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Brains of addicts are inherently abnormal: study (Update)

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) at the University of Cambridge have identified a brain abnormality which is found in drug-dependent individuals as well as their ...

Neuroscience created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Psychologists discover links between angry thoughts and displaced aggression in male gang affiliates

(Medical Xpress) -- Research conducted among pupils in three London schools has shown that male street gang affiliates who engage in angry rumination (i.e. think continuously about provoking or negative events and situations) ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Strong genetic selection against some psych disorders

(HealthDay)—Different evolutionary mechanisms likely support the persistence of various psychiatric disorders, according to a study published in the January issue of JAMA Psychiatry.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 05, 2013 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Atypical brain circuits may cause slower gaze shifting in infants who later develop autism

Infants at 7 months of age who go on to develop autism are slower to reorient their gaze and attention from one object to another when compared to 7-month-olds who do not develop autism, and this behavioral ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study of half siblings provides genetic clues to autism

(Medical Xpress) -- When a child has autism, siblings are also at risk for the disorder. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that the genetic reach of the disorder ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sex hormones impact career choices

(Medical Xpress) -- Teacher, pilot, nurse or engineer? Sex hormones strongly influence people's interests, which affect the kinds of occupations they choose, according to psychologists.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Smaller sibling protein calls the shots in cell division

Scientists have found at least one instance when the smaller sibling gets to call the shots and cancer patients may one day benefit.

Medical research created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biomarker for autism discovered

Siblings of people with autism show a similar pattern of brain activity to that seen in people with autism when looking at emotional facial expressions. The University of Cambridge researchers identified the reduced activity ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Community gardens may produce more than vegetables

People who participate in community gardening have a significantly lower body mass index—as well as lower odds of being overweight or obese—than do their non-gardening neighbors. Researchers at the University ...

Health created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The 'learning curve' of living with Asperger's

(HealthDay)—Asperger's syndrome is disappearing as an official diagnosis, but people who live with its symptoms will continue to struggle.

Autism spectrum disorders created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children and teens with autism more likely to become preoccupied with video games

Children and teens with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) use screen-based media, such as television and video games, more often than their typically developing peers and are more likely to develop problematic video game habits, ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No higher risk of acute leukaemia in close relatives

(Medical Xpress) -- Parents, siblings and children of patients with the most common form of acute leukemia do not run a higher risk of developing the disease as was once believed, according to a new study from the Swedish ...

Cancer created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Making the grade: Tips on how parents can help make homework time more productive

Homework may be the last thing your child wants to do, but a Kansas State University education expert says encouraging the habit of homework is important.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Does wisdom really come with age? It depends on the culture

(Medical Xpress)—"Wisdom comes with winters," Oscar Wilde once said. And it's certainly comforting to think that aging benefits the mind, if not the body. But do we really get wiser as time passes?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Race, ethnicity affect likelihood of finding suitable unrelated stem cell donor for cancer patients

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues have published a study describing the greater difficulty in finding matched, unrelated donors for non-Caucasian patients who are candidates for hematopoietic ...

Cancer created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast