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Interview: Budding Google social network sets itself apart

Like the strong-willed youth it is, Google's budding social network is confidently going its own way.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Two genes do not make a voter: new research

Voting behavior cannot be predicted by one or two genes as previous researchers have claimed, according to Evan Charney, a Duke University professor of public policy and political science.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers locate impulse control center in brain

Impulsive behaviour can be improved with training and the improvement is marked by specific brain changes, according to a new Queen's University study.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (15) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New probe promises to reveal brain's mysteries

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dozens of potential applications await a new neurological probing platform developed by European scientists. The new system offers the promise of new cures for neurological disease and a better ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 11, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Why the mirror lies: Individuals with body dysmorphic disorder see their own faces differently

Everyone checks themselves in the mirror now and then, but that experience can be horrifying for individuals suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD, a psychiatric condition that causes them to believe, wrongly, that ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Contrary to widely held beliefs, romance can last in long-term relationships, say researchers

Romance does not have to fizzle out in long-term relationships and progress into a companionship/friendship-type love, a new study has found. Romantic love can last a lifetime and lead to happier, healthier relationships.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Deep brain stimulation helps severe OCD, but pioneer advises caution

When obsessive-compulsive disorder is of crippling severity and drugs and behavior therapy can't help, there has been for just over a year a thread — or rather a wire — of hope. By inserting a thin electrode deep ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

One in five Americans had mental illness last year: survey

Nearly one in five Americans, or 45 million adults, experienced some form of mental illness last year, according to a major US government survey published on Friday.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 19, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Obsessing over strep throat in kids

A common infection in children, strep throat can lead to problems with a child's heart, joints or brain if left untreated. And when the brain is involved, motor and mental functioning may be compromised, leading to syndromes ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Deep brain stimulation may help patients with treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder

Using electrodes to stimulate areas deep within the brain may have therapeutic potential for patients with obsessive compulsive disorder that is refractory to treatment, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find that single gene responsible for OCD-like behaviors in mice

Researchers at the Ansary Stem Cell Institute and the Department of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College discovered that mice missing a single gene developed repetitive obsessive-compulsive-like behaviors. The genetically ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Treating panic disorder on the web

An online treatment system for patients suffering with panic disorder and anxiety problems combine biofeedback therapy with web technologies and allows patients and medical professionals to communicate effectively, according ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 19, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Obsessive-compulsive disorder national meeting draws past, present sufferers

(AP) -- Ashley Bystrom was terrified of germs. Jared Kant worried his own thoughts could hurt other people.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists review deep brain stimulation to treat psychiatric diseases

Pioneering therapeutic trials to investigate the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in hard-to-treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's syndrome are underway at multiple medical centers ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Psychiatric disorders are common in adults who have had anorexia

The study was initiated in 1985. A total of 51 teenagers with anorexia nervosa were studied, together with an equally large control group of healthy persons. The groups have been investigated and compared several times as ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0