increase when people undergo ...

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High Wage-Earners Are Sexist

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

New research suggests that when it comes to sex roles in society, what you think may affect what you earn. In fact, it appears that a worker's psychological belief on work ...

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