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• Treatment associated with changes in brain activity in borderline personality disorder

  11-12-2015 20:51
  According to newly published research, a specialized psychotherapy has been linked to changes in activation patterns in certain areas of the brain in patients with borderline personality disorder, suggesting its impact may go deeper than symptom change.
  
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• Obesity 'biggest threat to women's health' in England

  11-12-2015 17:14 via bbc.com
  
  Obesity is the biggest threat to women's health and the
  health of future generations, warns England's chief
  medical officer.
  
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• Study finds happiness doesn't guarantee longer life

  11-12-2015 17:13 via npr.org
  Researchers find that whether you are happy or whether
  you are stressed generally makes no difference in your
  life expectancy.
  
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• American Muslim doctors feel greater scrutiny, even patients’ suspicions

  11-12-2015 17:12 via washingtonpost.com
  
  Study found that nearly half of American Muslim doctors felt more scrutiny at work compared to their peers, and nearly one in four said they experienced religious discrimination during their careers.
  
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• Vatican Tells Catholics Not to Attempt to Convert Jews

  11-12-2015 15:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianMajor new document aims to draw a line under centuries of persecution of Jews, who Vatican says ‘believe in the one God.’ Catholics should not try to convert Jews and should work with them to fight antisemitism, the Vatican has said, in a major new document that draws the church further away from the strained relations of the past. Christianity and Judaism are intertwined and God never annulled his covenant with the Jewish people, said the...
  
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• Many U.S. Commandos Say No to Women in Special Operations

  11-12-2015 15:49 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesThe men in the U.S. military's most dangerous jobs care little about political correctness or gender equality. And they have a message for their political leadership.
  
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• Apple's Cook and Siri: "Just Say Hi" to Person with a Disability

  11-12-2015 15:47 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: USA Today - TechnologyTim Cook posted a video CPF website to help folks talk to people with disabilities.            .
  
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• Racial Discrimination Skews Airbnb Rentals, Study Claims

  11-12-2015 15:46 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - BusinessRenting a room at a hotel is a fairly blind process: if you can pay the rate and the hotel has vacancy, you've got a place to rest your head. Airbnb is a little different -- allowing hosts to accept or ...
  
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• IBM Ends #hackahairdryer Campaign After Sexism Complaints

  11-12-2015 15:46 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Time MagazineIBM introduced the promotion a couple of months ago.
  
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• When brain metabolism dips, desire goes up in monkeys on 'female Viagra'

  11-12-2015 14:00
  
  As the drug touted as "the female Viagra" comes to market, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are learning more about how the drug, called flibanserin, affects the brain.
  
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• Sensation-seeking, reward sensitivity and early cannabis use

  11-12-2015 14:00
  
  Sensation seeking is a personality trait that describes a person's tendency to seek out novel and exciting experiences, and a high level of sensation seeking has been implicated as a risk factor for...
  
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• LSD changes consciousness by reorganizing human brain networks

  11-12-2015 14:00
  
  LSD is known to cause changes in consciousness, including "ego-dissolution", or a loss of the sense of self.
  
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• Highlighting consensus among medical scientists increases public support for (childhood) vaccines

  11-12-2015 13:00
  
  In a new study scientists evaluated a novel way of communicating with the public about vaccine safety.
  
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• Active ingredient in magic mushrooms reduces anxiety and depression in cancer patients

  11-12-2015 13:00
  
  A single dose of psilocybin, the major hallucinogenic component in magic mushrooms, induces long-lasting decreases in anxiety and depression in patients diagnosed with life-threatening cancer...
  
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• Singing and music benefit memory, emotional well-being in dementia

  11-12-2015 12:00
  
  Helping people with dementia engage in singing or listening to music benefits not only their memory, but it also improves mood, new study finds.
  
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• Researchers identify gene possibly linked with methamphetamine addiction

  11-12-2015 12:00
  
  A new study sheds light on the significance of a potential genetic risk factor for drug addiction and possibly other neuropsychiatric disorders.
  
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• Feeling upset? You probably need more sleep

  11-12-2015 10:00
  
  A lack of sleep appears to affect one's emotions, leading to a loss of perspective or sense of what is and is not important, with particular impact on the amygdala.
  
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• Sex differences in brain may underlie neurodevelopmental disorders more common in males

  11-12-2015 00:16
  Female infants have larger gray-matter volumes than males around the temporal-parietal junction of the brain, research shows. This brain region is important for processing of social information that is expressed in others' faces and voices, a function that is impaired in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), possibly helping to explain the higher risk for certain forms of ASD in males.
  
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• Active ingredient in magic mushrooms reduces anxiety, depression in cancer patients

  11-12-2015 00:16
  Psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, decreased anxiety and depression in patients diagnosed with life-threatening cancer. New research shows that patients who received a psilocybin dose that altered perception and produced mystical-type experiences reported significantly less anxiety and depression compared with patients who received a low dose of the drug. The positive effects lasted 6 months.
  
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