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Scientists Discover A New Marker for Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder, signified by an abnormal interpretation of reality that requires life-long treatment. Hallmark symptoms include distorted and disorganized thoughts, hallucinations, delusions, chronic feelings of fright ...
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Are Selfies the New Personality Test?
Social media is a communication medium that comes with its own language, etiquette and unspoken “rules.” But with a generation of children being raised in a culture of social media, it’s affecting ...
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The Difference Between the Sexes – Is it in Our Brains?
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus - right? We're all aware of cultural gender stereotypes since before we can walk - from color choices, to fashion, to toys - many ...
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What Picky Eating in Childhood May Predict
We’ve all known the kid, or been the kid, that has an even more limited diet than the 4 basic meals on every kids menu – pizza, chicken fingers, french fries and ...
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Junk Food and Depression – A Hidden Connection?
A new study from the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has found that a diet high in refined carbohydrates may lead ...
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Does Your Commute Make You Sick? Surprising Research Results
Most of us at some point in our careers have worked farther from home than we’d like and endured a commute to work that involves a car, bus or train – or ...
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A 3-D Printed Brain to Help Study Disease
An ongoing challenge for researchers has been a way to create bench top (suitable in size or configuration for study) brain tissue to study human brain function. But now, researchers at the ...
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Procrastination – Is It In Your Genes?
According to new research, it may be. Procrastination is defined as more than just postponement in action, delays in activity or the occasional dilly-dallying that we all dabble in – but a ...
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A Promising New Treatment for PTSD
Experiencing a traumatic event is part of life for many people. According to the US Department for Veteran’s Affairs, about 60% of men and 50% of women experience at least one trauma ...
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The Personality Types of Student Drinkers – Are You One?
It’s not news that drinking on college campuses is widespread. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), about four out of five college students drink alcohol. And, about ...
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