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Prognostic factors for tobacco consumption reduction after relapse
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 17 07
It is not properly estimated the cigarette consumption after a relapse compared with the consumption before a smoking cessation therapy. The aim of this…
Flat Feet Can Slow Down Back to School Kids
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 17 07
The first few weeks of school are always difficult for children transitioning from the lazy days of summer to the rigorous schedule of classes…
Do women really talk more than men?
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jul 05 07
Refuting the popular stereotype that females talk more than men, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have found women and men both…
Teens with migraine at greater risk of suicide
• Children's Health • • Headaches • • Migraine • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 30 07
Teens who have chronic daily headache, especially those with migraine headaches, are at greater risk for suicide than teens who don’t have migraines, according…
Children with asthma have more emotional problems
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 25 07
Children with asthma may be at increased risk of certain behavioral, emotional and developmental problems, particularly if the asthma is severe, the results of…
Autism gene identified by researchers at Yale working with a global research consortium
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 13 07
Yale School of Medicine autism experts Fred Volkmar, M.D. and Ami Klin are part of a global research consortium from 19 countries to identify…
Drug may treat mental symptoms of Down syndrome
• Drug News • • Epilepsy • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 26 07
An old drug once used to study epilepsy can help improve learning in mice with a form of Down syndrome and also might help…
Skinny teens warned about osteoporosis risk
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 01 07
Skinny teenagers and girls suffering from anorexia could be seriously damaging their bones and increasing their risk of osteoporosis later in life.
The debate…
Study Examines ADHD’s Role in Smoking
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 16 06
Are you easily forgetful, distracted, impulsive or fidgety? Do you find that smoking helps you alleviate these symptoms?
Columbia University Medical Center researchers are…
Dad’s vocabulary affects child’s language skills
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 14 06
In families where both parents work outside of the home, fathers who use a wide variety of words when chatting with their children may…
Childhood abuse can impact victims’ adult relationships
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 25 06
Study results reported in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Abused children may have a difficult time developing adult relationships with new people who reminded…
Blue eyes - a clue to paternity
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 23 06
Blue-eyed men show preference for women with same eye color
Before you request a paternity test, spend a few minutes looking at your child’s…
Most US Medical Students Experience Harassment Or Belittlement
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 06 06
Experiences of belittlement and harassment and their correlates among medical students in the United States: longitudinal survey BMJ Online First
Most medical students in…
Taking Medicine Regularly (Even Placebo) Is Good for You
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 30 06
People who take their medicine regularly, even dummy (placebo) medicine, have a lower risk of death than those with poor adherence, finds a study…
When it comes to honesty the eyes have it!
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 29 06
According to researchers in the UK people behave in a more honest fashion when they think they are being watched.
In an interesting experiment…
People Keep Driving Even When Sleepy
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 25 06
People continue to drive even when they know they are sleepy, suggests a large study published on bmj.com today. This has important implications for…
If you’re happy and you know it… you’re probably old!
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 19 06
In what will be of a great comfort to the senior members of the community the idea that the young are the most likely…
Broca’s area and the hierarchical organization of human behavior
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Jun 15 06
Researchers have discovered that Broca’s area in the brain - best known as the region that evolved to manage speech production - is a…
Women attracted to men who like children: study
• Psychiatry / Psychology • May 10 06
Women can pick up cues about how men feel about children from their faces and use the subtle signs to rate them as potential…
Teens turn to pot after parental bust-ups
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 12 06
Splitting parents who shack up with new partners can unwittingly push their children towards cannabis use.
University of Queensland research has shown a link…
Study fails to show healing power of prayer
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Apr 02 06
A study of more than 1,800 patients who underwent heart bypass surgery has failed to show that prayers specially organized for their recovery had…
You’re so vain, you probably think this “article” is about you
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 18 06
Norwich Union Healthcare’s ‘Mr Vain’ study, which surveyed over 500 men, suggests that a third of men hate their stomachs, 20% are unhappy with…
Women say a good marriage is not about money
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Mar 06 06
According to researchers in the U.S. as far as women and marriage are concerned the single most important factor for most wives was their…
Spouse in the hospital ups partner’s death risk
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 16 06
Elderly men and women face an increased risk of death after a spouse’s hospitalization, a study of more than 1 million people shows.
“People…
Women find G.S.O.H. in men attractive, study shows
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Feb 14 06
It’s a trait often requested in lonely hearts ads and scientists have now shown that a good sense of humour is important for women,…