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• Worried About Alzheimer's? Ways to Reduce Your Risk

  06-06-2015 16:55 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: CBS News - HealthwatchLiving a "brain-healthy lifestyle" can reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia; here's how.
  
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• What It Means to Come Out As Transgender

  06-06-2015 16:55 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Time MagazineWhen Caitlyn Jenner made her debut on the cover of Vanity Fair, it was her way of officially coming out as a transgender woman – but the process of doing so varies from individual to individual. “It’s very personal,” Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, explains to PEOPLE about the….
  
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• "Viagra for Women" Wins FDA Panel Approval

  06-06-2015 16:55 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Social Psychology Network NewsFlibanserin could be the first FDA-approved treatment for female sexual dysfunction.
  
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• The Man Who Was Caged in a Zoo

  06-06-2015 16:55 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianIn 1904, Ota Benga was kidnapped from Congo and taken to the US, where he was exhibited with monkeys. His appalling story reveals the roots of a racial prejudice that still haunts us. The black clergymen who had been summoned to Harlem’s Mount Olivet Baptist Church for an emergency meeting on the morning of Monday 10 September 1906, arrived in a state of outrage. A day earlier, the New York Times had reported that a young African man – a...
  
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• Study Links Facebook Addiction to Depression

  06-06-2015 16:55 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthIn a small study of Facebook users in Poland, depression was one predictor of greater vulnerability to becoming dependent on using the social media site. Being young, male and spending a lot of time online also predicted a greater likelihood of unhealthy dependence on Facebook. “We know a little bit already about Facebook usage and personality,” said Dr. Robert Cloninger, a psychiatrist with the Washington...
  
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• U.S. Air Force: Being Transgender Is No Longer Grounds for Discharge

  06-06-2015 16:29 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianEviction permissible if condition interferes with duties, statement said Pentagon still instructs recruiters to reject applicants with gender dysphoria The US air force is centralizing the way it handles the discharge of transgender personnel from its ranks in a move that forms part of the military’s inching towards a more permissive approach to gender dysphoria. In a statement published on Thursday, the air force said that among enlisted...
  
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• Same-Sex Couples More Likely to Share Chores, Study Finds

  06-06-2015 16:29 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: MSNBC - Top NewsThere are lessons straight couples might learn from the process many same-sex couples use to divvy up household tasks.
  
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• Helping Youth Cope with Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Thoughts

  06-06-2015 16:29 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyA program is helping strengthen the mental health of public school students. The EMPATHY program, created and implemented in 2013, shows after just three months of use in schools, the program significantly decreased anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts among the student population.
  
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• Frog-Chasing Moi?! Miss Piggy Gets Feminism Award

  06-06-2015 16:29 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: USA Today - U.S. NewsPorcine diva picks up gong in NYC for "for more than forty years of blazing feminist trails."
  
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• Brain Imaging Bolsters Efforts to Lower Alzheimer's Risk

  06-06-2015 16:29 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyArmed with new knowledge about how neurodegenerative diseases alter brain structures, increasing numbers of neurologists, psychiatrists and other clinicians are adopting quantitative brain imaging as a tool to measure and help manage cognitive declines in patients. These imaging findings can help spur beneficial lifestyle changes in patients to reduce risk for Alzheimer's disease.
  
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• Transgender children's books fill a void and break a taboo

  06-06-2015 15:42
  A group of emerging authors are writing children’s literature that centers on transgender characters, hoping to fill the void they felt as young readers.
  
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• Autologous stem cell therapy helpful in traumatic brain injury

  06-06-2015 00:29
  The use of cell therapy after traumatic brain injury in children can reduce the amount of therapeutic interventions needed to treat the patient, as well as the amount of time the child spends in neurointensive care, according to research.
  
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