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Women who drink moderately appear to gain less weight than nondrinkers |
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Normal-weight women who drink a light to moderate amount of alcohol appear to gain less weight and have a lower risk of becoming overweight and obese than nondrinkers, according to a new article. |
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Male batterers consistently overestimate rates of violence toward partners, study finds |
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Men who engaged in domestic violence consistently overestimated how common such behavior is by two or three times, and the more they overestimated it the more they engaged in abusing their partner in the previous 90 days. |
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Ritalin boosts learning by increasing brain plasticity |
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Doctors treat millions of children with Ritalin every year to improve their ability to focus on tasks, but scientists now report that Ritalin also directly enhances the speed of learning. |
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Genome-wide study of alcohol dependence points to chromosome 11 |
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Both genetic and environmental factors affect susceptibility to alcohol dependence (AD). To date, researchers have identified several genes associated with AD. Findings from a new genome-wide association study support an association between AD and a cluster of genes on chromosome 11. |
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New insight on how fast nicotine peaks in the brain |
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Nicotine takes much longer than previously thought to reach peak levels in the brains of cigarette smokers, according to new research. |
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