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• Suicide rate is up among young black children

  20-05-2015 21:42
  
  While the suicide rate among young children has remained stable, researchers see increasing suicide rates among black children, especially boys.
  
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• 'Prison guards can never be weak': the hidden PTSD crisis in America's jails

  20-05-2015 21:15
  
  ‘Eight and the gate’ is a corrections officer’s unofficial motto, but the hyper-vigilance of the job and the episodes of inmate violence take an extremely high toll. ‘We’re doing time too, we’re just getting paid for it’Michael Van Patten’s 18-year-old son came home to find his dad crouching on the kitchen floor, gun in hand, a nearly empty bottle of gin by his side, tears running down his cheeks. Trevor grabbed the weapon, ran up to his room, shut the door and didn’t speak to
  
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• Studies confirm brain plaque can help predict Alzheimer’s

  20-05-2015 20:52
  Data from the largest analysis to date of amyloid plaques showed they can appear 20 or 30 years before dementia symptoms.
  
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• Developmental psychology: Sharing doesn't hurt

  20-05-2015 18:00
  Preschoolers already recognize what it feels like to be left out when goodies are being shared.
  
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• Do you see 'the self' in your brain or your heart? Decision-making differs

  20-05-2015 17:43
  Whether people locate their sense of self in the brain or the heart can have a major influence on people's decision-making, according to a new study by management and business experts.
  
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• 'Insufficient evidence' on degenerative brain disease in athletes

  20-05-2015 17:40
  Available research does not support the contention that athletes are uniquely at risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) or other neurodegenerative disorders, according to a review. Other reports have linked CTE to a history of concussions and "subconcussive impacts" during the athlete's playing career. However, because of the limitations of case series analysis, no direct causal link between concussion and CTE has been established.
  
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• UCLA researchers identify a potentially effective treatment for methamphetamine addiction

  20-05-2015 14:00
  A new study by UCLA researchers has found that Naltrexone, a drug used to treat alcoholism, may also be a promising treatment for addiction to methamphetamine.
  
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• Smokers don't vote: 11,626-person study shows marginalization of tobacco users

  20-05-2015 14:00
  A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research shows a new dimension to the marginalization of smokers: people who smoke are less likely to vote...
  
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• Hemodialysis is recommended for acute salicylate poisoning

  20-05-2015 14:00
  The best remedy for severe salicylate poisoning is hemodialysis, according to a comprehensive systematic review of the medical literature published in Annals of Emergency Medicine ("Extracorporeal...
  
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• Persistent nightmares in childhood could be linked to psychotic experiences in later life

  20-05-2015 13:00
  Researchers at the University of Warwick have found a significant link between the presence of persistent nightmares in childhood and psychotic experiences in later adolescence.
  
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• The dark side of the 'love hormone'; similarities with the effects of alcohol

  20-05-2015 11:00
  Researchers at the University of Birmingham have highlighted significant similarities between the behavioural effects of oxytocin and alcohol.
  
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• No, there is no evidence for a link between video games and Alzheimer’s disease | Chris Chambers & Pete Etchells

  20-05-2015 10:17
  
  Another day, another ridiculous headline about the apparently disasterous consequences of playing video games on the brainHere we go again. In a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a team of Canadian researchers compared the way a group of regular gamers learn and pay attention to a group of non-gamers. Not surprisingly they found that the gamers behave differently. They also used a technique called electroencephalography to show that a brain wave called the N2PC is differ
  
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• 'Natural' sounds improve mood and productivity, study finds

  20-05-2015 09:00
  Work presented at the 169th Acoustical Society of America Meeting in Pittsburgh may have benefits from the office cube to the in-patient wardPlaying natural sounds such as flowing water in...
  
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• Music helps patients undergoing daily weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation

  20-05-2015 09:00
  Patient-selected music during weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation could benefit patients by decreasing their heart rate and anxiety, according to a study presented at the 2015 American...
  
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• 'Love hormone' has similar properties to alcohol

  20-05-2015 09:00
  It is labeled the 'love hormone,' but a new study claims there is a darker side to oxytocin - it influences our actions in a similar way to alcohol.
  
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• Effects of oxytocin comparable to those of alcohol, study finds

  20-05-2015 09:00
  It is labeled the 'love hormone,' but a new study claims there is a darker side to oxytocin - it influences our actions in a similar way to alcohol.
  
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• New light on impact of video gaming on the brain

  20-05-2015 03:03
  Video gamers now spend a collective three billion hours per week in front of their screens. In fact, it is estimated that the average young person will have spent some 10,000 hours gaming by the time they are 21. The effects of intense video gaming on the brain are only beginning to be understood. New research shows that while video game players exhibit more efficient visual attention abilities, they are also much more likely to use navigation strategies that rely on the brain's reward system.
  
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• Video game link to psychiatric disorders suggested by study

  20-05-2015 01:49
  
  Benefits, such as improved attention and perception, could come at a price, according to research
  People who regularly play action video games could be at increased risk of developing neurological and psychiatric disorders, a study suggests.We’re saying ‘Hey, wait, there might be a serious risk with them’ Continue reading...
  
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