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• Already Autism Health Acquires Commonwealth ABA

  28-01-2025 21:31 via pr.com
  
  This acquisition helps Already Autism Health expand its services to Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Virginia. Commonwealth ABA Founder Brett Blevins will join Already Autism Health as Chief Development Officer. [PR.com]
  
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• The Summit Wellness Group Expands Team to Meet Growing Demand for Mental Health Treatment

  28-01-2025 17:02 via pr.com
  
  The Summit Wellness Group, a leading dual diagnosis treatment center in Atlanta, has expanded its team with the addition of four experienced mental health professionals to meet the growing demand for comprehensive care. This growth reflects the center's commitment to delivering tailored, evidence-based treatments in a supportive, family-like atmosphere. [PR.com]
  
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• ChatGPT and DeepSeek Chatbot Answer Sensitive Questions Differently

  28-01-2025 09:40 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - World NewsChinese tech startup DeepSeek's new artificial intelligence chatbot answers certain sensitive questions differently than does U.S.-owned ChatGPT, according to tests run by The Associated Press. News on Monday that DeepSeek matched ChatGPT at a fraction of the cost had led Wall Street tech giant stocks to tumble. Still, many AI experts remain unsure whether claims about DeepSeek's capabilities are accurate or not, especially on topics censored in.
  
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• Trump Signs Order Removing Diversity Efforts From Military

  28-01-2025 06:42 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsPresident Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday night to reshape the military as he focused on transgender service members; diversity, equity and inclusion programs; troops who refused COVID-19 vaccines; and a missile defense system called Iron Dome. "To ensure we have the most lethal fighting force in the world, we will get transgender ideology the hell out of our military," Trump told House Republicans on Monday at his property in Doral,...
  
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• "Prehab" Before Surgery Speeds Up Patient Recovery, Review Suggests

  28-01-2025 06:42 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - Health NewsA systematic review of research studies has found that prehabilitation, or "prehab," can reduce complications and hospital stays after surgery, as well as improve patients' quality of life. Prehab usually takes weeks or months to complete, and includes a program of exercise, enhanced nutrition, psychological support, and cognitive training aimed at helping patients recover more quickly. The review appeared in Wednesday's issue of the medical...
  
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• Anorexia Patients Have Elevated Opioid Neurotransmitter Activity

  28-01-2025 06:42 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthAnorexia nervosa is a serious psychiatric disorder characterized by restricted eating, fear of gaining weight, and body image disturbances, which may lead to severe malnutrition, depression, and anxiety. Now, a study suggests that changes in opioid neurotransmitter function in the brain may underlie anorexia. The study involved a collaboration between researchers in Finland and South Korea, and the results were published in the journal Molecular...
  
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• Rubio Orders Staff to Freeze Passport Applications with "X" Sex Markers

  28-01-2025 06:41 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthThe U.S. State Department has frozen all applications for passports with "X" sex markers and changes to gender identity on existing passports, following an order signed by Donald Trump. In an internal cable, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, instructed department staff on Thursday to implement new guidelines for official documentation. "The policy of the United States is that an individual's sex is not changeable," the email read.
  
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• Alaskans: Trump Can Change Denali's Name But Can't Make Us Use It

  28-01-2025 06:41 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Google News - HealthAlaskans say Trump can change the name of Denali but can't make people call it Mount McKinley The Associated Press Interior Department says Gulf of Mexico now renamed to Gulf of America, Denali to Mount McKinley CBS News Interior Department Advances Restoration of Historic Names Honoring American Greatness US Department of the Interior Indigenous Alaskans and Republicans dismayed by Trump's Denali renaming The Guardian US U.S Department of...
  
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• Sugar, seed oils, and avoiding sickness: your health questions answered – podcast

  28-01-2025 06:00
  
  We asked for your questions on getting healthy in 2025 and you delivered. In the first episode of our listener questions special, Madeleine Finlay tells Ian Sample what she has uncovered about the scientifically proven ways to cut down on sugar, the truth behind the panic over seed oils, and why it is that some of us seem to have bullet proof immune systems, while others succumb to every bug they encounter Continue reading...
  
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