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Army Gets Serious About Protecting Soldiers' Brains |
| Monday, January 07, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
The U.S. army acknowledged that brain injuries are a serious problem when it set up the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center. The Center has done extensive research on the causes of brain ... more
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Physicians Could Play Bigger Role in Preventing Suicide |
| Monday, January 07, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Primary Care Physicians
A study published in the journal Annals of Family Medicine has illustrated the need for improved communication between primary care physicians and their patients. Although suicidal individuals often s... more
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AADT Session Wrap-Up |
| Monday, January 07, 2008 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
Ageing Makes the Imagination Whither - New research shows that cognitive deficits noticed in old age may affect our ability to imagine the future just as they harm our ability to recall the past.Older... more
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Off-label Antipsychotic Prescriptions May be Inappropriate for Aggression |
| Friday, January 04, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Medication Info
The overworked staff of clinics and nursing homes often struggle to deal with outbursts from troubled patients. In addition to psychosis, a whole range of problems such as emotional disturbances, inte... more
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Researchers Study Connection Between Happiness and Health |
| Friday, January 04, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
New Year's resolutions often reflect our desires to live happier and healthier lives, and past research has already demonstrated that by becoming happier, we may also be able to improve our health. A... more
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Light Therapy Shows Promise as Bipolar Disorder Treatment |
| Friday, January 04, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Bipolar Disorder
Long recognized as an effective form of treatment for patients with Seasonal Affective Disorder and a number of common sleep problems, bright light therapy now appears to be a promising response to ... more
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When Only the Rich Can Afford to Eat Healthy |
| Friday, January 04, 2008 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
Many fingers have pointed in many directions when it comes to the question of why Americans' waistlines have been expanding, but, according to a study published last month, at the heart of the i... more
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Serotonin Receptors Don't Always Activate the Same Way |
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Medication Info
Serotonin is a crucial neurotransmitter. There are a number of synthetic drugs designed to trigger serotonin receptors and thus restore the brain to a healthy balance. These drugs are used to trea... more
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Teen Smoking on the Decline in New York City |
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
New information released yesterday from the 2007 New York City Youth Risk Behavior Survey has provided good news for New Yorkers. The number of New York City public high sc... more
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Preexisting Anxiety Compounds PTSD Risk |
| Thursday, January 03, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
Emotionally ravaging events like those involving physical or sexual abuse, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, or the passing of loved ones can affect patients across the social spectrum, often pre... more
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Cocaine Vaccine May be Close to FDA Approval |
| Wednesday, January 02, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
Every new year, thousands of addicts make the resolution to quit. However, intention is often weaker than craving. Rushing to the rescue, researchers have been working on a variety of vaccines that sp... more
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Insomnia Heightens Obesity Risk in Kids |
| Wednesday, January 02, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
Obesity and the overly sedentary lifestyle that so often accomodates it have been linked to multiple sleep disorders in the past—obese individuals suffer from a notably greater prevalence of insomnia,... more
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Brain Chemical Improves Cognitive Functioning in Sleep-Deprived Monkeys |
| Wednesday, January 02, 2008 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
An individual may experience sleep deprivation for any number of reasons, including a busy work schedule, stress, and health problems. Those who do become sleep-deprived usuall... more
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New Year a Time for Reflection, Improvement |
| Wednesday, January 02, 2008 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
If you're heading to the gym today, you might want to plan on an extra 15 minutes of waiting for your machine or fighting for that 45 lb. dumb bell. It's the first week of January, and your favorite... more
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Certain Brain Injuries May Prevent PTSD |
| Monday, December 31, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
Combat experience has long been accepted as one of Post TraumaticStress Disorder's predictors, and direct damage to the brain is one ofthe most traumatic injuries sustained during battle. Researchers ... more
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Borderline Personality Disorder Linked to Brain Abnormality by Novel Scan |
| Friday, December 28, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
Loved ones often despair of ever understanding the inscrutable emotional vortex of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Those with BPD experience rapid shifts in emotion and perspective that lead ... more
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Video Games Have Significant Ability to Mask Pain, Study Says |
| Friday, December 28, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Primary Care Physicians
2007 may go down as the year that everyone started to realize that video games are not just vile tools used by the devil to lead the innocent astray, but that indeed video games and virtual sp... more
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Foster Care Benefits Orphans' Cognitive Development |
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Children raised in orphanages experience worse cognitive development than children placed in foster care, according to an ongoing study appearing in the journal Science. American researchers compared ... more
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Why Do We Somtimes Perform Worse Under Pressure? |
| Thursday, December 27, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
Even the most skilled athlete has experienced the humiliation of buckling under pressure. Down by 1 point in the championship game, you get the ball with five seconds left and go up for the shot. You ... more
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Time Doesn't Really Slow During Crisis |
| Wednesday, December 26, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
Many people are haunted by memories of traumatic experiences. These memories can swell to take up an inordinate amount of space in our minds, and numerous accounts of disasters and emergencies conte... more
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Excessive Temper Tantrums May Point to Later Disorders |
| Wednesday, December 26, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Temper tantrums are one of the most trying (and universal) parenting experiences, and they always seem to happen at the least convenient moments: a three-hour drive to grandma's, the first day... more
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Moderate Exercise May Lower Risk for Vascular Dementia |
| Monday, December 24, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
According to an Italian study published recently in the journal Neurology, older adults who exercise regularly may be reducing their chances of developing vascular dementia, the second most common for... more
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"Pre-party" Drinking Comes Under Academic Lens |
| Monday, December 24, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Addiction
Pre-party drinking, or pre-partying, is the practice of starting a night of party going off with a round of drinking before the festivities begin. There's a number of reasons that college ... more
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Family Interventions Curb Risky Teen Behaviors |
| Friday, December 21, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Teenage misbehavior often proves harder to contain in low-incomecommunities with little fundamental stability. Young people free fromthe guiding hand of adult supervision often turn to drugs, low-leve... more
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Confidential Rehab for Doctors Under Fire |
| Thursday, December 20, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Primary Care Physicians
Doctors are trusted members of one of the most respected professions, but, while their rigorous training can prevent technical errors, it cannot wipe away the mental health vulnerabilities common to... more
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