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Stimulator Device Offers Treatment Option for Children With Incontinence
January 23, 2013 Incontinence is typically a condition associated with adults; however, many children also struggle with incontinence – bladder, bowel or both. In order to help these children, doctors have ... > full story -
Alcohol Use from Adolescence to Adulthood Follows Different, Complex Pathways
January 22, 2013 Adolescence is often a time of novelty seeking and risk taking, including the initiation of drinking. Other risk factors are also involved in trajectories of alcohol use that may develop over time. A ... > full story -
How Repeated Aggression Triggers Social Aversion in Mice
January 18, 2013 One of the mechanisms involved in the onset of stress-induced depression has been highlighted in mice. Scientists have determined the role of the corticosterone (stress hormone) receptor, in the ... > full story -
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New Study Challenges Links Between Daycare and Behavioral Issues
January 17, 2013 Researchers from the US and Norway studied 75,000 Norwegian children and found no evidence that time spent in child care leads to behavioral ... > full story -
Adolescent Stress Linked to Severe Adult Mental Illness, Mouse Study Suggests
January 17, 2013 Working with mice, researchers have established a link between elevated levels of a stress hormone in adolescence -- a critical time for brain development -- and genetic changes that, in young ... > full story -
Portrayal of Spring Break Excess May Be Stereotypes Gone Wild
January 16, 2013 The popular perception that college students are reaching new levels of self-indulgence and risky behavior during spring break excursions may be based on media coverage and scholarship that ... > full story -
Scanning the Brain: Scientists Examine the Impact of fMRI Over the Past 20 Years
January 16, 2013 The development of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) opened up an exciting new landscape for exploration of the human brain. Now, twenty years after the first fMRI study was published, a ... > full story -
Chimpanzees Successfully Play the Ultimatum Game: Apes' Sense of Fairness Confirmed
January 14, 2013 Researchers have shown that chimpanzees possess a sense of fairness that has previously been attributed as uniquely human. Biologists played the Ultimatum Game with the chimpanzees to determine how ... > full story -
Thirty Percent of Teen Girls Report Meeting Offline With Someone They Met Online
January 14, 2013 A new study highlights the risk that female teenagers face when they go online -- a risk heightened for teen girls who have been victims of abuse or neglect. The study shows that 30 percent of ... > full story -
Marriage Linked to Better Survival in Middle Age; Study Highlights Importance of Social Ties During Midlife
January 10, 2013 Could marriage, and associated companionship, be one key to a longer life? According to new research, not having a permanent partner, or spouse, during midlife is linked to a higher risk of premature ... > full story
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