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Released: 17-Jul-2017 8:05 PM EDT
Case Grows for Link Between Happiness and Health
University of Utah

In the most comprehensive review to date of studies on subjective well-being, a team of researchers conclude there is a connection between happiness and health in some instances — from better wound healing and immune system function to emotional resilience. The researchers say what’s needed now is more work to unravel when, how and what types of subjective well-being are most influential.

Released: 17-Jul-2017 6:05 PM EDT
Epilepsy biomarkers pave way for noninvasive diagnosis, better treatments
University of Illinois Chicago

Researchers have identified a unique metabolic signature associated with epileptic brain tissue that causes seizures. It will allow physicians to precisely identify small regions of abnormal brain tissue in early-stage epilepsy patients that can’t be detected today using current technology.

Released: 17-Jul-2017 3:30 PM EDT
Medicaid ‘Churning’ Leads to Increased Acute Care Use for Patients with Major Depression
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

For adult Medicaid beneficiaries with major depression, disruptions in coverage are followed by increases in emergency department (ED) visits and longer hospital stays after the person goes back on Medicaid, reports a study in the August issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 17-Jul-2017 3:05 PM EDT
In Baby's Dirty Diapers, the Clues to Baby's Brain Development
University of North Carolina Health Care System

Can the kinds of microbes colonizing the gut at age 1 predict later cognitive development? Findings from the UNC School of Medicine shed light on the surprising role of bacteria in how our brains develop during the first years of life.

   
Released: 17-Jul-2017 10:05 AM EDT
You’re Not Yourself When You’re Sleepy
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep, and growing evidence suggests it’s not only taking a toll on their physical health through heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and/or other conditions, but hurting their mental health as well.

   
Released: 17-Jul-2017 10:00 AM EDT
New Study of Brain Circuits Finds Key Links to Symptoms of Depression
University of California San Diego

Scientists have linked specific wiring in the brain to distinct behavioral symptoms of depression. In a study published in Cell, researchers at UC San Diego found brain circuits tied to feelings of despair and helplessness and were able to alleviate and even reverse such symptoms in mice studies.

Released: 17-Jul-2017 9:00 AM EDT
Psychology Research Team Analyzes Online Prevention Project
Cornell College

Ringer Distinguished Professor of Psychology Melinda Green hasn’t missed a beat on her research about the heart’s relationship to eating disorders for 15 years.

8-Jul-2017 6:00 AM EDT
Agent Clears Toxic Proteins, Reduces Inflammation and Improves Cognition in Neurodegeneration Models
Georgetown University Medical Center

Researchers have found cell receptors abnormally overexpressed in post-mortem brains of those with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, and that they can be inhibited in animal models to clear toxic protein buildup, reduce brain inflammation, and improve cognitive performance.

Released: 14-Jul-2017 12:15 AM EDT
Researchers Discover an Ugly Truth About Attractiveness
Florida State University

New research from Florida State University finds the attractiveness of a romantic partner can influence a person's desire to diet and seek a slim body, though that motivation contrasts sharply between men and women.

Released: 13-Jul-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center Receives $225,000 Grant From the Nicholson Foundation to Support Integrated Behavioral Health Care
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center announced today that it has been awarded a $225,000 grant from The Nicholson Foundation to implement the Cherokee Health Systems model of providing integrated behavioral health interventions in primary care settings. Jersey Shore University Medical Center is one of six New Jersey health care organizations selected for this initiative.

12-Jul-2017 12:05 PM EDT
Family Connections May Become a Double-Edged Sword Impacting U.S. Chinese Older Adults’ Well-Being
Chinese Health, Aging, and Policy Program (CHAP)

Researchers from the PINE study investigated Chinese older immigrants and found that traditional values of family connections may be both helpful and harmful for the health of this population.

6-Jul-2017 5:05 PM EDT
Moms Who Breastfeed May Have Reduced Risk of MS
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Mothers who breastfeed for a total of at least 15 months over one or more pregnancies may be less likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) compared with those who don’t breastfeed at all or do so for up to four months, according to a study published in the July 12, 2017, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Released: 11-Jul-2017 6:05 PM EDT
Trouble Remembering Details of Social Interactions Seen in All Phases of Schizophrenia
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Episodic memory is the way we remember life events, big and small. Poor episodic memory, a common feature of schizophrenia, limits the ability to form relationships with others.

10-Jul-2017 3:05 PM EDT
PTSD May Be Physical and Not Only Psychological
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

The part of the brain that helps control emotion may be larger in people who develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after brain injury compared to those with a brain injury without PTSD, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s Sports Concussion Conference in Jacksonville, Fla., July 14 to 16, 2017.

Released: 11-Jul-2017 10:00 AM EDT
Faster Diagnosis of Inherited and Lethal Nerve Disease Could Advance Search for New Treatments
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins physicians report success in a small study of a modified skin biopsy that hastens the earlier diagnosis of an inherited and progressively fatal nerve disease and seems to offer a clearer view of the disorder’s severity and progression. With a quicker and less invasive way to visualize the hallmark protein clumps of the rare but lethal disease — familial transthyretin amyloidosis — the researchers say they hope to more rapidly advance clinical trials of treatments that may slow the disease and extend patients’ lives.

Released: 11-Jul-2017 8:05 AM EDT
Women and Men May Have Different Bipolar Disorder Markers
Penn State College of Medicine

Men and women react differently to compounds associated with immune system response to bipolar disorder, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

Released: 10-Jul-2017 12:05 PM EDT
Is Teacher Burnout Contagious?
Michigan State University

Burnout among young teachers appears to be contagious, indicates a new study led by Michigan State University education scholars.

   
Released: 10-Jul-2017 11:05 AM EDT
A Purpose in Life by Day Results in Better Sleep at Night
Northwestern University

Having a good reason to get out of bed in the morning means you are more likely to sleep better at night with less sleep apnea and restless leg syndrome, reports a new Northwestern Medicine and Rush University Medical Center study based on older adults.This is the first study to show having a purpose in life specifically results in fewer sleep disturbances and improved sleep quality and over a long period of time.

Released: 10-Jul-2017 9:00 AM EDT
Study Finds ‘Sexism’ in Sexual Assault Research, but This Time Men Are the Target
Florida Atlantic University

Sexism is alive and well, but this time men are the target. A new study debunks a long-standing theory that sexual assault isn’t as emotionally traumatizing for men as it is for women and that it doesn’t result in similar emotional impacts, especially depression. Men make up about 38 percent of sexual assault and rape incidents reported, and those in the military are particularly vulnerable and more unlikely to report an assault.

Released: 7-Jul-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Why Does Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Increase the Likelihood of Addiction?
University at Buffalo

One of the many negative consequences when fetuses are exposed to alcohol in the womb is an increased risk for drug addiction later in life. Neuroscientists in the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions are discovering why.



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