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• 'Fuzzy thinking' in depression, bipolar disorder: New research finds effect is real

  04-05-2015 23:10
  People with depression or bipolar disorder often feel their thinking ability has gotten “fuzzy”, or less sharp than before their symptoms began. Now, researchers have shown in a large study that effect is indeed real – and rooted in brain activity differences that show up on advanced brain scans.
  
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• New link between diabetes, Alzheimer's found

  04-05-2015 22:33
  
  A unique connection between diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease has been uncovered by researchers, providing further evidence that a disease that robs people of their memories may be affected by elevated blood sugar.
  
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• Premature birth alters brain connections: More connections to face, fewer elsewhere

  04-05-2015 21:49
  
  Premature birth can alter the connectivity between key areas of the brain, according to a new study. The findings should help researchers to better understand why premature birth is linked to a greater risk of neurodevelopmental problems, including autistic spectrum disorders and attention deficit disorders. Stronger connections involving face and lips in babies born preterm may reflect their early exposure to breastfeeding and bottlefeeding, while the reduced connectivity in other brain regions
  
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• Premature birth alters brain connections

  04-05-2015 21:49
  Premature birth can alter the connectivity between key areas of the brain, according to a new study. The findings should help researchers to better understand why premature birth is linked to a greater risk of neurodevelopmental problems, including autistic spectrum disorders and attention deficit disorders.
  
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• Cellular bubbles used to deliver Parkinson's meds directly to brain

  04-05-2015 20:18
  
  Exosomes could help with longstanding medical issues from cancer diagnosis to sophisticated research tool. Now, they could potentially help with delivering potent antioxidants into the brain of Parkinson's patients.
  
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• Combining computer vision, brain computer interface for faster mine detection

  04-05-2015 20:18
  
  Computer scientists have combined sophisticated computer vision algorithms and a brain-computer interface to find mines in sonar images of the ocean floor. The study shows that the new method speeds detection up considerably, when compared to existing methods -- mainly visual inspection by a mine detection expert.
  
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• Study points to possible treatment for lethal pediatric brain cancer

  04-05-2015 18:10
  Using brain tumor samples collected from children in the United States and Europe, an international team of scientists found that the drug panobinostat and similar gene regulating drugs may be effective at treating diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas, an aggressive and lethal form of pediatric cancer.
  
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• Scientists reconcile three unrelated theories of schizophrenia

  04-05-2015 18:08
  
  A new study in mice links three previously unrelated hypotheses about the causes of schizophrenia, a debilitating mental disorder that affects how people think, act and perceive reality. The new findings may eventually lead to treatment strategies targeted for the underlying causes of schizophrenia and related disorders.
  
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• Potential new method to assess stress

  04-05-2015 18:05
  Stress. Life’s trauma, physical or non-physical, can cause a flight-or-fight, or a freeze, stress response. Most experience it. Some are crippled by it. So how can stress, the body’s responses to what life throws at us, be assessed? Researchers think they have found a new approach. It lies in going back to the source of the body’s stress responses, with evaluation of brainwave asymmetry between the left and right sides of the brain’s temporal lobe.
  
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• ADHD may lead to binge eating

  04-05-2015 14:58 via today.com
  
  Researchers evaluated kids for ADHD and loss of control eating syndrome, and found that those with ADHD were 12 times more likely to have the eating disorder.
  
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• What everyone needs to know about anxiety

  04-05-2015 14:56 via huffingtonpost.com
  
  The disorder touches 18 percent of American adults and is one of the most common mental health issues in the world.
  
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• Mentally challenging works may protect your brain later in life

  04-05-2015 14:55 via washingtonpost.com
  
  Those who had spent most of their working life in jobs that involved a high level of mentally demanding tasks had better cognitive functioning than those who had not held such jobs.
  
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• Reducing prejudice through brain stimulation

  04-05-2015 14:26
  People show less prejudice after receiving low intensity electrical stimulation administered to the frontal part of the brain. These researchers were the first to investigate whether the application of a non-invasive, painless brain stimulation technique called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), has this effect.
  
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• How chickenpox virus can cause a stroke in an HIV patient

  04-05-2015 14:21
  Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox in children and shingles in older adults. The virus typically remains dormant in patients with healthy immune systems, but can reactivate if the immune system is compromised. Patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can, in rare cases, experience bleeding on the brain that causes a type of stroke called intracerebral hemorrhage.
  
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• Trauma: The Aftermath of Disaster

  04-05-2015 12:45 via counsellingresource.com
  
  The recent devastating earthquakes in Nepal and the staggering death toll wrought by nature's fury are a stark reminder of the fragility, tenuousness, and preciousness of life.Tags: abuse and trauma, anxiety and stress, violence
  
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• Young people think friends are more at risk of cyberbullying

  04-05-2015 11:00
  Young people are aware of the risks of cyberbullying but perceive others as being more at risk than themselves. Young women are more vulnerable to this perception than young men.
  
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• How can hip-hop help the mentally ill?

  04-05-2015 09:00
  In Lancet Psychiatry, the co-founders of a new initiative to address mental health issues through rap music analyze psychiatric themes in the lyrics of rapper Kendrick Lamar.
  
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