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The pill won't kill your sexual desire, researchers say Amsterdam, December 15, 2016 - Taking the pill doesn t lower your sexual desire, contrary to popular belief, according to research published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine . The authors of the research, from the University of Kentucky and Indiana University in the US, say the evidence explaining what affects women s sexual desire is mixed and more research is needed. Contraceptives are designed ... EurekAlert - Thu. Dec 15
Women Denied an Abortion Endure Mental Health Toll: Study Women who are denied an abortion may suffer anxiety and low self-esteem, a new analysis indicates. In contrast, the researchers found no indication that having an abortion increased the risk for near- or long-term psychological problems. Our study found that denying women an abortion has negative consequences to their mental health and well-being in the short-term, said study author M. Antonia Big ... Healthday - Thu. Dec 15
This GIF Sums Up The Impact Of Addiction And Mental Illness On America A wealth of data shows that deaths related to drugs, alcohol and suicide are on the rise . But new research also shows that in many areas of the U.S. particularly in Kentucky, West Virginia, the Dakotas and the Southwestern states these increases are particularly dramatic. Huffington Post - Thu. Dec 15
Seven Common Reasons People Self Sabotage Their Own Lives What are some ways people wreck their own lives and how can they avoid doing so originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights . Huffington Post - Thu. Dec 15
My Basket of Hope I: BeaRtrice, Oscar, and Asian Moon Bears Maintaining hope in the rage of inhumanity At this time of year I receive many messages asking me why I remain hopeful for the plight of nonhuman animals animals in an increasingly human-dominated world. Many people know we re living in an epoch called the Anthropocene, also called the age of humanity. I prefer to call the Anthropocene the rage of inhumanity, because ample scientific data show we, ... Psychology Today - Thu. Dec 15
Sex Addiction's Diversity Problem I was recently interviewed in a CNN piece covering the continued controversy over sex addiction , and I noticed something everyone interviewed in the article is white. Not just white, but educated, and middle class or above. Why is that Increasingly, panels of experts are expected to represent the diversity of our country, but most publications discussing sex addiction solely include expert opinio ... Psychology Today - Thu. Dec 15
Progress and the Human Psyche As I bear witness to the psychological upheaval related to the 2016 United States presidential election, I have been thinking about the many conflicting forces in the human psyche, forces that pull us in different directions forwards, backwards, and sometimes even apart. To me, these conflicting forces can be roughly categorized as the pull toward entropy, homeostasis, and progress . While all thr ... Psychology Today - Thu. Dec 15
Celebrity chefs have poor food safety practices, a Kansas State University stu... MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Celebrity chefs are cooking up poor food safety habits, according to a Kansas State University study. Kansas State University food safety experts Edgar Chambers IV and Curtis Maughan, along with Tennessee State University s Sandria Godwin, recently published Food safety behaviors observed in celebrity chefs across a variety of programs in the Journal of Public Health . The res ... EurekAlert - Wed. Dec 14
Cigar warnings: Do teens believe them? CHAPEL HILL, NC - A majority of adolescents in the United States report current cigar warning labels to be very believable, according to a new study conducted by doctors and researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. But significant differences exist in the believability of specific cigar warnings, suggesting that more work is needed to establish the best warnings to dissuade you ... EurekAlert - Wed. Dec 14
Smartphones and tablets and adolescents: Small size, big problems? Cincinnati, OH, December 14, 2016 -- Research has shown that when children watch too much television, their risk of obesity increases. However, more and more screen time is coming from other devices, like tablets and smartphones, and the impact of these devices has not been researched as much. In a new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics , researchers found that children w ... EurekAlert - Wed. Dec 14
Promotion of nickel (Ni) allergy by anamnestic sensitization This report provides evidence that the solitary pre-sensitization to LPS is essential for the onset of Ni allergy by shifting the Th1 Th2 immune balance toward a Th1 dominant. Metal allergies caused by exposure to sensitizing metals including nickel Ni , cobalt, chromium, palladium, and gold [Schmidt M, J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2015]. Among them, Ni is the most common cause of metal-induced allergies ... EurekAlert - Wed. Dec 14
Switching to daylight saving time may lead to harsher legal sentences Judges in the United States tend to give defendants longer sentences the day after switching to daylight saving time compared with other days of the year, according to research published in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science . Previous research has shown that people tend to sacrifice, on average, about 40 minutes of sleep when they spring forward to dayl ... EurekAlert - Wed. Dec 14

The pill won't kill your sexual desire, researchers say

Amsterdam, December 15, 2016 - Taking the pill doesn t lower your sexual desire, contrary to popular belief, according to research published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine . The authors of the research, from the University of Kentucky and Indiana University in the US, say the evidence explaining what affects women s sexual desire is mixed and more research is needed. Contraceptives are designed ...

EurekAlert - Thu. Dec 15

Women Denied an Abortion Endure Mental Health Toll: Study

Women who are denied an abortion may suffer anxiety and low self-esteem, a new analysis indicates. In contrast, the researchers found no indication that having an abortion increased the risk for near- or long-term psychological problems. Our study found that denying women an abortion has negative consequences to their mental health and well-being in the short-term, said study author M. Antonia Big ...

Healthday - Thu. Dec 15

This GIF Sums Up The Impact Of Addiction And Mental Illness On America

A wealth of data shows that deaths related to drugs, alcohol and suicide are on the rise . But new research also shows that in many areas of the U.S. particularly in Kentucky, West Virginia, the Dakotas and the Southwestern states these increases are particularly dramatic.

Huffington Post - Thu. Dec 15

Seven Common Reasons People Self Sabotage Their Own Lives

What are some ways people wreck their own lives and how can they avoid doing so originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights .

Huffington Post - Thu. Dec 15

My Basket of Hope I: BeaRtrice, Oscar, and Asian Moon Bears

Maintaining hope in the rage of inhumanity At this time of year I receive many messages asking me why I remain hopeful for the plight of nonhuman animals animals in an increasingly human-dominated world. Many people know we re living in an epoch called the Anthropocene, also called the age of humanity. I prefer to call the Anthropocene the rage of inhumanity, because ample scientific data show we, ...

Psychology Today - Thu. Dec 15

Sex Addiction's Diversity Problem

I was recently interviewed in a CNN piece covering the continued controversy over sex addiction , and I noticed something everyone interviewed in the article is white. Not just white, but educated, and middle class or above. Why is that Increasingly, panels of experts are expected to represent the diversity of our country, but most publications discussing sex addiction solely include expert opinio ...

Psychology Today - Thu. Dec 15

Progress and the Human Psyche

As I bear witness to the psychological upheaval related to the 2016 United States presidential election, I have been thinking about the many conflicting forces in the human psyche, forces that pull us in different directions forwards, backwards, and sometimes even apart. To me, these conflicting forces can be roughly categorized as the pull toward entropy, homeostasis, and progress . While all thr ...

Psychology Today - Thu. Dec 15

Celebrity chefs have poor food safety practices, a Kansas State University stu...

MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Celebrity chefs are cooking up poor food safety habits, according to a Kansas State University study. Kansas State University food safety experts Edgar Chambers IV and Curtis Maughan, along with Tennessee State University s Sandria Godwin, recently published Food safety behaviors observed in celebrity chefs across a variety of programs in the Journal of Public Health . The res ...

EurekAlert - Wed. Dec 14

Cigar warnings: Do teens believe them?

CHAPEL HILL, NC - A majority of adolescents in the United States report current cigar warning labels to be very believable, according to a new study conducted by doctors and researchers at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. But significant differences exist in the believability of specific cigar warnings, suggesting that more work is needed to establish the best warnings to dissuade you ...

EurekAlert - Wed. Dec 14

Smartphones and tablets and adolescents: Small size, big problems?

Cincinnati, OH, December 14, 2016 -- Research has shown that when children watch too much television, their risk of obesity increases. However, more and more screen time is coming from other devices, like tablets and smartphones, and the impact of these devices has not been researched as much. In a new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics , researchers found that children w ...

EurekAlert - Wed. Dec 14

Promotion of nickel (Ni) allergy by anamnestic sensitization

This report provides evidence that the solitary pre-sensitization to LPS is essential for the onset of Ni allergy by shifting the Th1 Th2 immune balance toward a Th1 dominant. Metal allergies caused by exposure to sensitizing metals including nickel Ni , cobalt, chromium, palladium, and gold [Schmidt M, J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2015]. Among them, Ni is the most common cause of metal-induced allergies ...

EurekAlert - Wed. Dec 14

Switching to daylight saving time may lead to harsher legal sentences

Judges in the United States tend to give defendants longer sentences the day after switching to daylight saving time compared with other days of the year, according to research published in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science . Previous research has shown that people tend to sacrifice, on average, about 40 minutes of sleep when they spring forward to dayl ...

EurekAlert - Wed. Dec 14