Cast your mind back over the past week. How many times were you tempted to act dishonestly? Perhaps you were given too much change… By Neil Garrett.

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Submitted on March 11th 2017 by AdelleChattre

What jet lag, insomnia and mental illness have in common.

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Submitted on March 11th 2017 by baron778 with 1 comments

What a difference 1000 kilometres make. Neanderthals living in prehistoric Belgium enjoyed their meat – but the Neanderthals who lived in what is now northern Spain seem to have survived on an almost exclusively vegetarian diet. This is according to new DNA analysis that also suggests sick Neanderthals could self-medicate with naturally occurring painkillers and antibiotics, and that they shared mouth microbiomes with humans – perhaps exchanged by kissing.

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Submitted on March 11th 2017 by TheSpirit with 1 comments

A new literary genre, which might be called anti-self help, is now upon us. It’s filled with profanity.

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Submitted on March 11th 2017 by gladsdotter

If you hate daylight saving time and the confusion and sleep deprivation it brings, you now have solid data on your side. A wave of new research is bolstering arguments against changing clocks twice a year. The case for daylight saving time has been shaky for a while. The biannual time change was originally implemented to save energy. Yet dozens of studies around the world have found that changing the clocks has either minuscule or nonexistent effects on energy use.

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Submitted on March 12th 2017 by wildcard

A study led by a Massachusetts General Hospital pediatrician finds that children ages 3 to 7 who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to have problems with attention, emotional control and peer relationships in mid-childhood. Reported online in the journal Academic Pediatrics, the study found significant differences in the responses of parents and teachers to surveys regarding executive function – which includes attention, working memory, reasoning and problem solving...

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Submitted on March 12th 2017 by funhonestdude

A study has found structural differences in the cerebral cortex of patients with depression and that these differences normalize with appropriate medication. The stud is the first to report within the context of a randomized, controlled trial, the presence of structural changes in the cerebral cortex during medication treatment for depression and the first to provide in vivo evidence for the presence of anatomical neuroplasticity in human brain.

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The Republican Party in its modern incarnation is incapable of writing a decent health-care bill, if we define “decent” to mean both some level of technical competence as well as morally decent. That inability has been clear to the party’s outside critics for many years. Republicans have fervently denied this, and probably believed their own denials. As a result they locked themselves into a course of action that forced them to propose a bill on a deadline. They seem to have realized the impossibility of the task midway through, but, unable to retreat on their commitment, they instead rushed out a plan that is shambolic and cruel.

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Submitted on March 7th 2017 by Pfennig88 with 1 comments

A new way of developing painkillers has been discovered by researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. A team of scientists used computational simulation to analyze interactions at the cell’s docking sites for painkillers. These sites are called the opioid receptors. When their prototype of a morphine-like molecule was used in an animal model, it was able to produce substantial pain relief in inflamed tissues while healthy tissues remained unaffected. This suggests that the severe side effects currently associated with these types of painkillers could be avoided.

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Submitted on March 7th 2017 by messi

The Himba people of Namibia can see fine details and ignore distraction much better than most other human beings – a finding that may reflect the ways that modern life is changing us. By David Robson.

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Submitted on March 10th 2017 by AdelleChattre

Why are shy people such as E.B. White, J.K. Rowling, and Joan Didion drawn to writing as a career? Are shy authors more likely to grasp ‘the nature and beauty of brevity’?

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Submitted on March 12th 2017 by gladsdotter with 2 comments

You might think that trolling on the internet is done by a small, vocal minority of sociopaths. But what if all trolls aren’t born trolls? What if they are ordinary people like you and me?

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Submitted on March 11th 2017 by gottlieb

Gorging on bacon, skimping on nuts? These are among food habits that new research links with deaths from heart disease, strokes and diabetes. Overeating or not eating enough of the 10 foods and nutrients contributes to nearly half of U.S. deaths from these causes, the study suggests. "Good" foods that were under-eaten include: nuts and seeds, seafood rich in omega-3 fats including salmon and sardines; fruits and vegetables; and whole grains.

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Submitted on March 7th 2017 by darvinhg

The author on depression, her relationship with her aunt, and the importance of being seen. By Christine Hyung-Oak Lee.

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Submitted on March 11th 2017 by AdelleChattre

Actress Gillian Anderson and her friend the journalist Jennifer Nadel tell the truth about the change.

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Submitted on March 11th 2017 by AdelleChattre with 1 comments

A study by UA researchers revealed that rats with neuropathic pain that were bathed in green LED showed more tolerance for thermal and tactile stimulus. A clinical trial involving people suffering from fibromyalgia is underway.

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Submitted on March 11th 2017 by geoleo

But what do hospitals know about healthcare? Oh, right.

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Submitted on March 9th 2017 by ckshenn

What would you do if your child was a heroin addict suffering from acute withdrawal symptoms?

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Submitted on March 10th 2017 by AdelleChattre with 1 comments

Don't sabotage your own nutrition efforts with shady supermarket products masquerading as health food. Here's how to avoid the worst offenders.

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Submitted on March 14th 2017 by geoleo

Scores of British Muslims are joining ISIS because they think they can 'get an AK and get forgiven by God at the same time.' The startling revelation is made by two young Muslim men, best friends Waseem Iqbal and Naveed Ahmed, on tonight's episode of Channel 4's Extremely British Muslims. Many recruits come from a life of crime and see Islamic extremism as a chance to regain status and feel a sense of belonging, claims Waseem.

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Submitted on March 9th 2017 by hedman