News tagged with negative behavior


Antidepressant reduces stress-induced heart condition

A drug commonly used to treat depression and anxiety may improve a stress-related heart condition in people with stable coronary heart disease, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.

Cardiology created May 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Substance use, aggression linked in new study focused on Latino youth

(Medical Xpress)—Are high school age students who show aggression toward their peers more likely to consume alcohol, tobacco and marijuana? A new study of Latino adolescents in Kansas City, Mo., confirms this idea. But ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

When she says, 'It's not you, it's me,' it really might be you, study suggests

Long after women have chosen Mr. Stable over Mr. Sexy, they struggle unconsciously with the decision, according to a new study by UCLA researchers who look at subtle changes in behavior during ovulation.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Study shows no evidence medical marijuana increases teen drug use

While marijuana use by teens has been increasing since 2005, an analysis of data from 1993 through 2009 by economists at three universities has found no evidence to link the legalization of medical marijuana to increased ...

Addiction created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Dont get mad, get creative: Social rejection can fuel imaginative thinking, study shows

It's not just in movies where nerds get their revenge. A study by a Johns Hopkins University business professor finds that social rejection can inspire imaginative thinking, particularly in individuals with a strong sense ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The good, the bad, and the guilty: Anticipating feelings of guilt predicts ethical behavior

From politics to finance, government to education, ethics-related scandals seem to crop up with considerable regularity. As whistleblowers and investigative journalists bring these scandals to light, one can't help but wonder: ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Caffeine improves recognition of positive words

Caffeine perks up most coffee-lovers, but a new study shows a small dose of caffeine also increases their speed and accuracy for recognizing words with positive connotation. The research published November 7 in the open access ...

Neuroscience created Nov 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Science reveals the power of a handshake

(Medical Xpress)—New neuroscience research is confirming an old adage about the power of a handshake: strangers do form a better impression of those who proffer their hand in greeting. The study was led ...

Neuroscience created Oct 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Microglia controls neuron production as brain develops

(Medical Xpress)—In a surprise breakthrough, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute and their colleagues have found that microglia remove healthy neural progenitor cells (NPCs) through phagocytosis to control neuron ...

Neuroscience created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Top risk of stroke for normal-weight adults: Getting under 6 hours of sleep

Habitually sleeping less than six hours a night significantly increases the risk of stroke symptoms among middle-age to older adults who are of normal weight and at low risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to ...

Health created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Paedophiles identified accurately with implicit association tasks

A combination of two tasks for implied sexual associations has distinguished – with more than 90 per cent certainty – a group of paedophilic men from a group of men with a sexual preference for adult ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6

Babies embrace punishment earlier than previously thought

Babies as young as eight months old want people who commit or condone antisocial acts to be punished, according to a new study led by a University of British Columbia researcher.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Signs of ADHD evident by preschool, expert says

(HealthDay) -- One out of 11 school-aged children is diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and up to 40 percent of those kids may display symptoms in preschool, an expert says.

Attention deficit disorders created Aug 01, 2012 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Smoking: Quitting is tough for teens, too

Abstinence from smoking seems to affect teens differently than adults in a couple ways, but a new study provides evidence that most of the psychological difficulties of quitting are as strong for relatively ...

Addiction created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study explores whether sleeping pills reduce insomniac's suicidal thoughts

Researchers want to know whether a sleeping pill reduces suicidal thoughts in depressed patients with insomnia.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast