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• Electroacupuncture releases stem cells to relieve pain, promote tissue repair, study finds

  16-03-2017 22:42
  A new study demonstrates how electroacupuncture triggers a neurological mechanism that can help promote tissue repair and relieve injury-induced pain. The findings provide the most comprehensive picture yet of how electroacupuncture stimulates the brain to facilitate the release of stem cells and adds new insight relating to the cells' healing properties.
  
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• A prescription for touch: Early experiences shape preterm babies' brains

  16-03-2017 17:05
  Newborn babies experience the world through touch. Now, researchers who have measured the brain responses of 125 infants -- including babies who were born prematurely and others who went full-term -- show that a baby's earliest experiences of touch have lasting effects on the way their young brains respond to gentle touch when they go home.
  
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• Eating fruits and vegetables may lower women's stress risk

  16-03-2017 17:00
  
  New research finds that eating five to servings of fruits and vegetables daily may lower women's risk of stress by more than a fifth.
  
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• Cause of obsessive-compulsive disorder discovered

  16-03-2017 16:21
  An overactive molecular signal pathway in the brain region of the amygdala can lead to obsessive-compulsive disorder. A research team has now established this connection.
  
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• How rats could lead to autism drugs that actually work

  16-03-2017 15:22 via theatlantic.com
  Studies suggest that rats will offer new insights into autism, even after decades of research on mice with similar mutations.
  
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• Treating cocaine addiction by reducing our appetite for drugs?

  16-03-2017 14:28
  The hypocretin/orexin (HCRT) system of the brain is best known for promoting wakefulness and appetite. A new article suggests that blocking hypocretin signaling via the HCRT-1 receptor (HCRT-R1) might also reduce the appetite for cocaine.
  
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• How to survive gaslighting: when manipulation erases your reality

  16-03-2017 11:00
  
  Ariel Leve offers strategies to stay resilient in the face of psychological abuse that distorts the truth – much like the Trump and his administration doesRight now, many Americans listening to their president are experiencing what I experienced frequently a child. Nothing means anything, and reality is being canceled. There is confusion, there is chaos, everything is upside down and inside out. When facts and truth are being discredited, how is it possible to know what to believe, especia
  
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• Elaine G. Adevai Honored as a Professional of the Year and a Top Executive for Two Consecutive Years by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication

  16-03-2017 08:00 via pr.com
  Elaine G. Adevai of Staten Island, New York has been honored as a Professional of the Year and Top Executive for two consecutive years, 2016 and 2017, by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding contributions and high level of success in the field of nonprofit services.About Elaine G. Adevai Ms. Adevai has over 35 years experience in the healthcare and nonprofit services fields. She is the [PR.com]
  
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