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A short fuse may be a shortcut to disease

March 25th, 2015

Medical researchers increasingly are finding just how toxic outbursts of anger can be.

Positive psychology has one message: be happy

March 25th, 2015

Bobby McFerrin’s song, Don’t Worry, Be Happy, needs a remix to make it more accurate.

Sosiale fobie

March 24th, 2015

Luister na Prof Christine Lochner en Alex Doruyter

The teen brain, drugs and psychosis

March 17th, 2015

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How stress affects your body and mind

March 17th, 2015

Seventy-five to 90 percent of all doctor’s visits are for stress-related ailments and complaints.

Brain Awareness Week 16-22 March 2015

March 4th, 2015

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The Enduring Mystery of Migraine

March 4th, 2015

Diabetes: Defects in insulin action could contribute to schizophrenia-like behavior

February 24th, 2015

Defects in insulin action—which occur in diabetes and obesity—could directly contribute to psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia.

New insights into an old problem

February 4th, 2015

Approximately 170,000 people die from alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver in Europe every year.

Study on social anxiety disorder

February 4th, 2015

Listen to Prof Christine Lochner and Alex Doruyter.

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