The Military Is Building Brain Chips to Treat PTSD

How well can you predict your next mood swing? How well can anyone? It’s an existential dilemma for many of us but for the military, the ability to treat anxiety, depression, memory loss and the symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder has become one of the most important battles of the post-war period.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/the-military-is-building-brain-chips-to-treat-ptsd/371855/

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Heroin's new users are now the suburban kids next door, study says

Cory Monteith, the 31-year-old, fresh-faced star of "Glee" who died of a heroin overdose last year, is now the standard heroin user, not the exception. A new study in the journal JAMA Psychiatry reports that the demographics of the typical heroin user have changed from an inner-city junkie to a white, middle-class suburban man or woman in his or her 20s. Today's addicts often get into heroin after bouts with prescription opioids because heroin is less expensive and easier to obtain

 http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/heroin-new-users-kids-door-study-article-1.1810085

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Cynicism linked to greater dementia risk, study finds

According to a report from the American Academy of Neurology, individuals exhibiting high levels of cynical distrust may be more likely to develop dementia.  The complete findings appear in the May 28 online issue of the journal Neurology...

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/cynicism-linked-to-greater-dementia-risk-study-finds/

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Rat Study Shows the Power of Gut Instinct

By studying rats, researchers have shown that gut instinct has a powerful impact on how we react to fear. While the brain is viewed as the center of emotions, fear and other threats are often felt in the stomach...

http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/05/24/rat-study-shows-the-power-of-gut-instinct/70294.html

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Cheap Food Fuels Obesity Epidemic

A provocative new review posits that many of the traditional beliefs explaining the obesity epidemic are wrong. Roland Sturm, Ph.D of RAND Corporation and Ruopeng An, Ph.D, of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, maintain that rising obesity rates have coincided with increases in leisure time, increased fruit and vegetable availability, and increased exercise uptake...

http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/05/26/cheap-food-fuels-obesity-epidemic/70402.html

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Classroom Clutter a Distraction to Students?

Elementary school classrooms often include a mosaic of art and educational material cluttering the room, covering walls and sometimes even glazing the ceiling.

But new research from Carnegie Mellon University shows that too much of a good thing may end up disrupting attention and learning...

http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/05/28/classroom-clutter-a-distraction-to-students/70471.html

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Mental Illness May Be More Deadly Than Smoking

According to Oxford University researchers, about one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem sometime during the year, while fewer than that smoke cigarettes — around 21 percent of men and 19 precent of women.

Furthermore, many mental disorders have a higher mortality risk than smoking. Yet despite these statistics, say the researchers, mental health still lags behind as a public health priority...

http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/05/24/mental-illness-may-be-more-deadly-than-smoking/70343.html

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