Women find sexually explicit ads unappealing - unless the price is right
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • Dec 03 13

Sexual imagery is often used in magazine and TV ads, presumably to help entice buyers to purchase a new product. But new research suggests…    

 

MRI technique reveals low brain iron in ADHD patients
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 01 13

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides a noninvasive way to measure iron levels in the brains of people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according…    

 

Yale team finds clues to origin of autism
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 21 13

Finding major new clues to the origins of autism, a Yale-led team of researchers has pinpointed which cell types and regions of the developing…    

 

Mental stress + heart disease: Stronger presence in women under 50
• Gender: Female • • Heart • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 20 13

Researchers have found that women younger than 50 with a recent heart attack are more likely to experience restricted blood flow to the heart…    

 

Childhood trauma may contribute to teen weight problems
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Weight Loss • Nov 13 13

Children who have gone through trying times are more likely to be overweight by age 15, a new study suggests.

Stress in childhood has…    

 

High blood pressure in middle age versus old age may better predict memory loss
• Brain • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 13 13

People in middle age who have a high blood pressure measure called pulse pressure are more likely to have biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in…    

 

Gene linked to common intellectual disability
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 13 13

University of Adelaide researchers have taken a step forward in unravelling the causes of a commonly inherited intellectual disability, finding that a genetic mutation…    

 

Mixing caffeine, alcohol common for underage drinkers
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 11 13

College-age drinkers who mix caffeine and alcohol are more likely to make risky decisions and require medical care, research has shown. A new study…    

 

People lie more in the afternoon, study suggests
• Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 02 13

If you are thinking of buying a used car, you may want to visit the dealership in the morning. Chances are, the salesperson…    

 

Rare childhood disease may hold clues to treating Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 28 13

Scientists at Rutgers University studying the cause of a rare childhood disease that leaves children unable to walk by adolescence say new findings may…    

 

Job fears and abuse take toll on bankers’ health: study
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • Oct 15 13

Fears of job cuts and “banker bashing” are taking a toll on the health of bank workers of all levels, according to an international…    

 

Ghrelin, a stress-induced hormone, primes the brain for PTSD
• Endocrinology • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 15 13

About a dozen years ago, scientists discovered that a hormone called ghrelin enhances appetite. Dubbed the “hunger hormone,” ghrelin was quickly targeted by…    

 

Go to bed! Irregular bedtimes linked to behavioral problems in children
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Sleep Aid • Oct 14 13

Researchers from UCL have found that children with irregular bedtimes are more likely to have behavioural difficulties.

The study, which is published in the…    

 

Behavioral therapy provided during dialysis sessions may combat depression among kidney failure patients
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Urine Problems • Oct 12 13

Behavioral therapy provided chair-side to kidney failure patients while they’re undergoing dialysis may help fight depression and improve patients’ quality of life, according…    

 

Depression linked in mothers, teenage kids
• Children's Health • • Depression • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 09 13

Teenagers are more likely to be depressed if their mothers were depressed while pregnant, according to a new study.

Mothers’ depression after giving birth…    

 

2 genes linked to increased risk for eating disorders
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 08 13

Eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia often run in families, but identifying specific genes that increase a person’s risk for these complex disorders…    

 

Study identifies possible biomarker for Parkinson’s disease
• Brain • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Oct 08 13

Although Parkinson’s disease is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder in the U.S., there are no standard clinical tests available to identify this…    

 

IU research attributes high rates of smoking among mentally ill to addiction vulnerability
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 27 13

People with mental illness smoke at much higher rates than the overall population. But the popular belief that they are self-medicating is most likely…    

 

Can Traumatic Brain Injury Impair a Child’s Working Memory?
• Brain • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Trauma & Injuries • Sep 26 13

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) during childhood can have long-term effects on cognitive and psychosocial functioning, including poor academic achievement. Pediatric TBI can cause significant…    

 

Services lacking for young gay black men
• Depression • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Sexual Health • Sep 18 13

Physical, sexual and emotional abuse among young gay black men is a pervasive problem, yet there remains a lack of social services and resources…    

 

How old memories fade away
• Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 18 13

If you got beat up by a bully on your walk home from school every day, you would probably become very afraid of the…    

 

Diet during pregnancy and early life affects children’s behaviour and intelligence
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 13 13

The statement “you are what you eat” is significant for the development of optimum mental performance in children as evidence is accumulating to show…    

 

Johnson & Johnson recalls schizophrenia drug after discovering mold
• Drug Abuse • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 12 13

Johnson & Johnson is voluntarily recalling one lot of schizophrenia drug Risperdal Consta after discovering mold during a routine testing process, a company spokeswoman…    

 

Everyday sadists take pleasure in others’ pain
• Brain • • Pain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 12 13

Most of the time, we try to avoid inflicting pain on others - when we do hurt someone, we typically experience guilt, remorse, or…    

 

Depression with diabetes may speed mental decline
• Depression • • Diabetes • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 26 13

In a study of middle-aged and older people with type 2 diabetes, declines in thinking and memory that are often linked to later dementia…    

 

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