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• Children with simple skull fractures may not need hospitalization

  22-03-2016 18:45
  Challenging the longstanding practice of keeping all children with head injuries in the hospital overnight, new research suggests that patients with simple skull fractures can be sent home safely if they have no evidence of brain injury and no neurological symptoms.
  
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• Brain metabolism predicts fluid intelligence in young adults

  22-03-2016 18:38
  A healthy brain is critical to a person's cognitive abilities, but measuring brain health can be a complicated endeavor. A new study reports that healthy brain metabolism corresponds with fluid intelligence -- a measure of one's ability to solve unusual or complex problems -- in young adults.
  
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• Blending therapies improves treatment of severe anxiety

  22-03-2016 18:00
  
  Motivating willingness to change is important in treating a person with severe worry.
  
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• Measuring severity of spinal cord injuries

  22-03-2016 16:04
  Injuries to the spinal cord partially or completely disrupt the neural pathways between the brain and the limbs. The consequences for the representation of the affected limbs in the brain can be drastic. Researchers have now measured how severely this representation is affected.
  
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• Depression study examines levels of 'love' hormone and its impacts on mother-baby emotional bonding

  22-03-2016 15:07
  Widely referred to as the "love" hormone, oxytocin is an indispensable part of childbirth and emotional mother-child bonding. Psychologists are looking at how breast feeding, oxytocin and face-to-face interactions between a mother and her baby are impacted by depression and the mother's oxytocin levels.
  
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• Scientists reveal how animals find their way 'in the dark'

  22-03-2016 15:04
  Scientists have revealed the brain activity in animals that helps them find food and other vital resources in unfamiliar environments where there are no cues, such as lights and sounds, to guide them.
  
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• The weight of rejection

  22-03-2016 15:00
  
  For heavier individuals, the anticipation of rejection drives down self-esteem and ratchets up stress, say UCSB psychologists.
  
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• Running: the art of never being satisfied

  22-03-2016 11:51
  
  Runners have a habit of talking down their achievements, but is that such a bad thing? Perhaps there are benefits to negative thinking“How did you get on?” the massage therapist asks as I flop down, face-first, having just finished a tough, 10-mile race.“Could’ve been better,” I mumble, planting my face in the hole. “Started off OK, but struggled a bit after that.”Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. Continue reading...
  
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• Antipsychotic drugs may be harmful for people with Parkinson's

  22-03-2016 09:00
  
  People with Parkinson's disease are often prescribed antipsychotic drugs for dementia or psychosis, but these drugs may increase the risk of mortality.
  
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• Altruism could be increased by reducing specific brain activity

  22-03-2016 08:00
  
  Researchers suggest it may be possible to make people more altruistic by reducing activity in certain areas of the brain linked to behavior and impulsivity.
  
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• Young transgender women face mental health risks

  22-03-2016 04:10 via upi.com
  
  Other recent research suggests that when transgender children feel supported in their transition, their mental health doesn't suffer.
  
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• Beyond the catchphrase

  22-03-2016 04:09 via washingtonpost.com
  The pain and intransigence of obsessive-compulsive disorder motivates researchers plumbing its depths.
  
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• Hunting the genetic signs of postpartum depression with an iPhone app

  22-03-2016 03:47 via nytimes.com
  Scientists begin a project that will use an iPhone app to recruit women who have had postpartum depression for a study of the disorder’s genetic underpinnings.
  
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• Sleep suppresses brain rebalancing

  22-03-2016 01:04
  Why humans and other animals sleep is one of the remaining deep mysteries of physiology. A study shows that homeostatic mechanisms are indeed gated by sleep and wake, but in the opposite direction from that theorized previously.
  
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