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Parents of autistic children no likelier to split up
Parents of children with autism are no more likely to split up than other parents. A figure of 80% of parents of children with autism splitting up has become common currency in the autism 'community' over the last few years but no one really knows...
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Tue, May 25 2010 3:50 AM
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder: The Warning Signs - Guest post by Alexis Montgomery
For centuries, women (and some men) have primped, powdered, plucked, and generally fussed over their appearance, sometimes to the point of obsession. But only recently has a syndrome known as Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) come to light (although cases...
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Wed, May 26 2010 2:04 AM
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SHANK2 gene linked to learning disabilities and autism
Variations in a gene called SHANK2 could be linked to both learning disabilities and autism. Researchers from Heidelberg University Hospital studied 396 people with autism and 184 with learning disabilities. They found more variations in the gene in people...
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Wed, May 26 2010 2:50 AM
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Young adults' attitudes to mental illness
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the U.S. has been surveying people's attitude to mental illness as part of Mental Health Awareness Month. Overall the survey found that less than half (40%) of Americans believe someone...
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Wed, May 26 2010 2:31 AM
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Alcohol in the UK: prescriptions rise but dependency falls
The number of prescriptions for medication to deal with alcohol abuse in the U.K. has risen over the last few years but the number of people with symptoms of alcohol dependency has fallen. A total of 150,445 prescriptions for Acamprosate Calcium and Disulfiram...
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Wed, May 26 2010 3:28 AM
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Top Gear or top trouble?
Macho men are a liability behind the wheel. Julie Langlois, a doctoral student at the University of Montreal, studied 22 men as they attempted to overtake another vehicle; the men were told that other people had caught up with it in seven minutes. Before...
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Thu, May 27 2010 2:30 AM
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The happy bird catches the earworm
Most people have had the experience, at one time or another, of getting a piece of music stuck in their head. 'Ear worms,' as they are known, are a relatively under-researched phenomenon but Andrea McNally-Gagnon from the University of Montreal...
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Thu, May 27 2010 2:51 AM
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Britain - the land that sleep forgot
Britain's sleep deprivation crisis is getting worse with serious effects for the economy and the workplace. Researchers surveyed the sleep patterns of 6,000 adults on behalf of the hotel chain Travelodge. They found that 28% of workers said they had...
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Thu, May 27 2010 4:00 AM
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Drink-driving college students
Drink-driving is a major public health problem and, in the U.S. at least, is particularly prevalent among college students. A study by researchers at the University of Maryland reveals the extent of the problem and shows that it gets worse when students...
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Tue, Jun 01 2010 2:08 AM
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Home, nursery and school all need help to boost poor kids
Children do best when they are stimulated at home, school and nursery, suggesting that all three areas need to be targeted to improve the results of children from deprived backgrounds. Researchers in the U.S. followed 1,300 children from birth to Year...
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Tue, Jun 01 2010 1:49 AM
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SSRIs and miscarriage - new evidence of a link
Researchers from the University of Montreal have confirmed previous studies linking the use of certain antidepressants to an increased risk of miscarriage. The researchers studied 5,124 women who had suffered miscarriages. They found that there was an...
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Tue, Jun 01 2010 1:30 AM
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Light the blue touch paper, stand back and see what happens
Researchers from the University of Valencia have been making 30 Spanish men angry to see what happens. The researchers were looking to see what happens in people's brains and bodies rathe than how they behaved. They read the men 50 phrases designed...
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Tue, Jun 01 2010 2:32 AM
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Crowded wards increase nurses' risk of depression
Nurses who work in overcrowded wards may have a higher risk of depression. Researchers from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health looked at 16 hospitals in 2003 and 2004 to see what the monthly bed-occupancy rate was. They defined an 85% bed-occupancy...
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Tue, Jun 01 2010 3:48 AM
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NICE issues new alcohol guidelines
In the U.K. the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued guidelines aimed at dealing with the country's drink problem. The guidance recommends a minimum national price, per unit, of alcohol; a ban on all alcohol advertising in...
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Wed, Jun 02 2010 2:35 AM
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Swedes play numbers game with ADHD
Researchers from Sweden have been looking into the risk factors for ADHD. Sweden could be described as the ultimate database state with the authorities keeping large amounts of information on its citizens. Despite the civil-liberties implications this...
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Wed, Jun 02 2010 3:15 AM
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