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Social Media Friend Count Linked to Happiness
By Victoria Brown | Jun 26, 2017 08:51 AM EDTComputer scientists at Indiana University discovered a relationship between the number of social media "friends" and happiness.
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Study: When Lovers Touch, Heartbeats Literally Sync, Pain Diminishes
By Dan Franck | Jun 23, 2017 06:23 PM EDTWhen couples are allowed to hold hands during stressful times, their heartbeats and breathing synchronized.
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PTSD Keeps Growing In Veterans Long After the Trauma
By Victoria Brown | Jun 21, 2017 08:32 AM EDTResearchers find a correlation between PTSD severity and risky behavior, and that risky behavior was linked to the probability of experiencing a traumatic event.
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Discovery Made in Understanding the "Averted Gaze" of Autism
By Victoria | Jun 19, 2017 07:53 PM EDTResearchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found that no, people with ASD aren’t being rude nor are they distracted. Instead, they are overwhelmed with information.
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Study Finds Critical Link Between Mental Illness and Inflammation
By Victoria | Jun 19, 2017 01:20 PM EDTResearchers at Boston Children’s Hospital discovered a link between inflammation and mental illness using a mouse model of lupus.
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Mom of Columbine Shooter on Suicide Warning Signs
By Tabitha Shiflett | Jun 17, 2017 02:32 PM EDT"If anyone could have known what was happening, it should have been me, right? But I didn't know."
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Rock Climbing Might be Effective in Treating Symptoms of Depression
By Catherine Rice | Jun 19, 2017 03:26 PM EDTA study has found that rock climbing may be effective in treating symptoms of depression.
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Can a Politically Divided America Become More Tolerant?
By Catherine Rice | Jun 15, 2017 09:45 PM EDTA social psychologist answers the question of why America is so partisan, and what we can do to fix it.
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The Dos and Don’ts Of Talking To Someone Who is Suicidal
By Tabitha Shiflett | Jun 13, 2017 07:09 PM EDTTalking only scratches the surface.
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Will We Someday Treat Mental Illness Before It Happens?
By Catherine Rice | Jun 13, 2017 04:50 PM EDTKetamine may be useful as an antidepressant due to its ability to build "stress resilience."
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Republicans in Senate Unable to Agree on Health Care Overhaul
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 12, 2017 02:35 PM EDTTwo conservative senators, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Mike Lee of Utah may vote against any bill to overhaul health care coming out of Senate because it is seen a too moderate.
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LA Releases Draft Marijuana Business Regulations
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 09, 2017 06:30 PM EDTAs Los Angeles braces itself for commercial legalization of marijuana in 2018, rules for pot growers and sellers emerge.
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Boosting Your Mental Health May Be Easier Than You Think
By Tabitha Shiflett | Jun 09, 2017 06:31 PM EDTThere is a light at the end of the tunnel.
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Alzheimer’s Disease Or Dementia: Death From Disease Has Risen 55 Percent
By Vin Ross | Jun 08, 2017 03:59 AM EDTA report says that death in the US from Alzheimer’s disease rose to 55 percent.
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Study Says Even Moderate Drinking Can Alter the Brain
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 12, 2017 11:10 AM EDTA new study reveals that moderate drinking can damage the cognitive functions of the brain. This new study disputes earlier claims that moderate drinking was actually good for the brain.
