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Swearing Can Make You Feel Better
• Pain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 13 09
While swearing is often a common response to pain, Richard Stephens and his colleagues, John Atkins and Andrew Kingston, were surprised to discover…
Hush Little Baby… Linking Genes, Brain, and Behavior in Children
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 13 09
It comes as no surprise that some babies are more difficult to soothe than others but frustrated parents may be relieved to know that…
Children Often Reach Age 3 Before Being Diagnosed with Intellectual Disability
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 09 09
Despite enhanced awareness, children are often older than age 3 before they are diagnosed with fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of…
Using the Internet to help young smokers quit
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 02 09
The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is leading a $2.9 million National Cancer Institute project to increase demand for evidence-based, Internet-based smoking cessation…
More Gene Mutations Linked to Autism Risk
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 26 09
More pieces in the complex autism inheritance puzzle are emerging in the latest study from a research team including geneticists from The Children’s Hospital…
Nicotine dependence remains prevalent despite recent declines in cigarette use
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 24 09
Despite recent declines in cigarette use in the U.S., nicotine dependence has remained steady among adults and has actually increased among some groups. The…
Can Hormone Treatment Ease Post-Surgery Behavior Changes in Children?
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Surgery • Jun 24 09
A scary unknown for many children, the prospect of surgery can cause intense preoperative anxiety. While some amount of stress is normal, what many…
Light Therapy May Help in Treating Parkinson’s Disease
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 23 09
Low level light therapy (LLLT) holds potential for improving neuronal cell function in patients with Parkinson’s Disease (PD), according to a new study from…
Brain detects happiness more quickly than sadness
• Brain • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 17 09
People make value judgements about others based on their facial expressions. A new study, carried out be Spanish and Brazilian researchers, shows that –…
New gene linked to autism risk, especially in boys
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 19 09
UCLA scientists have discovered a variant of a gene called CACNA1G that may increase a child’s risk of developing autism, particularly in boys. The…
Lack of Food Variety Puts Kids with Autism at Risk for Poor Nutrition
• Children's Health • • Food & Nutrition • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 04 09
The strong preference kids with autism have for certain foods places them at risk for nutritional deficiencies because their diets lack sufficient variety, according…
Autism Genes Discovered; Help Shape Connections Among Brain Cells
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 28 09
A research team has connected more of the intricate pieces of the autism puzzle, with two studies that identify genes with important contributions…
Autism Linked to Being Firstborn, Breech or Moms 35 and Older Giving Birth
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 27 09
Children who are firstborn or breech or whose mothers are 35 or older when giving birth are at significantly greater risk for developing an…
Binge Drinking May Hamper Information Relay System in Teen Brain
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 23 09
A study of adolescent binge drinkers has found that even relatively infrequent exposure to large amounts of alcohol during the teen years may compromise…
Resuscitation at birth tied to lower IQ later on
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 23 09
Babies who require resuscitation at birth and subsequently remain healthy may still be at risk for having a low IQ when they reach…
Media Ignores Health Consequences of Drinking and Driving Among Young Celebrities
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • Apr 23 09
The recent drinking and driving (DUI) arrests of celebrities—Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchie, Michelle Rodriguez and Lindsay Lohan—yielded widespread news coverage, however, very little of…
Teaching Autistic Teens to Make Friends
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 08 09
During the first week of class, the teens’ eyes were downcast, their responses were mumbled and eye contact was almost nonexistent. By Week 12,…
Kids’ sleep issues may affect mental ability later
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 08 09
A new study suggests an association between sleep problems in childhood and mental functioning in early adolescence.
Dr. Alice M. Gregory, at the University…
Troubled teen? A summer job might help
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 06 09
When a friend of a friend attempts suicide, at-risk teens are more likely to attempt suicide as well, new research suggests. But having…
United co-parenting may deter kids’ “acting out”
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 28 09
When mothers and fathers support each other as parents, their preschool children are less likely to develop “acting out” behaviors.
“Supportive co-parenting involves warmth…
Youth drawn to restricted video games, study
• Addiction • • Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 16 09
Labeling video games as violent or age-inappropriate only makes them more attractive to girls and boys, particularly those who tend to do the…
Mental decline faster for fatter men, not women
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 10 09
Men in their 70s who are carrying more fat on their frames have a sharper decline in mental function over time than their slimmer…
Children seriously affected when a parent suffers from depression
• Children's Health • • Depression • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 06 09
Life is hard for the children of a parent suffering from depression. Children take on an enormous amount of responsibility for the ill parent…
Researchers Identify Gene Variant Associated With Both Autism and Gastrointestinal Dysfunction
• Bowel Problems • • Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 02 09
A study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) and Vanderbilt University have identified a specific gene variant that links increased…
Study takes step toward erasing bad memories
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 17 09
A widely available blood pressure pill could one day help people erase bad memories, perhaps treating some anxiety disorders and phobias, according to…