Teen YouTube Videos Shed Light on Self-Esteem Issues
Naomi Gibson(NEW YORK) — Naomi Gibson, who lives just outside Denver, always makes a point to tell her 13-year-old daughter, Faye, that she’s beautiful. So when she started getting calls from media asking to interview Faye about a video she had posted…
Spiders Appear Bigger When You Fear Them
Duncan Smith/Thinkstock(COLUMBUS) — If you suffer from an irrational fear of spiders, you may perceive the critters to be much larger than they actually are, according to a new study published in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders.Researchers from Ohio …
Shopaholic Says Shoplifting Arrest Was Her Wake-Up Call
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LANSING, Mich.) — For most people, a trip to the mall is, well, just a trip to the mall. But for Ronnie Haring, it a place full of dangerous temptations because the 38-year-old mother of two is a shopaholic.”It’s less a feeling …
Why Would Rihanna Let Chris Brown Back Into Her Life?
Chris Polk/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — Rihanna debuted her sexually charged “Birthday Cake” remix Monday, and the man who bloodied and bruised her three years ago, Chris Brown, appears on the new version, rapping about how he wants to “…
Nice or Nasty? New Research Answers Human Nature Question
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(VANCOUVER, British Columbia) — New research is proving that humans are naturally pretty nice with “pro-social tendencies” and are not as “nasty” as previously thought, according to a top primate behavi…
Grief: Normal, Not A Mental Illness
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Grief following the death of a loved one isn’t a mental illness that requires psychiatrists and antidepressants, according to editors of The Lancet, who oppose “medicalizing” an often-healing response to overwhelming loss…
Restless Nights Linked to Signs of Alzheimer’s, Study Finds
Erik Snyder/Photodisc(ST. LOUIS) — Could disturbed sleep patterns be linked to early signs of Alzheimer’s disease? Researchers think so.Yo-El Ju, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and colleagues conducted a study in people w…
High-Calorie Diet Could Lead to Memory Loss, Study Suggests
Comstock/Thinkstock(ROCHESTER, Minn.) — Researchers suggest there may be a link between memory loss and a high-calorie diet.Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can often be an early sign of dementia, and experts say it may help to determine who will event…
Cancer Drug Erases Alzheimer’s in Mice
Comstock/Thinkstock(CLEVELAND) — A drug typically used to treat skin cancer quickly reversed Alzheimer’s disease in mice, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. Alzheimer’s researchers call the results exciting, bu…
Deep Brain Stimulation Boosts Memory
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A new study suggests that driving electricity deep into the brain can boost memory, shedding light on a mysterious neurological process and opening the door for Alzheimer’s disease treatments.Researchers from t…
Deep Brain Stimulation Boosts Memory
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A new study suggests that driving electricity deep into the brain can boost memory, shedding light on a mysterious neurological process and opening the door for Alzheimer’s disease treatments.Researchers from t…
Deep Brain Stimulation Boosts Memory
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A new study suggests that driving electricity deep into the brain can boost memory, shedding light on a mysterious neurological process and opening the door for Alzheimer’s disease treatments.Researchers from t…
Health and Human Services to Boost Alzheimer’s Research Funding
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Obama administration plans to increase federal funding for Alzheimer’s disease research and caregiver support by more than 25 percent over the next two years, the Department of Health and Human Services a…
Sperm Test to Hit Drugstore Shelves
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A home sperm test is set to join dozens of female fertility predictors on drug store shelves this spring.Walgreen’s and CVS are already selling the sperm-counting kit, called SpermCheck Fertility, online. Now…
Playing Music Protects Memory, Hearing, Brain Processing
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(EVANSTON, Ill.) — Want your brain to be as fit as a fiddle, even after you are old and gray? Then learn how to play a real violin. Or a tuba. Or just about any other musical instrument.Scientific research over the years has shown …
Ketamine: Quick Fix for Severe Depression?
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — Ketamine, a prescription drug that has been used as an anesthetic for decades and gained popularity on the street as “Special K,” is being tested in Houston as a quick fix for severe depression.Researchers…
Men More Than Women Likely to Experience Memory Loss
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(ROCHESTER, Minn.) — Men more than women are at higher risk of developing mild memory loss, according to a new study published in the journal Neurology. The memory dysfunction, called mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, is the sta…
Stem-Cell Tech May Aid Alzheimer’s Research
HANS-ULRICH OSTERWALDER/Getty Images(SAN DIEGO) — With 5.4 million Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, a proven treatment or cure remains elusive. And the methods scientists are using to study the disease have yet to yield much i…
Brain Games May Help Thwart Alzheimer’s: Study
Wavebreak Media/Thinkstock(BERKELEY, Calif.) — Worried about Alzheimer’s disease? You may want to finish that game of sudoku before you read this.Researchers behind a study in this week’s Archives of Neurology say they have a found a link …
Early Brain Changes May Indicate Dyslexia
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — A group of researchers say they may be close to finding a way to resolve what’s known as the “dyslexia paradox”: the fact that the earlier a child is diagnosed with dyslexia, the easier it is to tr…