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  Neck Injuries Linked to High Costs for Patients and Spouses, Study Reports

  March 11, 2013 — Patients with neck injuries incur increased health and social costs -- which also affect their spouses and may begin years before the initial injury, a new study ... > full story
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  Mom's Sensitivity Helps Language Development in Children With Hearing Loss

  March 8, 2013 — Psychologists demonstrate the impact sensitive parenting has on language growth for children who receive cochlear ... > full story
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  Prairie Dogs Disperse When All Close Kin Have Disappeared

  March 7, 2013 — Prairie dogs pull up stakes and look for a new place to live when all their close kin have disappeared from their home territory -- a striking pattern of dispersal that has not been observed for any ... > full story
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  Sniff, Sniff: New Form of Animal Communication Discovered

  March 7, 2013 — Sniffing has been observed to also serve as a method for rats to communicate —- a fundamental discovery that may help scientists identify brain regions critical for interpreting communications ... > full story
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  How Birds of Different Feathers Flock Together

  March 7, 2013 — When different species of birds flock together, their flight formations are determined by social dynamics both between and within ... > full story
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  Seniors Who Play Video Games Report Better Sense of Emotional Well-Being

  March 5, 2013 — New research finds that older adults who play video games report higher levels of emotional ... > full story
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  Limiting Access to Alcohol Reduces Violence, Experts Say

  March 5, 2013 — Amending existing laws or adopting additional regulations to limit the availability of alcohol would reduce community violence, experts ... > full story
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  Mental Picture of Others Can Be Seen Using fMRI, Finds New Study

  March 5, 2013 — It is possible to tell who a person is thinking about by analyzing images of his or her brain. Our mental models of people produce unique patterns of brain activation, which can be detected using ... > full story
• Alcoholism
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  Parents, Religion Guard Against College Drinking

  March 5, 2013 — Religious college students report less alcohol use than their classmates -- and the reason may have to do with how their parents handle stress, according to new ... > full story
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  Ostracism Cuts Both Ways: Hurting Someone Else Can Hurt the One Who Inflicts Pain Just as Much

  March 5, 2013 — If you think giving someone the cold shoulder inflicts pain only on them, beware. A new study shows that individuals who deliberately shun another person are equally distressed by the ... > full story

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