The Behavioral Medicine Report

An interesting few weeks of updates over at Science Daily. Examples of today’s highlighted research topics include that increased food intake (rather than reduced physical activity) is responsible for the obesity epidemic, narcolepsy is now an autoimmune disorder, warnings about pet therapy dogs, childhood obesity may be linked to allergies, Autism and new brain abnormalities discovered, childhood ADHD and sleep difficulties, small amounts of wine may increase the human life span, brain music as therapy, and much, much more.

In no particular order, here are today’s Science Daily research news updates:

• Maternal Immune Response To Fetal Brain During Pregnancy A Key Factor In Some Autism
• Meditation Provides Hope For People With Depression
• Brain Music: Putting The Brain’s Soundtracks To Work
• Physical Activity Improves Life Expectancy And Decreases Need Of Care Among Older People
• Depression Linked With Accumulation Of Visceral Fat
• Smoking And High Blood Pressure Each Account For One In Five Deaths In US Adults
• Half A Glass Of Wine A Day May Boost Life Expectancy By Five Years
• Restless Legs Syndrome: New Treatment Improves Sleep
• Autism Diagnosis Often Made Years After It Was Possible
• ADHD Linked To Sleep Problems In Adolescents
• Maternal Depression Is Associated With Significant Sleep Disturbance In Infants
• First Neuroimaging Study Examining Motor Execution In Children With Autism Reveals New Insights
• Schizophrenia: Blocking Errant Protein Could Stem Runaway Brain Activity In Psychosis
• Brain Abnormalities Associated With Social Orienting Ability Found In Toddlers With Autism, According To Imaging Study
• Women More Vulnerable To Tobacco Carcinogens, New Results Show
• Probiotics May Help Ward Off Obesity, Study In Pregnant Women Suggests
• Narcolepsy Is An Autoimmune Disorder, New Research Shows
• Pet Therapy Dogs May Carry MRSA And Clostridium Difficile Between Patients
• Possible Link Between Childhood Obesity And Allergies
• Level Of Cellular Stress Determines Longevity Of Retinal Cells
• Increased Food Intake Alone Explains Rise In Obesity In United States, Study Finds
• Hypothyroidism In Women Associated With Liver Cancer
• White Tea: Solution To Obesity Epidemic?

Enjoy.

CFisher