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		<title>Sense of control `eliminates emotion-driven distortions of time`</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 05:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers claim to have found a way to lessen emotion-driven time distortions. Humans a fairly erratic sense of time and tend to misjudge the duration of events, particularly when they are emotional in nature. Disturbingly negative experiences, for example, seem to last much longer than they actually do. And highly positive experiences seem to pass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aspirin may arrest declining mental capacity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A daily dose of acetylsalicylic acid, as big as a fourth of an aspirin, may arrest declining mental capacity among the elderly with high cardiovascular risk, says a new study. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, over a five year period studied how intellectual capacity changes among 681 elderly women (70 to 92 years) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to cope with stress</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stress when left unmanaged can lead to health problems, say University of Alabama at Birmingham experts who have also suggested some ways to help deal with its negative effects. While everyone responds to stress differently, common signs include changes in eating habits, feeling like you have no control, forgetfulness, headaches, lack of energy and focus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How self-discipline works</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers believe that gaining a clearer understanding of how self-control works could provide critical insights into addressing some of the large-scale problems facing society today including obesity and addiction. Converging scientific evidence tells us that self-control is an important ability. It helps us keep our cool, get things done, and resist the things that tempt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Netherlands records rise in euthanasia cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>IANS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A total of 13 psychiatric patients in The Netherlands were helped to end their life last year, compared to just two in 2010, according to euthanasia monitoring groups. According to the DutchNews, euthanasia is strictly controlled in The Netherlands. A patient has to be &#8220;suffering unbearably&#8221; and doctors must be convinced the patient is making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anxiety increases sick leave risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers have identified anxiety as a more important risk factor in long-term sick leave than previously thought. Common mental disorders such as anxiety and depression will affect 1 of 3 of us at some point in our lives. The core symptoms of mental disorders affect a person’s emotional, cognitive and social functioning, which can impact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why people don’t perform well when stressed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered why stressed persons are more likely to lapse back into habits than to behave in a goal-directed manner. Dr. Lars Schwabe and Prof. Dr. Oliver Wolf from Ruhr-Universitat have mimicked a stress situation in the body using drugs. They then examined the brain activity using functional MRI scanning. The researchers have now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bright brains fall foul of nonsensical words</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The human brain often do not even notice key words that can change the whole meaning of a sentence, new research has found. After a plane crash, where should the survivors be buried? If you are considering where the most appropriate burial place should be, you are not alone. Scientists have found that around half [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Potential target for treating depression identified</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have found a novel molecular mechanism responsible for the most important symptom of major depression: anhedonia, the loss of the ability to experience pleasure. While the Stanford University School of Medicine study was conducted in mice, the brain circuit involved in this newly elucidated pathway is largely identical between rodents and humans, upping the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anxiety may lead to premature aging</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A common form of anxiety, known as phobic anxiety, was found to be associated with shorter telomeres in middle-aged and older women, suggesting a possible risk factor for accelerated aging. Telomeres are DNA-protein complexes at the ends of chromosomes. They protect chromosomes from deteriorating and guard the genetic information at the ends of chromosomes during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training can help boost visual ability</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until now it has seemed an irreparable limitation of human perception that we strain to perceive things in the very rapid succession of, say, less than half a second. Psychologists call this deficit “attentional blink.” We’ll notice that first car spinning out in our path, but maybe not register the one immediately beyond it. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hormone curbs depression-like symptoms in stressed mice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A hormone with anti-diabetic properties also reduces depression-like symptoms in mice, according to a new study. All types of current antidepressants, including tricyclics and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, increase the risk for type 2 diabetes. “The finding offers a novel target for treating depression, and would be especially beneficial for those depressed individuals who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why we get cranky during summer heat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BioNews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot weather isn’t just uncomfortable, it certainly takes a toll on our bodies by making us cranky and can also test our tempers, experts have revealed. Nancy Molitor, an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry and behavioural science at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine said that many people feel a little hotheaded when the mercury [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Individuals cooperate depending on emotional state and prior experiences</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When deciding whether to cooperate with others, people do not act thinking in their own reward, as had been previously believed, but rather individuals are more influenced by their own mood at the time and by the number of individuals with whom they have cooperated before, a new study has revealed. The study by researchers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How cooperation can trump competition in monkeys</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alpha male geladas who allowed subordinate competitors into their group had a longer tenure as leader, resulting in an average of three more offspring each during their lifetimes. This is according to a study by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Michigan and Duke University. The findings were collected from data during [...]]]></description>
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