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• Device reduces risk of brain injury after heart valve replacement

  09-08-2016 20:33
  Among patients with severe aortic stenosis (narrowing of the aortic valve) undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation, the use of a cerebral protection device (a filter that captures debris [tissue and plaque] dislodged during the procedure) reduced the number and volume of brain lesions, according to a study.
  
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• The Science Behind a Successful Single Life

  09-08-2016 19:00 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Psych CentralA new study has found that single people have richer social lives and more psychological growth than married people. “The preoccupation with the perils of loneliness can obscure the profound benefits of solitude,” said Bella DePaulo, Ph.D., a scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
  
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• What the U.S. Is Learning from How Israel Treats Transgender Soldiers

  09-08-2016 18:59 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Time MagazineOn June 30, the U.S. military announced it would accept transgender soldiers and it has been looking at the experience of other armies for guidance. Amy always knew she was a girl trapped in a boy’s body, as she always knew she would serve in the army. She grew up in a religious family in Israel and attended a school that prepared students to enter the air force.
  
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• Some Say Media Deserve Olympic Gold Medal in Sexism

  09-08-2016 18:59 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Star TribuneTwitter is taking some media to task for sexist remarks about Olympic athletes.
  
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• Poll Finds Americans' Marijuana Use Rising Sharply

  09-08-2016 18:59 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Star TribuneA new Gallup poll out Monday finds that the percent of American adults who say they currently smoke marijuana has nearly doubled over the past three years. In 2013, only 7 percent of adults said they were marijuana smokers. When Gallup asked again in July of this year, 13 percent admitted to current marijuana use. That works out to more than 33 million adult marijuana users in the United States.
  
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• Controversy Over Use of Role-Playing to Teach About Slavery

  09-08-2016 18:58 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: USA Today - U.S. NewsSome say slavery re-enactments traumatize students while trivializing history.            .
  
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• Body Image "a Problem for Boys," Says Advertising Think Tank

  09-08-2016 18:57 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: BBC News - HealthEating disorders, dieting and extreme exercising are as much of a problem for UK secondary school boys as for girls, suggests a survey. Of more than 1,000 eight- to 18-year-old boys polled, 55% would consider changing their diet to look better. And 23% said they believed there was a perfect male body.
  
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• Racial Bias in Emergency Room Opioid Prescriptions

  09-08-2016 18:47 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyA racial disparity has been found in opioid prescriptions for emergency department visits for non-definitive pain-related conditions, say authors of a new report.
  
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• Dreaming also occurs during non rapid eye movement sleep

  09-08-2016 18:18
  Measurements demonstrated that the brain activity of people who dream during NREM sleep, compared to people who do not dream in NREM sleep, is closer to brain activity of awake people.
  
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• How to get your child to apologize and really mean it

  09-08-2016 15:46 via cnn.com
  
  Kids may not be getting enough of an education in how to handle their emotions and, in particular, how to empathize with people around them.
  
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• Relaxation Techniques: When Can They Be Used?

  09-08-2016 15:00
  
  Learn all about different relaxation techniques and the occasions where they can be used to reduce stress. This article includes information on anxiety.
  
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• Poster poems: fear

  09-08-2016 12:47
  
  From the personal to the global, there is an uneasy abundance of things to be scared of at the moment. Dare you face up to some in verse?Fear is all around us at the moment. Every time you read or listen to the news it’s another story of terror, one way or another. And it’s not limited to the bigger stories of bombing, shooting or Donald Trump; we are learning to fear the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe. Golfers fear Zika in Rio, so decline invitations to play
  
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• Volunteering in middle age and senior years linked to enhanced mental health

  09-08-2016 09:00
  
  No positive association seen before age of 40, suggesting link varies across life course.
  
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