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Things Forgotten: Simple Lapse or Serious Problem? |
| Wednesday, June 16, 2010 By editor |
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Chances are you’ve walked into a room and forgotten why you went there. And misplaced your keys or eyeglasses at least a few times. Many people worry about these memory lapses. They fear they&rs... more
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Strike a Chord for Health |
| Tuesday, June 15, 2010 By editor |
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Music Matters for Body and Mind
Music can lift you up. It can bring tears to your eyes. It can help you relax or make you get up and dance. You probably hear it several times a day—on the radi... more
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Fit Teens Succeed as Adults |
| Monday, June 14, 2010 By editor |
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Teens who are physically fit are more likely than other teens to achieve later success at college and work, a new study suggests. Teen fitness was also linked to a higher IQ.
Scientists looked at ove... more
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How Light Boosts Migraine Pain |
| Wednesday, June 09, 2010 By editor |
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Light can make migraine pain worse. A new study of blind patients may help explain why. The finding could eventually lead to better treatments.
More than 1 in 10 people nationwide get recurring migra... more
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Resting May Boost Memory |
| Tuesday, June 08, 2010 By editor |
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Your memories may grow stronger when you take a break to rest, a new study suggests. The finding could have important implications for how students study and how people can best learn new things.
Lon... more
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Dads get the baby blues too |
| Thursday, June 03, 2010 By editor |
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A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association found a link between depressive symptoms in fathers occurring concurrently with postpartum depression in mothers.
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Physical signs of stress |
| Wednesday, June 02, 2010 By editor |
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Everybody knows that stress can manifest itself physically - the commonly associated dreaded stress ulcer. However, it can show up in more mundane, but still uncomfortable ways, such as IBS or s... more
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FDA Suicide Warnings For Anti-Smoking Drug |
| Sunday, July 05, 2009 By editor |
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In an unfortunate development for the anti-smoking pharmaceutical market, the FDA will now require manufacturers to add severe side-effect warnings to the packaging of two of the industry's most pop... more
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One Medication for Alcohol and Nicotine Addiction |
| Thursday, March 05, 2009 By editor |
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Unhealthy drinking and smoking behavior frequently occur together. This combination is quite dangerous, as tobacco-related diseases are the most frequent cause of death among alcoholics, but it also m... more
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Brain Exercise Programs Lack Evidence |
| Friday, February 13, 2009 By editor |
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Brain exercise programs are rapidly expanding in popularity, already generating more than $80 million in sales a year. Marketing has targeted the anxieties of elderly populations that fear mental de... more
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Low Childhood IQ Raises Risk of Mental Disorders |
| Tuesday, December 02, 2008 By editor |
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Depression, Anxiety Linked to Pre-Term Delivery |
| Friday, November 07, 2008 By editor |
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Nearly every expectant mother subject to the stresses and hormonal changes of pregnancy will go through a period of ultra-sensitive emotions, expectations and anxieties. Mental health conditions in ne... more
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Mind Slows as Neuron Sheaths Degrade |
| Saturday, October 25, 2008 By editor |
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Winter Blues a Very Real Phenomenon |
| Monday, September 08, 2008 By editor |
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People living in unforgiving climates will testify that the winter blues is a very real phenomenon affecting millions each year as the seasons change and the greens of summer turn white. A recent Cana... more
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FTC Invalidating “Light” and “Low-tar” Measurement |
| Friday, July 11, 2008 By editor |
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Cigarette manufacturers have been under pressure for years to better warn the public about health risks. This has forced the manufacturers to make significant changes, such as funding educational camp... more
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Chronic Grief May Trigger Reward Centers |
| Monday, June 23, 2008 By editor |
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All of us will one day lose someone close to us, and we will all be saddened by the loss. While most people eventually move past their grief with the help of time and distance, there are some who cann... more
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Brain Scans Predict Specific Psychotic Symptoms |
| Friday, June 20, 2008 By editor |
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Some progress has been made towards predicting the onset of schizophrenia, but no one has previously developed a way of guessing which symptoms will arris in a given individual with schizophrenia. Sch... more
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Doctors Urged to Screen for Developing Alcoholism |
| Thursday, June 19, 2008 By editor |
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The rise to prominence of rehabilitation clinics and Alcoholics Anonymous spreads the idea that alcohol problems can only be overcome with a transformational experience at rock-bottom. However, the Na... more
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TOL's Monday Morning Session Wrap-Up |
| Monday, June 16, 2008 By editor |
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Teens' Eating Disorders Fueled by Anxiety - In Finland, researchers performed a year-long study that they say identifies anxiety as a strong predictor of teens who will experience disorder eating th... more
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New Electroconvulsive Method, Milder Side-Effects |
| Tuesday, June 03, 2008 By editor |
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has a negative image, partly because of a history of abusive use on uncooperative patients and partly because of disturbing portrayals in film. Modern ECT is given volu... more
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TOL Interview: Writer/Director Larkin McPhee |
| Thursday, May 22, 2008 By editor |
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On Wednesday May 21st, PBS aired a new documentary titled Depression: Out of the Shadows. This new film tells the story of a dozen diverse people who have struggled with depression a... more
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Study: MH Creates Significant Economic Issues |
| Thursday, May 22, 2008 By editor |
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The cost of treating mental illness and its many comorbidities weighs on our health care system, and the price of its negative influence on productivity rates has been well-documented. Experts have ... more
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Kids Eat More in Front of the TV |
| Friday, February 23, 2007 By Blog Meister |
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In another common-sense indictment of our children's sedentary lifestyles, a new study confirms the suspicion that they tend to eat more high-calorie foods while watching television, whether they feel... more
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At-Risk Children Are Education's Greatest Concern |
| Wednesday, January 24, 2007 By Blog Meister |
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A new book by a well-known educator, therapist and youth advocatefocuses on the phenomenon of "shadow children," or those who face thegreatest risk of leaving the American education system unprepared ... more
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Cultural Achievement Gaps Remain in Place |
| Monday, November 20, 2006 By Blog Meister |
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Despite the noble goals of the No Child Left Behind Act, the academic performance gaps that persist between rich and poor as well as minority and majority are not showing any real signs of improveme... more
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