From the Elsevier press release via AlphaGalileo: Once heavy drinking impairs function, a variety of punishment-related threats may motivate people to stop drinking: spouses may threaten divorce, employers may threaten job loss, and courts threaten…
From the Springer press release via EurekAlert!: Poor mental health leads to unhealthy behaviors in low-income adults – not the other way around, according to a new study by Dr. Jennifer Walsh and colleagues from…
From the UCLA press release via HealthCanal: UCLA researchers, in a finding that runs counter to conventional wisdom, have discovered for the first time that a gene thought to express a stress-response protein in all…
From the Elsevier press release via AlphaGalileo: Excessive alcohol use accounts for 4% of the global burden of disease, and binge drinking particularly is becoming an increasing health issue. A new review article published Cortex…
From the UT Austin press release via MedicalXpress: Rats that are socially isolated during a critical period of adolescence are more vulnerable to addiction to amphetamine and alcohol, found researchers at The University of Texas…
From the University of Nottingham press release via HealthCanal: Keeping active can slow down the progression of memory loss in people with Alzheimer’s disease, a study has shown. A team of researchers from The University…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Eating while distracted generally makes people eat more without being aware of it, but reducing bite sizes may be able to counter this effect, according…
From the University of Otago press release via EurekAlert!: Eating more fruit and vegetables may make young people calmer, happier and more energetic in their daily life, new research from New Zealand’s University of Otago…
From the University of Montreal press release via EurekAlert!: In a study published in the very first issue of the new journal JAMA Psychiatry, researchers from Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center, University of Montreal and King’s…
From the Frontiers press release via EurekAlert!: Yoga has positive effects on mild depression and sleep complaints, even in the absence of drug treatments, and improves symptoms associated with schizophrenia and ADHD in patients on…