Tag: Disorders

  • Fish swimming in water contaminated by anti-anxiety drugs turn into weird loners

    sarahpetersmiller1969, grist.org WikimediaAll by myself. I don’t need anyone at all. I know I’ll survive. I know I’ll stay alive. Perch are shy. They like to band together for protection, swimming together in schools the way nerds all share the nerd table in the high-school… Fish swimming in water contaminated by anti-anxiety drugs turn into…

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  • FDA Approves Magnetic Helmet For Treating Depression

    FDA Approves Magnetic Helmet For Treating Depression By Anya Kamenetz, fastcompany.com Today the Unit­ed States Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion approved a device that treats depres­sion using… mag­nets. About 14.8 mil­lion Amer­i­can adults, or 6.7 per­cent of the U.S. adult pop­u­la­tion, are diag­nosed with major depres­sion in … RT @FastCompany: FDA Approves Magnetic Helmet For Treating…

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  • Top chemicals causing autism

    Top 10 Chemicals Most Likely to Cause Autism and Other Learning Disorders Jennifer Chait, inhabitots.com This year, the CDC reported that autism now affects 1 of every 88 American children, which is an unusually high increase from previous years. Now, we may have some more clues as to what is causing the dramatic increases. The…

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  • The promise and perils of cities

    Cities have been the engines of civilization for millennia, serving as places where the arts, commerce, and ideas flourish.  But as we are reminded in a recent article, the close social interactions that make a city so productive also proved ideal for tuberculosis, measles, the plague, and many other diseases. In European capitals, circa 1800,…

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  • Is ADHD An Advantage For Nomadic Tribesmen?

    Is ADHD An Advantage For Nomadic Tribesmen?. Related articles ADHD Symptoms In Toddlers (answers.com) Girls with ADHD more prone to self-injury, suicide as they enter adulthood (sciencedaily.com) Irregular sleep patterns linked to ADHD-like symptoms, says study (time4sleep.co.uk) Is there a link between ADHD and spectacular financial failures? (guardian.co.uk) Girls with ADHD more prone to self-injury,…

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