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Ain't No Cure For The Winter Time Blues...Or Is There?
Stop apologizing for those downward mood swings you are experiencing as the days get shorter—it’s not you, it’s your serotonin abandoning you for the winter. For the first time, scientists...
Children Of Older Fathers More Likely To Have Bipolar Disorder, New Report Finds
Older age among fathers may be associated with an increased risk for bipolar disorder in their offspring, according to a new report.
Bowling Alone Because The Team Got Downsized
The pain of downsizing extends far beyond laid off workers and the people who depend on their paychecks, according to a new study.
Periodic Limb Movement During Sleep Is Less Common In African-Americans; Associated With Insomnia
A study in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal Sleep is the first to objectively determine the prevalence of periodic limb movements during sleep in a population-based sample, finding...
Brain Imaging Links Chronic Insomnia To Reversible Cognitive Deficits Without Changes In Behavior
A neuroimaging study has found that cognitive processes related to verbal fluency are compromised in people with insomnia despite the absence of a behavioral deficit. These specific brain function alterations...
Value Of Direct-to-consumer Drug Advertising Oversold, Study Finds
In the first-ever controlled study measuring the effectiveness of pharmaceutical direct-to-consumer advertising, researchers found only a modest effect on drug sales. In some cases, DTCA had no effect at all.
Low Birth Weight Children Appear At Higher Risk Of Psychiatric Disturbances
Low-birth-weight children appear to be at higher risk for psychiatric disturbances from childhood through high school than normal-birth-weight children, according to a new report. In addition, low-birth-weight children from urban...
Gustav Pet Evacuations Show Katrina Lessons Learned
In sharp contrast to the situation in 2005, animal welfare groups got thousands of pets and their owners safely away from the U.S. Gulf Coast before Hurricane Gustav hit.
'Sid the Science Kid' on KCET
The new series aims to help children understand the way the real world works. ...
Study: Wolves would rather eat salmon
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists say they determined wolves, when feasible, prefer hunting in waterways for salmon rather than pursuing deer and other hoofed...
Academic health centers should take lead in promoting the sharing of biomedical research data
Academic health centers (AHCs) have a critical role in enabling, encouraging, and rewarding the sharing of biomedical research data, say a team of academics in this week's PLoS Medicine. ...
Americans adopting HIV-positive kids from Ethiopia
(AP) -- Solomon Henderson inherited just three things from his birth parents, who left him at an Ethiopian orphanage when he was 1 year old: a picture of Jesus,...
When Charities Ask For Time, People Give More Money
According to new research in the Journal of Consumer Research, simply asking people a question about whether they're willing to volunteer their time leads to increases in donations of both...
Powerful Donor Motivators For Fundraising
People are more likely to donate to pledge drive appeals when fundraisers tap into peoples' desire to help others, according to a new study. Donors are also more likely to...
A Room With A Viewpoint: Conservation Messages And Motivation
People are more likely to reuse hotel towels if they know other guests are doing it too.
Low-income? No Car? Expect To Pay More For Groceries
Households located in poor neighborhoods pay more for the same items than people living in wealthy ones, according to a new study.
Campus Diversity Important Predictor Of Interracial Friendships
Campus racial diversity predicts diversity in future friendships, and it's generally higher for minorities than whites.
Drug discovery on a chip
Affinity testing on the tiniest scale identifies a potential drug for hepatitis C
Fears raised by bovine TB cases in Britain
TRURO, England, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Concern in Britain is high after a woman and her dog tested positive for bovine tuberculosis in Cornwall county, experts say.
The first autism disease genes
The autistic disorder was first described, more than sixty years ago, by Dr. Leo Kanner of the Johns Hopkins Hospital (USA), who created the new label 'early infantile autism'. At...
Pakistan must continue S&T support
Pakistan's new government must continue to support science and technology, says an editorial in Nature.
Science Weekly Extra podcast: Ben Goldacre on homeopathy; science coverage in the media; MMR; plus the placebo effect
Writer of the Guardian's Bad Science column, Ben Goldacre discusses homeopathy, nutritionists, and the placebo effect
Harry L. Kozol, Expert in Patty Hearst Trial, Is Dead at 102
Dr. Kozol, one of the country’s premier experts in brain disorders, helped establish the emerging fields of forensic psychiatry and neuropsychiatry.
Indians’ Water Rights Give Hope for Better Health
At the Gila River Indian Community, there are hopes that planned irrigation will help combat an obesity epidemic and soaring rates of diabetes.
Paraben's CSI Stick Copies Data from Cell Phones
Beware the next time someone borrows your cell phone or you leave it unattended. You may become the next victim of having all your cell phone data copied to the...
Animal activists join hat battle with Ministry of Defence
The Ministry of Defence will meet animal activists to discuss ethical alternatives to the bearskin hats worn by Buckingham Palace guards.
Study shows heavy snoring is an independent risk factor for carotid atherosclerosis
A study in the Sept. 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that objectively measured heavy snoring is an independent risk factor for early carotid atherosclerosis, which may progress to...
Subatomic Physics Fun
I'm Dr. Fred, and I'm here to tell ya 'Bout a Large Hadron Rap and some books to sell ya. You can buy 'em online, but if you want 'em free You can...