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• Chronic depression may increase stroke risk

  14-05-2015 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  Ongoing, chronic depression leads to 110 percent increase in stroke risk for adults over 50.
  
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• New mouse model for ALS and frontotemporal dementia gene offers hope for potential therapies

  14-05-2015 20:28
  A mouse model has been developed that exhibits the neuropathological and behavioral features associated with the most common genetic form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), which are caused by a mutation in the C9ORF72 gene. The researchers hope that this model will leave to new potential therapies.
  
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• Quail breeding discoveries shed light on human sexuality

  14-05-2015 19:27
  Researchers are studying quail to understand the underlying mechanisms involved in their breeding behaviors.
  
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• Every bite you take, every move you make, astrocytes will be watching you

  14-05-2015 14:44
  Chewing, breathing, and other regular bodily functions that we undertake “without thinking” actually do require the involvement of our brain, but the question of how the brain programs such regular functions intrigues scientists. Scientists have now shown that astrocytes play a key role. Astrocytes are star-shaped glial cells in our brain. Glial cells are not neurons – they play a supporting role.
  
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• "Glass half empty" people could face a lonelier old age

  14-05-2015 11:00
  People who see old age as a time of loneliness or expect to be lonely in old age are two to three times more likely to feel alone in later life.
  
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• Alcohol treatment programs prove effective in cutting reoffending, study shows

  14-05-2015 10:00
  Offenders enrolled in alcohol treatment programmes as part of their sentence are significantly less likely to be charged or reconvicted in the 12 months following their programme, a study led by...
  
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• Mindfulness: an effective mental health treatment but not a panacea

  14-05-2015 09:15
  
  It’s cheap with a wide range of health benefits – but there’s a shortage of teachers and NHS provision is patchyIt may be an ancient Buddhist practice, co-opted and misrepresented by celebrity practitioners, but scientists and health practitioners have found that mindfulness has specific benefits for mental health patients. The medical profession, too, is beginning to take it seriously.Consultant psychiatrist Dr Florian Ruths explains why: “MBCT [mindfulness based cognitive therapy] is a
  
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• Study links long-term depression in later years to higher chance of stroke

  14-05-2015 09:00
  People over 50 years of age who showed depressive symptoms for 4 years were twice as likely to have a stroke in the subsequent 2 years than those who did not show depression.
  
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• School segregation still impacts African-Americans' minds decades later

  14-05-2015 09:00
  As the nation observes the May 17 anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that ended racial segregation in public schools, a new study has found that desegregated schooling is tied to better...
  
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• Healing plants inspire new compounds for psychiatric drugs

  14-05-2015 09:00
  Scientists look to healers in Nigeria to develop better therapies for mental disordersTreatments used by traditional healers in Nigeria have inspired scientists at Northwestern University to...
  
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• Fox hunting and anti-vivisection: Why animals matter more than people | Dean Burnett

  14-05-2015 08:10
  
  Outrage at fox hunting and anti-vivisection campaigns are just two examples of people putting animals first. But why do we favour other species over our own?Less than a week after the election, the Conservative party have already announced plans to overturn the 2004 ban on fox hunting. This has, inevitably, triggered immediate outrage. You have to wonder at the logic behind this move. For one, considering Cameron’s efforts to detoxify the Conservative party’s image, it’s so incredibly “o
  
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