Addiction
Drug use drops after ER visits used as 'teachable moments'
An emergency room visit for an illness or injury may seem like a strange time to try to motivate someone to cut back on using drugs.
Mar 10, 2017
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Medications
Self-persuasion iPad app spurs low-income parents to protect teens against cancer-causing hpv
As health officials struggle to boost the number of teens vaccinated against the deadly human papillomavirus, a new study from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, found that self-persuasion works to bring parents on board.
Mar 7, 2017
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Health
Immune system suppression may be related to problem drinking
Cytokines are small proteins in the immune system that act as chemical messengers between cells. Prior research suggests that pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines are dysfunctional during alcohol dependence and may contribute ...
Feb 3, 2017
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Neuroscience
Scientists illuminate the neurons of social attraction
The ancient impulse to procreate is necessary for survival and must be hardwired into our brains. Now scientists from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have discovered an important clue about the neurons ...
Jan 30, 2017
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Addiction
Helping parents of kids with asthma to quit smoking
Adult smoking rates in the United States have declined substantially in the past 50 years, but 42 million American adults still smoke, and more than 40 percent of children are exposed to secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke ...
Sep 20, 2016
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Health
'No pain, no gain' fails to motivate exercisers
Fitness instructors should abandon the 'no pain, no gain' mantra and embrace a more motivational style to keep participants coming to classes, research suggests.
Sep 20, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Cannabis reduces short-term motivation to work for money: study
Smoking the equivalent of a single 'spliff' of cannabis makes people less willing to work for money while 'high', finds a new UCL study.
Sep 1, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research examines the social benefits of getting into someone else's head
Do you often wonder what the person next to you is thinking?
Jun 1, 2016
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Medications
Taking the fight against risky pain pill use to the ER—study shows promise
As America battles an epidemic of deaths from misused pain pills, a new study suggests an inexpensive way to cut risky use of these drugs by people who have a high chance of overdosing.
Apr 20, 2016
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Health
Monetary incentives for healthy behavior can pay off, study says
Monetary rewards for healthy behavior can pay off both in the pocketbook and in positive psychological factors like internal motivation, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study.
Apr 1, 2016
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