Posted on April 13th, 2008 by Kele Ding
13 Apr 2008Female penguins mate with males who bring them pebbles to build egg nests. Hummingbirds mate to gain access to the most productive flowers guarded by larger males.
New research shows that even affluent college students who don’t need resources will still attempt to trade sexual currency for provisions, said Daniel Kruger, research scientist at [...]
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Posted on April 13th, 2008 by Kele Ding
10 Apr 2008
If you clean your house vigorously for twenty minutes non-stop once a week, your anxiety, distress or depression may improve, according to a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
The study also stresses that any type of vigorous physical exercise, sustained for a 20-minute period can have a good impact on [...]
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Posted on April 13th, 2008 by Kele Ding
12 Apr 2008
With Arizona facing a critical crisis of methamphetamine use, Dr. Gregory Ellison, Director of Advanced Medical Center, has identified a very promising new addiction treatment option that shows high success rates and is performed on an out-patient (versus in-patient) basis in 10 hours over five sessions. As the only doctor in the state [...]
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Posted on April 13th, 2008 by Kele Ding
10 Apr 2008
Researchers have identified, for the first time, long-term changes in the brain circuitry of methamphetamine-addicted mice that can explain why the craving of addiction is so stubborn and long-lived. The research could lead to more effective treatments for addiction to methamphetamine and related drugs.
In their experiments, the researchers treated mice with methamphetamine and [...]
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Posted on April 13th, 2008 by Kele Ding
11 Apr 2008
Social integration affects the mental health of non-Western male immigrants in a positive way. For women however, social integration gives an increased risk for mental problems according to a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH).
We found that social integration among non-Western immigrants is linked to good mental health in [...]
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