"It's like a magic drug", said the lead researcher of a team from Yale University in the US whose latest study suggests that ketamine, a drug normally used as an anasthetic, could be reformulated as an anti-depressant that takes effect in hours rather than the usual weeks and months of most available medications...
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August 21, 2010
New Form Of Ketamine Treats Depression “Like Magic”
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August 3, 2010
Our brain can be taught to control cravings, new researcher finds
Standard therapeutic techniques decrease cravings of cigarette smokers by regulating activity in two separate but related areas of the brain, a new study shows.
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July 31, 2010
Reality TV, cosmetic surgey linked, says researcher
Research suggests that teens fond of reality TV programs are more likely to join the millions who go under the knife each year. For bodies -- and minds -- still in development, these drastic decisions could have implications way after prom.
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July 30, 2010
The experiment requires that you continue
Spanish daily El País recently published an article on psychologist Stanley Milgram which had this amazing photo of the young conformity researcher where he looks surprisingly beatnick.Sadly the photo isn't dated but it makes quite a contrast to the better known photos where he looks much more like the typical professor of the age.He looks both wonderfully creative and slightly haunted, which see
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July 8, 2010
Teens drink more during summer before college, study finds
Summertime and the living is easy. But not too easy for parents whose children will head to college in the fall. An alcohol researcher says parents should be aware that this is a time when teens tend to increase their alcohol consumption.
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June 22, 2010
The Importance Of Spirituality In Youth Development
Few studies have examined the differences between spirituality and religion in adolescents. Now, a University of Missouri researcher is exploring these differences by determining how youth define and practice spirituality separate from religion. Defining spirituality can help reveal its impact on adolescent development...
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May 20, 2010
New role for zebrafish in human studies
A researcher has discovered that zebrafish -- an important animal model in disease and environmental studies -- could provide the means to help scientists eventually reveal the function of a mysterious enzyme linked to the steroid cortisol, and found in the human brain.
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March 4, 2010
Online daters behave similarly to those who meet face-to-face, researcher says
Researchers surveyed more than 5,000 participants in a national Internet matchmaking service to determine what kinds of people are most likely to lie during the online dating process.
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February 23, 2010
New podcast: obsessive-compulsive disorder, definitions and treatments
by Joye C. Anestis The latest podcast from behaviortherapist.com discusses obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz, a preeminent researcher in the OCD field, discusses multiple topics related to OCD, including: What is OCD? Descriptions of the disorder in general, as...
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February 19, 2010
Socioeconomic stresses could lower life expectancy, researcher says
Socioeconomic status can affect life expectancy, according to new research.
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