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• Slow stem cell division may cause small brains

  07-01-2016 20:04
  Researchers have figured out how a developmental disease called microcephaly produces a much smaller brain than normal: Some brain stem cells are simply too slow as they proceed through the neuron production process. The findings provide not only a new mechanistic explanation for microcephaly, but could also enhance understanding of autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders thought to arise from disruptions in the proper balance of neurons in the brain.
  
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• Possible strategy against stroke discovered

  07-01-2016 20:04
  Scientists have identified the oxygen sensor PHD1 as a potential target for the treatment of brain infarction (ischemic stroke). Despite (minor) improvements in stroke treatment, stroke remains the fourth leading cause of death and the most common reason of severe disability. The impact of stroke is overwhelming for the patient, family and society -- representing one of the largest unmet medical needs.
  
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• Research confirms racial inequities in mental health treatments

  07-01-2016 16:00
  
  Millions of Americans suffer from mental illness. Many seek therapy, but racial background influences availability and quality of treatment. In 1999 and 2001, the U.S.
  
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• Molecular mechanism responsible for a neurodegenerative disease discovered

  07-01-2016 15:47
  A mechanism that is responsible for the degeneration of Purkinje cells in the cerebellum in a neurodegenerative disease called Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 has been discovered by researchers. The results of this study open up new avenues for the future treatment of cerebellum associated degenerative disorders.
  
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• Eat less and be happy: Is it possible?

  07-01-2016 15:44
  Small, uncertain incentives stimulate the same reward center of the brain as food, new brain-imaging research reveals. In a new article, the authors offer food for thought on why we overeat and how we can be just as happy not doing it.
  
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• Transgender veterans diagnosed with significantly more mental and medical health disorders

  07-01-2016 14:00
  
  The first large, controlled study of health disparities between clinically diagnosed transgender and non-transgender patients--based on the medical records of more than 5,000 patients treated in...
  
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• Male workers in typically female jobs are not motivated by money

  07-01-2016 13:00
  
  Men in typically female-dominated occupations tend to value the social aspects of their career over financial rewards.
  
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• Tearful Obama Tightens Gun Control and Tells Congress: "We Can't Wait"

  07-01-2016 07:17 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianPresident expands background checks for online sellers and gun shows and calls on Congress to expand funding for mental health treatment and gun research. A tear-stained Barack Obama marked his final year in office with a last-ditch call for US gun control on Tuesday as he outlined new rules that will close important background check loopholes but leave much of the political heavy lifting to his successor. In a much-anticipated speech that...
  
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• Self-Esteem Gender Gap More Pronounced in Western Nations

  07-01-2016 07:17 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyPeople worldwide tend to gain self-esteem as they grow older, and men generally have higher levels of self-esteem than women, but this self-esteem gender gap is more pronounced in Western industrialized countries, according to research.
  
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• Brain Wiring Changes Might Help Guard Against Bipolar Disorder

  07-01-2016 07:15 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportResearchers find naturally occurring 'rewiring' can forestall the mental illness.
  
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• South Africa’s Ruling Party Calls for Tougher Anti-Racism Law

  07-01-2016 07:10 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Globe and Mail - WorldANC’s push for law prohibiting the ‘glorification of apartheid’ comes after a realtor made racist comments on Twitter.
  
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• Clinton to Push for Autism-Related Health Coverage

  07-01-2016 07:06 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthU.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton would work with states to ensure that private health insurers cover behavioral and developmental services for those with autism, her campaign said on Tuesday. Clinton is rolling out a multi-point plan to assist the more than 3.5 million Americans with autism later on Tuesday at a campaign stop in Iowa, calling for nationwide screening and a ban on the use of mechanical and chemical...
  
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• Therapy wars: the revenge of Freud | Oliver Burkeman

  07-01-2016 07:00
  
  Cheap and effective, CBT became the dominant form of therapy, consigning Freud to psychology’s dingy basement. But new studies have cast doubt on its supremacy – and shown dramatic results for psychoanalysis. Is it time to get back on the couch?Dr David Pollens is a psychoanalyst who sees his patients in a modest ground-floor office on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a neighbourhood probably only rivalled by the Upper West Side for the highest concentration of therapists anywhere o
  
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• Can money buy happiness?

  07-01-2016 07:00
  
  If poverty makes us miserable, it stands to reason that wealth makes life worth living. But does it? Psychologists aren’t so sureAs the post-Christmas credit card bills roll in, most of us would say that a little more money wouldn’t go amiss. In fact, according to research for the Guardianin 2015, money is the greatest source of anxiety for Britons.But would more of it really make us happy? It’s a question that fascinates – and divides – psychologists. Continue read
  
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