Psychology & Psychiatry
Woulda, coulda, shoulda: The haunting regret of failing our ideal selves
Forsaken dreams. Romantic interests not pursued. Securing a job near home rather than an adventurous position overseas.
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychologists: 'There is no alternative to free speech'
Colleges and universities across the country are struggling with the question of who decides what is acceptable speech on campus. When does a controversial topic become hate speech? When should it be allowed as free speech?
May 2, 2018
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Medical research
Mammary stem cells challenge costly bovine disease
Mastitis is the most expensive disease in the dairy industry. Each clinical case can cost a dairy farmer more than $400 and damages both the cow's future output as well as her comfort.
Apr 24, 2018
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Diabetes
Bariatric surgery successes lead to type 2 diabetes treatment
Bariatric surgery has long yielded almost immediate health benefits for patients with type 2 diabetes, and new findings on the reasons for remission may be the key to developing drug alternatives to surgery.
Apr 24, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Immune-engineered device targets chemo-resistant lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a cancer that is diagnosed in the U.S. more than 70,000 times annually, arises from overly proliferating immune cells within the body's lymph nodes, which are connected to a network of lymph vessels ...
Apr 12, 2018
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Pediatrics
For girls who mature early, psychological problems last into adulthood
For the past 50 years, researchers have known that girls who get their periods earlier than their peers are more psychologically vulnerable as teenagers. They have more frequent and severe mental health problems, from depression ...
Feb 28, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
For the win (or tie): Most avoid risk, despite better chance at reward
Say you're the coach of a basketball team that's trailing by two points in the dying seconds of a game. Your team has the ball and you call a timeout to set up a play.
Feb 13, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Babies' babbling betters brains, language
Babies are adept at getting what they need - including an education. New research shows that babies organize mothers' verbal responses, which promotes more effective language instruction, and infant babbling is the key.
Jan 18, 2018
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Health
Eating more foods with choline during pregnancy could boost baby's brain
When expectant mothers consume sufficient amounts of the nutrient choline during pregnancy, their offspring gain enduring cognitive benefits, a new Cornell University study suggests.
Jan 4, 2018
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Diabetes
Spider's web inspires removable implant that may control type 1 diabetes
For the more than 1 million Americans who live with type 1 diabetes, daily insulin injections are literally a matter of life and death. And while there is no cure, a Cornell University-led research team has developed a device ...
Jan 2, 2018
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