From the Public Library of Science media release: Not all placebos are equal, and patients who respond to one placebo don’t always respond to others, according to research published July 31 in the open access…
From the IFT media release: Because of a diet low in fish and seafood, children and adults in North America and other parts of the world, have a “nutrition gap” of omega-3 fatty acids, particularly…
From the Mayo Clinic media release: Bipolar disorder evolves differently in patients who also binge eat, a study by Mayo Clinic, the Lindner Center of HOPE and the University of Minnesota found. Binge eating and…
From the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior media release: Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into…
From the MIT media release: The “broken-windows theory,” which was propounded by two Harvard University researchers in the early 1980s, holds that urban “disorder” — visible signs of neglect, such as broken windows — actually…
From the APS media release: As a fetus grows, it’s constantly getting messages from its mother. It’s not just hearing her heartbeat and whatever music she might play to her belly; it also gets chemical…
From the Association for Psychological Science media release: For a hormone, oxytocin is pretty famous. It’s the “cuddle chemical” – the hormone that helps mothers bond with their babies. Salespeople can buy oxytocin spray on…
From the Oxford University media release: Yoga can improve mood and mental wellbeing among prisoners, an Oxford University study suggests, and may also have an effect on impulsive behaviour. The researchers found that prisoners after…
From the University of California – Berkeley media release: Relationship problems can keep us awake at night. But new research from UC Berkeley suggests that sleepless nights also can worsen lovers’ fights. UC Berkeley psychologists…
From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology media release: If you see your partner flirt with someone else, you may feel hurt, angry, and jealous. The last thing you might expect is to start thinking…