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Higher Education, Lower Alzheimer’s Risk
Having more education reduces risk of Alzheimer’s disease but doesn’t slow memory loss once it starts, says a new study.


///////////////////Study Suggests Preemie, Autism Link
There is growing evidence linking very premature birth to a dramatic increase in autism risk, but more study is needed to confirm the association.



///////////////////////Masturbation and Prostate Cancer Risk
Frequent masturbation is a sign of higher prostate cancer risk in younger men, but a sign of lower risk in older men, a U.K. study shows.


////////////////Multiracial Individuals Generally Happier
by Rick Nauert, Ph.D.
Many people assume that individuals who identify with one race should be better off than multiracial individuals who identify with a mixed race heritage.

However, a new study in the Journal of Social Issues found that students who reported they were from multiple ethnic/racial groups were more engaged at school and felt better in general than those who reported they were from a single group.



//////////////////////Mediterranean Diet May Lower Alzheimer’s Risk
by Rick Nauert, Ph.D.
Eating a Mediterranean diet appears to be associated with less risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

MCI is often a stage between normal aging and dementia–or of transitioning from mild cognitive impairment into Alzheimer’s disease.

“Among behavioral traits, diet may play an important role in the cause and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease,” the authors write as background information in the article.



////////////////////Feb 10, 2009 (21 hours ago)
First-time Mothers and Mental Illness
by Rick Nauert, Ph.D.
A study of risk factors associated with psychotic illness after childbirth shows that first-time mothers are at the greatest risk of developing psychosis in the month following the birth of their child.

Surprisingly, the risk exists even if they have never been treated in hospital for mental illness in the past.

According to the report in the open-source journal Public Library of Science, it can be common for mothers to experience mental illness in the postpartum period (the months following childbirth).



////////////////////////Feb 6, 2009 (5 days ago)
Narcotic Sensitivity Among Mental Illness
by Rick Nauert, Ph.D.
Narcotics have an irreversible effect on the brains of people already suffering from mental illness, finds a Montreal researcher.

Dr. Stéphane Potvin of the Université de Montréal discovered some 33 to 50 percent of psychiatric patients also suffer from drug addiction. His study suggests that drug consumption leads to the deterioration of the cerebral structures.

Moreover, research has shown that people suffering from mental illness, and more specifically schizophrenia, are more sensitive to the effects of drugs.



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