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Low grades in adolescence linked to dopamine genes
Florida State criminologist leads analysis of genetics’ impact on academic success The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects –– English, math,...
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Verbal snippets offer insights on well-being amid divorce
A new study from the University of Arizona shows that people in the midst of a divorce typically...
Low grades in adolescence linked to dopamine genes
Florida State criminologist leads analysis of genetics’ impact on academic success The...
Girls early puberty linked to unstable environment via insecure attachment in infancy
Girls are hitting puberty earlier and earlier. One recent study found that more than 10 percent...
Trigeminal nerve stimulation significantly improves depression
Major depression is a common and disabling brain condition marked not only by the presence...
Head start for migraine sufferers
Psychological migraine treatment gives sufferers a confidence boost in their ability to self-manage...
Infant’s gaze may be an early, but subtle, marker for autism risk
Kennedy Krieger Institute announced today new study results showing an early marker for later...
Verbal snippets offer insights on well-being amid divorce
A new study from the University of Arizona shows that people in the midst of a divorce typically reveal how they are handling things – not so much by what they say but how they say it.
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Low grades in adolescence linked to dopamine genes
The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects –– English, math, science, history –– if their DNA contains one or more of three specific dopamine gene variations, according to a study led by renowned biosocial criminologist Kevin M. Beaver of The Florida State University.
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Trigeminal nerve stimulation significantly improves depression
While antidepressants have helped many to recover and resume their lives, only 30 percent of patients will experience full remission with the first medication they use. Patients typically move on to try a series of other antidepressants. A persistent problem with such drugs has been major side effects, including obesity, sexual dysfunction, fatigue, drowsiness and nausea. Now, a unique new therapy that applies electrical stimulation to a major nerve emanating from the brain is showing promise.
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Risk of marijuana’s ‘gateway effect’ overblown
New research from the University of New Hampshire shows that the gateway effect of marijuana, that teenagers who use marijuana are more likely to move on to harder illicit drugs as young adults, is overblown.
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Head start for migraine sufferers
For severe migraine sufferers, psychological treatments build on the benefits of drug therapy, according to a new study by Elizabeth Seng and Dr. Kenneth Holroyd from Ohio University.
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Adults use of texting increases, but still less than teens
Texting by adults has increased over the past 9 months from 65 percent of adults sending and receiving texts in September 2009 to 72 percent texting in May 2010. Still, adults do not send nearly the same number of texts per day as teens ages 12-17, who send and receive, on average, 5 times more texts per day than adult texters.
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Shorter sleep durations linked with risks of mental distress in young adults
Young adults who get fewer than eight hours of sleep per night have greater risks of psychological distress, a combination of high levels of depressive and anxious symptoms, according to a study in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.
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Stopping smoking cessation treatments too soon reduces odds of success for 45 percent of smokers
A study led by researchers in the Oregon Health and Science University Smoking Cessation Center may change the way clinicians make treatment decisions for their patients who smoke. Their findings published online in the journal Addiction suggest that current treatment theories that maintain any smoking after the planned target quit day predicts treatment failure need to be expanded to take into account a more dynamic quitting process.
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