Psychology & Psychiatry
Researcher discovers 'brain signature' that predicts human emotions
A Dartmouth researcher and his colleagues have discovered a way to predict human emotions based on brain activity.
Aug 11, 2015
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Autism spectrum disorders
Autism after high school
Melanie Tyner-Wilson is facing one of her toughest battles yet. She wants nothing more than to help her son Jay Tyner-Wilson, who is a person with autism, land his first real job.
Oct 27, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study suggests poker 'arms' better tell than poker 'face'
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers at Tufts University has found that college students are better able to gauge the confidence a poker player has in his or her hand watching their arm movements versus studying their ...
Addiction
Rise in overdose deaths increasingly affects those with lower educational attainment, study finds
Drug overdose deaths increased sharply among Americans without a college education and nearly doubled over a three-year period among those who don't have a high school diploma, according to a new RAND Corporation study. The ...
Oct 6, 2023
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Medications
Updated guideline introduces recommendations for prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis
The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) released a summary of its updated guideline for the Prevention and Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis. Many patients take glucocorticoids for a variety of inflammatory ...
Sep 14, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Good sleep quality and good mood lead to good working memory with age
A team of psychologists has found strong associations between working memory—a fundamental building block of a functioning mind—and three health-related factors: sleep, age, and depressed mood. The team also reports that ...
May 10, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why you should never use the term 'the mentally ill'
Even subtle differences in how you refer to people with mental illness can affect levels of tolerance, a new study has found.
Jan 26, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
To improve students' mental health, study finds, teach them to breathe
When college students learn specific techniques for managing stress and anxiety, their well-being improves across a range of measures and leads to better mental health, a new Yale study finds.
Jul 28, 2020
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Neuroscience
When you take acetaminophen, you don't feel others' pain as much
When you take acetaminophen to reduce your pain, you may also be decreasing your empathy for both the physical and social aches that other people experience, a new study suggests.
May 10, 2016
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Medications
There is an Adderall shortage. A psychiatrist explains what it means for kids, adults with ADHD
A national shortage of Adderall has people with attention deficit/hyper activity disorder scrambling to find a pharmacy that can refill their prescription.
Oct 28, 2022
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