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Three Weird Trends in Mental Health My eyes eat the words but my brain won t swallow them, my friend Ray told me at lunch last month. He went on to explain that whenever he tried to read, his eyes would scan a page but he had no comprehension of what he was reading. With intense concentration , he could eventually understand what he read, but the effort left him exhausted. Aware that I m a neuroscientist and former therapist, Ray wanted to know what was wrong with him. I asked How long has t ... Psychology Today - Mon. Feb 22
Dead Food and Other Edible Horrors Time Magazine arrived yesterday with an unforgettable cover picture of a rotund Barbie doll on the cover. It is a profile shot so we readers cannot miss the belly. The long blond hair and cupie doll features are the same as we all remember, but the figure is...well...curvy. I shook my head to see if I was seeing incorrectly but, no, this was Mattel s attempt to represent accurately the way our societal view of normal is shifting. Compelled to look further, ... Psychology Today - Mon. Feb 22
We Need to Value Intellectual Integrity Four hundred years prior to the birth of Christ a revolution began in Greece that would fundamentally change the world and give birth to modern Western civilization. The early Greek philosophers e.g., Socrates, Plato and Aristotle changed the world because they forged a new path toward intellectual integrity, a path that resulted in the foundation of modern academic knowledge . Psychology Today - Mon. Feb 22
Supply of GPs and detection of hypertension in England associated with prematu... General practitioner numbers appear to have a small but important influence on premature mortality rates in England, according to research by the University of Leicester. The study, published in the journal BMJ Open , records lower levels of premature mortality in less deprived practices -- which could support the case for strengthening general practice throughout England. Professor Richard Baker from the Department of Health Sciences who led the study exp ... EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 22
FDA-approved ALK IHC CDx superior to another IHC assay for patient selection DENVER - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA approved VENTANA anti-ALK D5F3 CDx performed more accurately than another commonly used immunohistochemistry IHC assay, based on the use of the 5A4 clone, for the selection of patients eligible to receive ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor TKI treatment. ALK gene rearrangements are detected in 3-5 of non-small cell lung cancer NSCLC patients. Screening for ALK mutations is now routine clinical practice for pati ... EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 22
Web search study finds a 'Charlie Sheen effect' on HIV prevention A Johns Hopkins computer scientist played a key role in a new study that analyzed online news and search engine records to gauge the public s response to actor Charlie Sheen s Nov. 17, 2015, disclosure on NBC s TODAY Show that he was HIV-positive. The multi-institution study, to be published Feb. 22 by the Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA Internal Medicine [note hyperlink is not active until embargo lifts], found that there were record high ... EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 22
MGHfC review articles examine early-life risk factors, interventions for child... As the rate of obesity in the U.S. population has risen dramatically, more and more children are becoming overweight at younger and younger ages. Understanding the factors that contribute to childhood obesity and identifying ways to prevent its development are critical to stemming the historically high prevalence of childhood obesity and of associated health problems like type 2 diabetes. Two articles receiving online publication in the American Journal of ... EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 22
Couples' lifestyle choices impact on obesity risk, study finds The lifestyle a person shares with their partner has a greater influence on their chances of becoming obese than their upbringing, research suggests. By middle age, choices made by couples - including those linked to diet and exercise - have a much greater impact than the lifestyle each shared with siblings and parents growing up. Although by middle age siblings have a shared risk of being obese, this is mostly attributable to their shared genetic inherita ... EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 22
Significant new study shows importance of help for childhood sexual abuse vict... While the sexual abuse of children is currently an issue at the forefront of public life, concern has focused on the protection of children and the identification of perpetrators. However, a new study by the Universities of Bristol and Durham for the NSPCC, hopes to refocus attention on what can be done to help the victims of childhood sexual abuse. The study, published today, FEB 22 evaluated the delivery of Letting the Future In, an NSPCC-designed progra ... EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 22
New Research From Psychological Science Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science Five-Month-Old Infants Have General Knowledge of How Nonsolid Substances Behave and Interact Susan J. Hespos, Alissa L. Ferry, Erin M. Anderson, Emily N. Hollenbeck, and Lance J. Rips Research has shown that infants have a sophisticated understanding of the properties of objects, but it is less clear whether infants develop a similar understanding of nonsolid objects. Four- and 5-month-old i ... Psychological Science - Mon. Feb 22
Experiencing Financial Stress May Lead to Physical Pain People who feel that their financial outlook is shaky may actually experience more physical pain than those who feel financially secure, according to new research in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science . The findings indicate that the link may be driven, at least in part, by feeling a lack of control over one s life. Overall, our findings reveal that it physically hurts to be economically insecure, explains resear ... Psychological Science - Mon. Feb 22
11 Weird, Fun, and Easy Ways to Reduce Stress Some people collect seashells, stamps, or coins. But if you were born with an anxious brain like me , you might want to collect as many and varied ways to relieve excessive stress as possible. Notice that I used the phrase, excessive stress. Stress is a part of life, and a great stress reliever is simply accepting that fact rather than expecting life to always be easy. But when stress is overwhelming and persistent, it s time to take action Otherwise, stre ... Psychology Today - Fri. Feb 19

Three Weird Trends in Mental Health

My eyes eat the words but my brain won t swallow them, my friend Ray told me at lunch last month. He went on to explain that whenever he tried to read, his eyes would scan a page but he had no comprehension of what he was reading. With intense concentration , he could eventually understand what he read, but the effort left him exhausted. Aware that I m a neuroscientist and former therapist, Ray wanted to know what was wrong with him. I asked How long has t ...

Psychology Today - Mon. Feb 22

Dead Food and Other Edible Horrors

Time Magazine arrived yesterday with an unforgettable cover picture of a rotund Barbie doll on the cover. It is a profile shot so we readers cannot miss the belly. The long blond hair and cupie doll features are the same as we all remember, but the figure is...well...curvy. I shook my head to see if I was seeing incorrectly but, no, this was Mattel s attempt to represent accurately the way our societal view of normal is shifting. Compelled to look further, ...

Psychology Today - Mon. Feb 22

We Need to Value Intellectual Integrity

Four hundred years prior to the birth of Christ a revolution began in Greece that would fundamentally change the world and give birth to modern Western civilization. The early Greek philosophers e.g., Socrates, Plato and Aristotle changed the world because they forged a new path toward intellectual integrity, a path that resulted in the foundation of modern academic knowledge .

Psychology Today - Mon. Feb 22

Supply of GPs and detection of hypertension in England associated with prematu...

General practitioner numbers appear to have a small but important influence on premature mortality rates in England, according to research by the University of Leicester. The study, published in the journal BMJ Open , records lower levels of premature mortality in less deprived practices -- which could support the case for strengthening general practice throughout England. Professor Richard Baker from the Department of Health Sciences who led the study exp ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 22

FDA-approved ALK IHC CDx superior to another IHC assay for patient selection

DENVER - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA approved VENTANA anti-ALK D5F3 CDx performed more accurately than another commonly used immunohistochemistry IHC assay, based on the use of the 5A4 clone, for the selection of patients eligible to receive ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor TKI treatment. ALK gene rearrangements are detected in 3-5 of non-small cell lung cancer NSCLC patients. Screening for ALK mutations is now routine clinical practice for pati ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 22

Web search study finds a 'Charlie Sheen effect' on HIV prevention

A Johns Hopkins computer scientist played a key role in a new study that analyzed online news and search engine records to gauge the public s response to actor Charlie Sheen s Nov. 17, 2015, disclosure on NBC s TODAY Show that he was HIV-positive. The multi-institution study, to be published Feb. 22 by the Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA Internal Medicine [note hyperlink is not active until embargo lifts], found that there were record high ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 22

MGHfC review articles examine early-life risk factors, interventions for child...

As the rate of obesity in the U.S. population has risen dramatically, more and more children are becoming overweight at younger and younger ages. Understanding the factors that contribute to childhood obesity and identifying ways to prevent its development are critical to stemming the historically high prevalence of childhood obesity and of associated health problems like type 2 diabetes. Two articles receiving online publication in the American Journal of ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 22

Couples' lifestyle choices impact on obesity risk, study finds

The lifestyle a person shares with their partner has a greater influence on their chances of becoming obese than their upbringing, research suggests. By middle age, choices made by couples - including those linked to diet and exercise - have a much greater impact than the lifestyle each shared with siblings and parents growing up. Although by middle age siblings have a shared risk of being obese, this is mostly attributable to their shared genetic inherita ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 22

Significant new study shows importance of help for childhood sexual abuse vict...

While the sexual abuse of children is currently an issue at the forefront of public life, concern has focused on the protection of children and the identification of perpetrators. However, a new study by the Universities of Bristol and Durham for the NSPCC, hopes to refocus attention on what can be done to help the victims of childhood sexual abuse. The study, published today, FEB 22 evaluated the delivery of Letting the Future In, an NSPCC-designed progra ...

EurekAlert - Mon. Feb 22

New Research From Psychological Science

Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science Five-Month-Old Infants Have General Knowledge of How Nonsolid Substances Behave and Interact Susan J. Hespos, Alissa L. Ferry, Erin M. Anderson, Emily N. Hollenbeck, and Lance J. Rips Research has shown that infants have a sophisticated understanding of the properties of objects, but it is less clear whether infants develop a similar understanding of nonsolid objects. Four- and 5-month-old i ...

Psychological Science - Mon. Feb 22

Experiencing Financial Stress May Lead to Physical Pain

People who feel that their financial outlook is shaky may actually experience more physical pain than those who feel financially secure, according to new research in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science . The findings indicate that the link may be driven, at least in part, by feeling a lack of control over one s life. Overall, our findings reveal that it physically hurts to be economically insecure, explains resear ...

Psychological Science - Mon. Feb 22

11 Weird, Fun, and Easy Ways to Reduce Stress

Some people collect seashells, stamps, or coins. But if you were born with an anxious brain like me , you might want to collect as many and varied ways to relieve excessive stress as possible. Notice that I used the phrase, excessive stress. Stress is a part of life, and a great stress reliever is simply accepting that fact rather than expecting life to always be easy. But when stress is overwhelming and persistent, it s time to take action Otherwise, stre ...

Psychology Today - Fri. Feb 19