News tagged with journal biological psychiatry

Disconnect Between Brain Regions in ADHD

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two brain areas fail to connect when children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder attempt a task that measures attention, according to researchers at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain and M.I.N.D. ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

The narrow line between love and jealousy

A new study carried out at the University of Haifa has found that the hormone oxytocin, the "love hormone", which affects behaviors such as trust, empathy and generosity, also affects opposite behaviors, such as jealousy ...

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Connection between depression and osteoporosis detailed

Research carried out among thousands of people has shown a clear connection between depression and a loss of bone mass, leading to osteoporosis and fractures.

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One drug may help people both lay down the drink and put out the cigarette

A popular smoking cessation drug dramatically reduced the amount a heavy drinker will consume, a new Yale School of Medicine study has found. Heavy-drinking smokers in a laboratory setting were much less likely to drink after ...

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created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0