The Behavioral Medicine Report

Busy week for the Science Daily Research News Update series. This week brings to you new research on how yoga contributes to mindful eating and a thin waistline, poor attention and memory associated with binge drinking, how our immune system may actually protect cancer cells early on, a new keyboard that will help persons with Autism communicate, how positive parenting can impact families for many generations, fascinating research that further decodes complex brain function, and much, much more.

Here is the Science Daily Research News Update for 9-20-09:

• Psychosocial Therapy With Antidepressants More Effective In Helping Depressed Stroke Patients
• The Mind’s Eye Scans Like A Spotlight: New Role Discovered For Brain Waves
• Human Brain Could Be Replicated In 10 Years, Researcher Predicts
• Regular Yoga Practice Is Associated With Mindful Eating
• Active Ingredients In Marijuana Found To Spread And Prolong Pain
• Light Shed On Brain’s Mechanism Responsible For Processing Of Speech
• Clinical Depression Causes Early Malfunctions In The Brain’s Pleasure Center, Study Shows
• Human Mind: Sound And Vision Wired Through Same ‘Black Box’
• Brain Innately Separates Living And Non-living Objects For Processing
• Brain Damage Seen On Brain Scans May Predict Memory Loss In Old Age
• Binge Drinking Affects Attention And Working Memory In Young University Students
• Substance Abuse, Schizophrenia And Risk Of Violence
• Anti-psychotic Drugs Could Help Fight Cancer
• Exercise Is Healthy For Mom And Child During Pregnancy, Report States
• Excessive Drinking Can Damage Brain Regions Used For Processing Facial Emotions
• Those Blinded By Brain Injury May Still ‘See’, New Study Shows
• Insufficient Sleep May Be Linked To Increased Diabetes Risk
• Smoking, Binge Drinking: Double-threat To Teen Health
• Cancer Cells Are Protected By Our Own Immune System
• Neural Networks Mapped In Dementia Patients
• Life And Death In The Living Brain: Recruitment Of New Neurons Slows When Old Brain Cells Kept From Dying
• Type 1 Diabetes Linked To Immune Response To Wheat
• Why Weight Watchers Succeeds: Meetings Provide A Blend Of Spirituality And Therapy
• Exercise Minimizes Weight Regain By Reducing Appetite And Burning Fat First, Carbs Later
• Children With Autism Use Alternative Keyboard To Communicate With Their Families And Their World
• Can Psychosocial Stress At Work Increase Risk Of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis?
• Impact Of Positive Parenting Can Last For Generations

Enjoy.

CFisher