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Computer Exercises Improve Memory and Attention
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 12 09
Study results to be published in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society show that computerized brain exercises can…
Coffee drinkers show lower dementia risk
• Food & Nutrition • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 03 09
In more good news for coffee lovers, a new study suggests that middle-aged adults who regularly drink a cup of java may have…
Ex-smokers on their own in fending off a relapse
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 23 09
There’s no evidence that behavioral approaches help smokers who have recently quit to remain smoke-free, conclude the authors of a review of relapse prevention…
Some teens more prone to depression from bullying
• Children's Health • • Depression • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 16 09
Teenagers who are subjected to bullying and teasing are at risk of becoming depressed, but those from either low-income or wealthier families may be…
Workers Exposed to Lead Show More Cognitive Problems Later in Life
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 12 09
Both the developing brain and the aging brain can suffer from lead exposure. For older people, a buildup of lead from earlier exposure may…
Facial expressions of emotion are innate, not learned, says new stud
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 29 08
Facial expressions of emotion are hardwired into our genes, according to a study published today in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.…
Video games may do the aging brain good
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 21 08
Older adults might want to take an interest in their grandchildren’s’ video games, if early research on the brain benefits of gaming is correct.
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Strategic video game improves critical cognitive skills in older adults
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 11 08
A desire to rule the world may be a good thing if you’re over 60 and worried about losing your mental faculties. A new…
Elementary School Intervention Increases Mental, Sexual Health, Economic Status
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • Dec 02 08
Fifteen years after they completed an intervention program designed to help their social development in elementary school, young adults reported better mental health,…
Eye Divergence in Children Triples Risk of Mental Illness
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 27 08
Children whose eyes are misaligned and point outward are at significantly increased risk of developing mental illness by early adulthood, according to findings of…
Parents comfortable with alcohol screening in pediatricians’ offices
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • Nov 03 08
Parents are surprisingly receptive to being screened for alcohol problems during a visit to their child’s pediatrician, including those who have alcohol problems.…
Medical student gender and self-confidence
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 03 08
Despite performing equally to their male peers in the classroom and the clinic, female medical students consistently report decreased self-confidence and increased anxiety, particularly…
‘Casual’ smokers have a greater risk of hazardous drinking and alcohol-use disorders
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 23 08
* Smokers are more likely to drink and drink heavily, and heavy smokers also tend to be heavy drinkers.
* New…
Early parenting plays key role in infants’ physiological response to stress
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 16 08
In infancy, genes are the key influence on a child’s ability to deal with stress. But as early as 6 months of age, parenting…
Children’s calorie expenditure, heart rate increase during active video games
• Children's Health • • Heart • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 01 08
Children burn more than four times as many calories per minute playing an active video game than playing a seated game, and their heart…
Study Shows Link Between Spanking and Physical Abuse
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 21 08
Spanking has been, and still is, a common method of child discipline used by American parents.
But mothers who report that they or their…
Bladder-Brain Link May Point to Better Treatments for Sleep, Attention Problems
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Urine Problems • Jul 29 08
Bladder problems may leave a mark on the brain, by changing patterns of brain activity, possibly contributing to disrupted sleep and problems with attention.…
Attention disorder rising among older children
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 24 08
A growing number of older U.S. children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, while diagnoses among younger children have held steady, government…
Does a gene variant make women more prone to alcoholism?
• Gender: Female • • Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 08 08
A particular gene variant might make women more susceptible to alcoholism. At least, a study carried out by the Universities of Bonn and Sweden’s…
A baby’s smile is a natural high
• Children's Health • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 07 08
The baby’s smile that gladdens a mother’s heart also lights up the reward centers of her brain, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in…
Low Childhood IQ Linked to Type of Dementia
• Children's Health • • Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 26 08
Children with lower IQs are more likely decades later to develop vascular dementia than children with high IQs, according to research published in the…
Anorexia nervosa may not stunt growth, short term
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 06 08
Adolescent girls with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa may reach normal height once they recover from the disease, new research suggests.
However, growth may…
Long-term cannabis users may have structural brain abnormalities
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 03 08
Long-term, heavy cannabis use may be associated with structural abnormalities in areas of the brain known as the hippocampus and amygdala, according to a…
Breastfeeding May Improve Children’s Intelligence Scores
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 06 08
Long-term, exclusive breastfeeding appears to improve children’s cognitive development, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one…
Prevention and control of childhood pneumonia: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • May 02 08
This month’s WHO Bulletin, led by the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia (GAPP), focuses on the prevention and control…