No need to wait for November to know election outcome

Source: Reuters

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Many folks may fret themselves into a frenzy over the November U.S. elections and whether the world will come to an end on December 21, but for about 1,500 people gathered in New Orleans for t ...
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Violence in the Media

Source: OpPapers.com

Abbey Ludwick Professor Guy Communications 1 1 December 2011 Media Violence: Television shows are part of the American culture. Unlike early times when a TV could only be afforded by the upper class and were seldomly tuned into, Americ ...
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Probiotics: Exploring the Gut-Mind Connection

Source: MedicineNet

May 24, 2012 -- Call it a gut feeling. Preliminary research suggests that probiotics may dampen signals that come from the gut and go to the brain when you're afraid or anxious. "By changing what's going on in ...
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Source: Sandwalk

Jonathan Eisen of The Tree of Life is hosting a series of guest postings by the authors of recetnly published papers. The latest is a guest post by Josh Weitz on their paper on BMC Genomics: A neutral theory of genome evolution and the frequency dist ...
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Behavioral health careers tap individual, collective experience

Source: Chicago Tribune

If you're looking for a career that can have a profound impact on the lives of others, you may want to look at the many opportunities in psychology. The question of why people do the things they do is an age ...
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DMA’s fine exhibition ‘Youth and Beauty’ reaches the finish line

Source: Dallas Morning News

Closings carry a special cachet in the art world, almost as much as openings. This is especially true of the current fine exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art, “Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties,” which holds its finale ...
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A Second Look: John Cassavetes' touch is clear in 'Too Late Blues'

Source: Los Angeles Times

Independence is a crucial part of the legend of John Cassavetes, the original Method actor turned DIY filmmaker. For that reason his early forays into studio directing — he made 1961's "Too Late Blues" for Paramount and ...
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Video: Cutting, Self-injury & Self-harm

Source: Psych Central

Self-injury and self-harm behaviors are still hidden and stigmatized within the mental health profession. Many professionals are afraid to talk about them with their clients, and family doctors rarely ask their young patients — who are most lik ...
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Kin and Kindness

Source: Wall Street Journal

By Michael Shermer It is the oldest and most universally recognized moral principle, codified more than 2,000 years ago by the Jewish sage Hillel the Elder: "Whatsoever thou wouldst that men should not do to thee, do not do that to them. ...
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