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Breakthrough in treating premature babies
Jan 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Adelaide researchers have made a world breakthrough in treating premature babies at risk of developmental disorders.
Ethnic pride may boost African-American teens' mental health
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Most adolescents who belong to an ethnic minority group wrestle not only with their self-esteem (like most teens), but also with identity issues unique to their ethnic group, such as dealing with social stigma. A new study ...
Mental, emotional and behavioral disorders can be prevented in young people
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Jul 29, 2009 |
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Around one in five young people in the U.S. have a current mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder. About half of all adults with mental disorders recalled that their disorders began by their mid-teens and three-quarters ...
Could some forms of mental retardation be treated with drugs?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Growth factors. They are the proteins that trigger a countless number of actions in cells. Drugs that increase or decrease certain growth factors have lead to treatments for cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Georgetown ...
Genetic clues hold key to schizophrenia treatment
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Researchers have taken a step forward in understanding the genetics of mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
USC neuroscientists awarded $9 million to map gene expression during human brain development
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Two University of Southern California (USC) neuroscientists have been awarded nearly $9 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to map how genes are expressed in different regions of the human brain throughout ...
Mental deficiency: Researchers identify gene mutations that affect learning, memory in children
Feb 04, 2009 |
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Mental deficiency is the most frequently occurring, yet least understood handicap in children. Even a mild form can lead to social isolation, bullying and require assistance with simple tasks. The most common variety, non-syndromic ...
Sick Children Affect Parents' Mental Health
Jul 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Caring for a child with health problems profoundly affects the physical health, mental health and work attendance of parents, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin ...
Acne really is a nightmare for some teens
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Zits, pimples, bumps and blemishes are a young person's worst nightmare. Collectively they are known as acne, a very common skin condition that affects millions of adolescents. Now a Norwegian study published in the open ...
Anger management: The key to staying heart healthy?
Feb 23, 2009 |
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New research published in the March 3, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology finds that anger-induced electrical changes in the heart can predict future arrhythmias in patients with implantable cardio ...
Boys with intermittent eye deviation appear more likely to develop mental illness
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Children and especially boys diagnosed with intermittent exotropia, a condition in which the eye turns outward (away from the nose) only some of the time, appear more likely to develop mental illness by young adulthood than ...
Children who are depressed, anxious or aggressive in first grade risk being victimized later on
May 15, 2009 |
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Children entering first grade with signs of depression and anxiety or excessive aggression are at risk of being chronically victimized by their classmates by third grade. That's the finding of a new longitudinal study that ...
Ethnic pride key to black teen mental health
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Ethnic pride may be as important as self-esteem to the mental health of young African-American adolescents, according to a new study in the Nov/Dec issue of the journal Child Development.
Longitudinal study investigates cocaine's impact on adolescent development
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Teen years are filled with experimenting. Sometimes that means trying some risky behaviors.
Brainwaves could help understanding of mental health disorders
Feb 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Aberdeen have unlocked the details of a communication process that helps to generate the brainwaves that allow us to think and learn.
