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Thin People Believe Obesity is Caused by Diet, Lack of Exercise

June 19th, 2013
Thin People Believe Obesity is Caused by Diet, Lack of ExerciseNew research suggests whether a person believes obesity is caused by overeating or by a lack of exercise predicts his or her ...

Sibling Fighting Can Harm Kids’ Mental Health

June 18th, 2013
Sibling Fighting Can Harm Kids' Mental HealthNew research suggests that sibling aggression may lead to poor mental health among children and adolescents. Sibling aggression, or fights between siblings, is often dismissed as simply being ...

Can Software Actually Help Improve Your Social Skills?

June 17th, 2013
Can Software Actually Help Improve Your Social Skills?    MIT scientists have developed a software system to help people improve their conversational and interview skills. Experts say that social phobias affect about ...

Common Sleep Aid, Ambien, Intensifies Emotional, Negative Memories

June 16th, 2013
Common Sleep Aid, Ambien, Intensifies Emotional, Negative MemoriesResearchers have identified the sleep mechanism that enables the brain to strengthen emotional memories.  They also found that a commonly prescribed sleep aid heightens ...

New Study Pinpoints Two Distinct Forms of Gulf War Illness

June 15th, 2013
New Study Pinpoints Two Distinct Forms of Gulf War Illness  New research suggests there are two distinct forms of Gulf War illness, depending on which brain regions have atrophied. Researchers at Georgetown ...

New Brain Imaging Technique Helps Diagnose Parkinson’s

June 14th, 2013
New Brain Imaging Technique Helps Diagnose Parkinson’s A new study gives hope that a brain-imaging technique will improve diagnoses for the millions of people with movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. Researchers from ...

Real Smiles, Fake Smiles: What’s the Difference?

June 13th, 2013
Real Smiles, Fake Smiles: What's the Difference? Most would agree that smiles are contagious. But can there be a social benefit from ...

Does Facebook Promote Narcissism?

June 12th, 2013
Does Facebook Promote Narcissism?According to a new University of Michigan study, some of our favorite social media sites serve as a vehicle to self-promote. Researchers Elliot Panek, Ph.D., Yioryos Nardis ...

Men’s Suicide Rate is 3 Times That of Women

June 11th, 2013
Men's Suicide Rate Is 3 Times That of WomenResearchers have taken advantage of Sweden’s comprehensive health records to determine important risk factors for suicide. The landmark study, a collaboration between Lund University ...

Facebook Can Damage Your Relationship

June 10th, 2013
Facebook Can Damage RelationshipsFor many, social networking sites are integral to relationships, but a new study finds that Facebook use could actually damage users’ romantic relationships. Researchers from the University of Missouri found ...