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• Mom’s Stress at Conception Tied to Child’s Later Stress Response

  10-12-2018 17:53
  
  A mother’s stress levels around the time of conception may be linked to the way her child responds to life challenges at age 11, according to a new Canadian study published in the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.
  Researchers from Simon Fraser University (SFU) in British Columbia measured cortisol levels in mothers-to-be, beginning before pregnancy and continuing through the first eight weeks of gestation, and then years later in their children. The aim of the study w
  
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• Teacher Fired for Refusing to Call Transgender Student "Male"

  10-12-2018 15:35 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: Yahoo News - Business“We are here today because a specific worldview is being imposed on me," the teacher who was fired said at a school board meeting.
  
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• Tackling Climate Change Could Save Millions of Lives, Report Says

  10-12-2018 15:34 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: CNN - HealthClimate studies often pinpoint the detrimental public health impacts related to rising atmospheric temperatures, extreme weather events and other consequences of a changing climate.
  
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• This Form of Brain Training May Help Treat Severe Schizophrenia

  10-12-2018 15:25 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: Medical News TodayNew research finds that targeted cognitive training improves verbal and auditory outcomes in people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
  
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• Aging Research May Hold Key to New Alzheimer’s Treatments

  10-12-2018 14:00
  
  A full review of Alzheimer’s drug research, including current agents being studied for the prevention and treatment of the disease (and other dementias), emphasizes the need to develop and test drugs based on an understanding of the multiple effects of aging on the brain.
  “Alzheimer’s is a complex disease with many different factors that contribute to its onset and progression,” said Dr. Howard Fillit, founding executive director and chief science officer of the Alzheimer
  
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• Brain Alterations May Help Explain Why Some Kids are More Resilient

  10-12-2018 13:00
  
  A new study sheds light on the mystery of why some children are more vulnerable to the effects of maltreatment — a major risk factor for psychiatric complications including anxiety, depression, addiction and suicide — and others seem more resilient.
  Researchers at McLean Hospital of Harvard Medical School found that while many young adults with a history of child abuse exhibit brain network abnormalities, those who do not go on to develop psychiatric symptoms actually show
  
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