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Drinking This Popular Beverage Slashes Depression and Suicide Risk by Half, According to Study

July 25, 2022
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In the song “9 to 5,” from the 1980 movie of the same name, singer Dolly Parton refers to coffee as a “cup of ambition.”  Now, emerging research indicates that coffee’s potential benefits extend far beyond increasing motivation; according to one study, coffee may even help prevent suicide. Other recent studies show that coffee can…

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Depression Is Probably Not Caused by a Chemical Imbalance in the Brain: New Study

July 24, 2022
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For three decades, people have been deluged with information suggesting that depression is caused by a “chemical imbalance” in the brain – namely an imbalance of a brain chemical called serotonin. However, our latest research review shows that the evidence does not support it. Although first proposed in the 1960s, the serotonin theory of depression started to be…

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Can We Regenerate Brain Cells?

July 24, 2022
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For many decades, neurologists and medical students were taught that neurogenesis, the formation of new brain cells, does not happen in the adult brain. It was believed that when cells in other organs died they were replaced with fresh new ones whereas the brain was seen as a special organ where once neurons died, they were…

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How to Tackle a Mountain of Tasks

July 21, 2022
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I recently came back to my work after taking a full month off—I am a firm believer in taking time off and finding time for rest and replenishment. After a month off, it turns out I have a pile of tasks, emails, and messages to go through. It’s daunting. It can be discouraging to face…

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Homicide Rates Hit 25-year High; These Are Some Biological Factors Behind It

July 20, 2022
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Violence in the United States has been increasing. The country is now seeing a return to the violence-ridden landscapes of the ’90s. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2020 violent crimes data revealed that homicide rates are skyrocketing and are at the highest rate in more than 25 years, increasing by at least 20 to 25…

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Live With an Inner Scorecard and Become the Best Version of Yourself

July 19, 2022
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Would you rather live a life where everyone around you saw you as far more successful and generous than you really were or a life where your many accomplishments and good deeds were credited to others? What if those closest to you knew the real you? If you would choose the path of higher achievement…

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4 Ways to Stop Thinking the Worst Will Happen When You’re Stressed

July 18, 2022
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Imagine you have an interview for a new job tomorrow. Some people might think about what kind of questions they will be asked so that they can prepare, or imagine the interview going well. For others, the thought of an interview will cause them to toss and turn all night thinking of every worst case…

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‘Dog People’ Less Likely to Be Lonely in Lockdowns

July 18, 2022
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Australian research has discovered that dog owners tend to have different personality traits from cat owners and that the former tended to cope better with loneliness during COVID-19 lockdowns. Researchers at James Cook University surveyed 534 lone dwellers in Australia who were dog owners, cat owners, and those without pets during the second lockdown period,…

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The Energy Preservation of Introverts

July 17, 2022
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The world is made up of introverts, extroverts and people that fall someplace in between. For some, being one or another doesn’t make a big difference in their lives. However, for introverts like me, it explains a lot. I grew up in a family with a lot of kids, and was labeled sensitive because I…

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Lithium: The Cinderella Drug

July 17, 2022
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Dr. Walter Brown begins his 2020 book “Lithium, a Doctor, a Drug and a Breakthrough,” by asking, “What do Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and Ernest Hemingway have in common?” The answer is bipolar disorder, previously known as manic-depressive illness. Bipolar disorder is a serious mental illness characterized by extreme mood swings, including extreme excitement (mania)…

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