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Police and firefighters at higher risk for mental disorders following traumatic events

Police, firefighters and other protective services workers who are repeatedly exposed to traumatic events and are new to their profession are at greater risk of developing a psychiatric disorder, according to a new study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Schizophrenia genes increase chance of IQ loss

People who are at greater genetic risk of schizophrenia are more likely to see a fall in IQ as they age, even if they do not develop the condition.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New website helps parents manage children's pain after surgery

(Medical Xpress)—When a young child has surgery, parents rely on doctors and nurses for advice on how to prepare and support children during the procedure and immediately afterwards. But once that child ...

Health created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early music lessons boost brain development, researchers find

If you started piano lessons in grade one, or played the recorder in kindergarten, thank your parents and teachers. Those lessons you dreaded – or loved – helped develop your brain. The younger you started music lessons, ...

Neuroscience created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Drugs to treat fibromyalgia just as likely to harm as help

Among fibromyalgia patients taking either of two commonly prescribed drugs to reduce pain, 22 percent report substantial improvement while 21 percent had to quit the regimen due to unpleasant side effects, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children's complex thinking skills begin forming before they go to school

New research at the University of Chicago and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that children begin to show signs of higher-level thinking skills as young as age 4 ½. Researchers have previously attributed ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brain structure of infants predicts language skills at one year

(Medical Xpress)—Using a brain-imaging technique that examines the entire infant brain, researchers have found that the anatomy of certain brain areas – the hippocampus and cerebellum – can predict ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Video games benefit children, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Children could be better off playing video games this holiday season than watching television, a QUT study shows.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Early surgical menopause linked to declines in memory and thinking skills

Women who undergo surgical menopause at an earlier age may have an increased risk of decline in memory and thinking skills, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's ...

Neuroscience created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hospital stays shorter for prostatectomy, cystectomy

(HealthDay)—There were reductions in hospital stays for patients undergoing prostatectomy and cystectomy in 2004 to 2005, compared to those undergoing the procedures in 1992 to 1993, according to research ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 10, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Program benefits children with functional abdominal pain

(HealthDay)—Both children with persistent abdominal pain and their parents still benefit from a short social learning and cognitive behavioral therapy intervention a year later, according to a study published ...

Pediatrics created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers zero in on cognitive difficulties associated with menopause

The memory problems that many women experience in their 40s and 50s as they approach and go through menopause are both real and appear to be most acute during the early period of post menopause. That is the conclusion of ...

Other created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research focuses on the psychology of trust

(Medical Xpress)—Coming soon to a bookstore near you—a handbook on the science of reliance. Trust me.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Baby started to crawl? You might be up more at night

Infants who have started crawling wake up more often at night compared to the period before the crawling, reveals a new study by Dr. Dina Cohen of the University of Haifa's Department of Counseling and Human ...

Pediatrics created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Early intervention for premature infants increases IQ

Babies born prematurely are at higher risk of having a lower IQ and impaired cognitive and motor skills. Programs aimed at helping these infants and their families once they leave the hospital have been found ...

Pediatrics created Dec 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast