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Experts Offer Strategies For Working With Immigrant Victims Of Violence
Last year, the United States
provided asylum and
resettlement assistance for
nearly 80,700 people from
other countries, an increase
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Pulling Together Increases Your Pain Threshold
A study of rowers has shown
that members of a team who
exercised together were able
to tolerate twice as much
pain as when they trained on
their own. ... > full story
Brain Differences Found Between Believers In God And Non-Believers
Believing in God can help
block anxiety and minimize
stress, according to new
research that shows distinct
brain differences between
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Buying Experiences, Not Possessions, Leads To Greater Happiness
Can money make us happy if
we spend it on the right
purchases? A new psychology
study suggests that buying
life experiences rather than
material possessions leads
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Sociologist Looks At Pediatric Physicians' Views On Religion, Spirituality
November 11, 2009 — Pediatricians and pediatric oncologists express differing views on religion and spirituality, largely based on the types of patients they treat, according to a new ... > full story -
Religion And Medicine: Sometimes A Healing Prescription
November 5, 2009 — Do pediatric oncologists feel that religion is a bridge or a barrier to their work? Or do they feel it can be either, depending on whether their patients are recovering or deteriorating? A novel ... > full story -
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Vast Majority Of Physicians Satisfied With Hospital Chaplain Services
October 26, 2009 — A national survey of physicians' experience with hospital chaplains found that the vast majority of doctors were satisfied with the spiritual services provided. However, physicians in the Northeast ... > full story -
Where Religious Belief And Disbelief Meet
October 11, 2009 — While the human brain responds very differently to religious and nonreligious propositions, the process of believing or disbelieving a statement, whether religious or not, seems to be governed by the ... > full story -
Teenage Birth Rates Higher In More Religious States
September 18, 2009 — Rates of births to teenage mothers are strongly predicted by conservative religious beliefs, even after controlling for differences in income and rates of abortion. Researchers have found a strong ... > full story -
Trust Your Gut? Study Explores Religion, Morality And Trust In Authority
September 15, 2009 — Researchers provided a nationally-represented sample of adults with an online survey about the US Supreme Court's ruling on physician-assisted suicide. More religious participants tended to trust the ... > full story -
Why Weight Watchers Succeeds: Meetings Provide A Blend Of Spirituality And Therapy
August 27, 2009 — Weight Watchers is the world's largest support group, with more than 1.5 million members worldwide. What makes overweight consumers turn to this organization for help? A new study says dieters are ... > full story -
Growth In Number Of Americans Citing No Religion May Be Slower Than Previously Reported
August 11, 2009 — Americans continue to pull away from organized religion, but the rate of departure previously reported may not have been as abrupt as originally thought, according to new ... > full story -
Perceiving Touch And Your Self Outside Of Your Body
August 5, 2009 — When you feel you are being touched, usually something is physically touching you and you perceive that your "self" is located in the same place as your body. Neuroscientists have now investigated ... > full story -
New Links Between Lucid Dreaming And Psychosis Could Revive Dream Therapy In Psychiatry
July 29, 2009 — Similarities in brain activity during lucid dreaming and psychosis suggest that the previously discredited technique of dream therapy may be useful in psychiatric treatment, according to a European ... > full story
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