July 25, 2009 Originally Published:20090718.
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You are who you are by default
July 28th, 2009 · No Comments
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Unraveling how children become bilingual so easily
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July 21, 2009 WASHINGTON – The best time to learn a foreign language: Between birth and age 7. Missed that window?
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Close relationships may slow Alzheimer’s
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July 23, 2009 BALTIMORE, Jul 23, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) — A close relationship to a caregiver may slow decline in an Alzheimer’s patient, U.S. researchers say.
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Traumatized soldiers told they are not alone
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July 19, 2009 Jul. 19–People can heal any hurt, including the lingering trauma that comes from being a soldier in a combat zone, according to an expert on family violence, who gave a presentation Saturday sponsored by the American GI Forum at Teamsters Hall in Modesto.
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Kids’ lower IQ scores linked to prenatal pollution
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July 20, 2009 CHICAGO – Researchers for the first time have linked air pollution exposure before birth with lower IQ scores in childhood, bolstering evidence that smog may harm the developing brain.
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Mentally ill immigrants have little hope for care when detained
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July 19, 2009 AUSTIN, Texas – Jose Fernandez Sanchez was delusional when he broke a window to enter his neighbor’s apartment. The schizophrenic and epileptic 45-year-old, who had gone to an Austin hospital the day before, complaining of hearing voices, told police he was trying to light a candle for his dead mother….
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Many can cope with news of higher Alzheimer’s risk
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July 15, 2009 ATLANTA – People who learn through genetic testing that they have a higher than average risk for Alzheimer’s disease are able to handle the bad news pretty well, results from the first major study of this suggest.
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Suicides decline among Army soldiers
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July 16, 2009 WASHINGTON – Suicides reported among soldiers have tapered off from extreme highs of early this year amid intense Army efforts to stem the deaths, but officials are not yet ready to say they have turned a corner on the problem.
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Study finds drought, mental health link
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July 09, 2009 A groundbreaking study investigating the impact of drought has found Australians are twice as likely to have a mental health issue if directly affected.
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Tests can tell Alzheimer’s from dementia
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July 10, 2009 ADELAIDE, Australia, Jul 9, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) — Alzheimer’s disease and dementia affect memory and behavior but have different causes and require different treatment, Australian researchers say.
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